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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His tough and controversial leadership decisions, set against a backdrop of the university's retreat from diversity efforts, led to a 2023 investigation into the center's finances and culture. And similarly, it paled in comparison to the stage IV metastatic breast cancer diagnosis his wife, Sadiqa Kendi, received in 2023.

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#ShoutOutForGerman – A case for language learning and German at British Universities

HEPI

According to HESA, the numbers of full-time students enrolled in German or German studies at British universities decreased from 1,780 in 2019 to 1,330 in 2023, marking a 25% decrease in just four years. This highlights an alarming trend that could lead to further erosion of German language education in higher education institutions.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino. Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. The program began in Spring 2023 with 153 students, 87 of whom were Hispanic. Morales, president of CSUSB.

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Invisible labour: visible activism

SRHE

Shining a light on invisible labour Despite the increase in womens participation in the workforce and in academia, there is still a significant gender pay gap and to compound the issue, this gap widened in 2021 and 2022 in 20/33 OECD countries. She was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2023.

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Austrade awards students across India at SAEC 2024

The PIE News

Each team created a three-minute video pitch, evaluated by a panel of SAEC award sponsors, with the help of assigned mentors from Australian academia and business, who guided them with their video pitches. Runner-ups bagged scholarships and cash prizes. Runner-ups bagged scholarships and cash prizes.

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Israel: BGU launches new aid scholarships

The PIE News

Israeli institution Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has launched a new aid scholarships program for new immigrants following the war in Ukraine. In the summer of 2023, program participants will be able to register for undergraduate studies at the university together with all students in Israel.

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Restoring academic values: a key for university effectiveness

SRHE

For academic institutions such as universities, HE policy specifically identifies both Corporate and Academic governance as the two most important ( Gerber, 2010 ; MCU, 2020 ; TEQSA, 2019a ; 2019b ; 2023 ). The author may also be contacted directly by email ( John.Kenny@utas.edu.au ).