Remove 2023 Remove Higher Education Remove Scholarship
article thumbnail

Colleges Revise Race-Conscious Scholarships

Insight Into Diversity

Universities across the country are revising or ending certain financial aid criteria and scholarships in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 rulings against race-conscious admissions in higher education. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a press release on the anniversary of the court’s decision.

article thumbnail

Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website. Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education.

university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Duke Ends Merit Scholarship for Students of African Descent

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S. No application is required for the scholarship, which pays full tuition, room, and board.

article thumbnail

Australia back but scholarship plans need review

The PIE News

The number of international students enrolled at institutions in Australia is largely back to pre-pandemic level, hitting some 683,000 in May 2023, but it remains unclear whether the country is heading towards a boom, analysts have said. Currently, 33 universities in the country are offering scholarships internationally.

article thumbnail

“Too good to be true” – the young Africans receiving international scholarships

The PIE News

So when he received a fully-funded scholarship to study over 3,000 miles away at the University of Edinburgh, he couldn’t believe it – and, at first, his family didn’t. “My Ngwambe is one of the nearly 45,000 young Africans who has received a scholarship from the Mastercard Foundation. “I My mum thought it was a scam,” he laughs. “It

article thumbnail

Conservative Legal Group Challenges Graduate Scholarship

Insight Into Diversity

Department of Education for a longstanding initiative that fosters higher education opportunities for underrepresented and low-income students. Department of Education, was established in 1989. In the 2023-24 academic year alone, it allocated over $60 million to more than 200 colleges. The Ronald E.

article thumbnail

College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the current scholarship recipient.