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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. President and Fellows of Harvard College that ended race-based affirmative action in college admissions, reported The Chronicle , a Duke student-run publication.

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The Growing Role of Artificial Intelligence in College Admissions

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College professors aren’t the only ones exploring ways AI can help them serve students more efficiently. Particularly for those with smaller admissions offices, this frees up admissions officers to focus on the other, necessarily nuanced aspects of the application process, like awarding scholarships and financial aid packages. “If

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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Daniel Diermeier, the university's chancellor, announced the university’s commitment to offering full-tuition scholarships to admitted students of families whose annual income is $150,000 or less. “We Christiansen, vice provost for university enrollment affairs and dean of admissions and financial aid.

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AIRC announces 2023 Sir Cyril Taylor recipients

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The American International Recruitment Council has announced the 2023 recipients of the Sir Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Study in the US. Nine US HEIs will receive up to $10,000 to award scholarships to disadvantaged or underrepresented students from the UK to enrol at their institution during the 2023/24 academic year.

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Morehouse Gifted Anonymous $20M Supporting New Professorships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morehouse College has received an anonymous, $20 million gift to expand academic programs and professorships at the college. At Morehouse, we are developing men with integrity and intellect to become 21st-century leaders and innovators,” said Provost Dr. Kendrick Brown.

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How one university is opening the door for cash-strapped students

University Business

Walden University is offering an innovative new program for working adults who want another go at earning an accredited college degree: the Believe and Achieve Scholarship. Most of their course-based programs will be eligible for the scholarship while some programs may provide less or more.

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Brown Experiences Decline in Rates of Incoming Black, Brown Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

About 45% will receive need-based scholarship or grant aid, a decrease from 50%; and roughly 14% are first-generation college students, down from 15%. We’re pleased to welcome an academically excellent class of students and one that remains diverse, although to a lesser degree than previously.”

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