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ETS Rolls Out Scholarships for Students Demonstrating Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Testing and research giant ETS, is offering a number of scholarships for underrepresented students who demonstrate academic excellence. Green Scholarship; the Dr. Lillian M. Those selected will receive a full tuition-only need/merit scholarships for the 2023–2024 academic school year. The $20,000 Lenora M.

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Michigan Expands Tuition-Free Community Scholarship Program to Adults Ages 21-24 Without Degrees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The state of Michigan is expanding a program that provides a tuition-free community scholarship to adults ages 21-24 who have not yet earned college degrees, FOX 2 reported. This expansion will help us reach our Sixty by 30 goal—to have 60% of adults earn a postsecondary education or training by 2030—and build on our economic momentum.

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Alaska College Scholarship Sees Low Acceptance Rate

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Most of the best students in Alaska high schools leave the state for college. And a state scholarship designed to change that is not working, The Anchorage Daily News reported. The Alaska Performance Scholarship was first established in 2011 to keep the best students in the state for college.

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Point Foundation Increases Support as LGBTQ+ Scholarship Applications Continue to Rise

Insight Into Diversity

Since its inception 21 years ago, the Point Foundation has become the largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ+ college students in the country. In the 2018-2019 academic year, the organization awarded scholarships to 98 students. At one time, the organization received over 1,500 applications for only 20 scholarships.

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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

education or universities, specifically. However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. These priorities often are not the focus in U.S. There are 37 TCUs within the U.S.

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One free tuition program is shattering enrollment records

University Business

Interest in Tennesse’s free tuition program for its community and state technical colleges is promising, to say the least, as the number of applicants for its Class of 2025 broke last year’s record by more than 700. The proportion of applicants who chose to enroll in the state technical college system also hit an 18% high.

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Op Ed: SCOTUS Ruling Disproportionately Impacts Opportunities for Black Males

Insight Into Diversity

A prominent lens into how deeply this perspective is ingrained into our governmental framework is college athletics. Though the growth of college athletics as a business sector has expanded substantially in the past several decades, this practice has even older roots.