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College Student Health Coverage Improves but Disparities Persist, GAO Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new government report reveals that while health coverage among college students has increased significantly over the past decade, substantial disparities remain, particularly impacting historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups, students in states without expanded Medicaid, and certain nonworking students.

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The Future of Equitable AI in Higher Education

Insight Into Diversity

Additionally, biased datasets in AI systems may reinforce negative stereotypes or lead to inequitable distribution of academic support, such as tutoring or mentorship programs, disproportionately affecting students of color and those from disadvantaged communities.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” Princeton’s defense: “Operating expenses don’t include hundreds of millions in capital expenditures the endowment provides every year to fund things like research equipment and facilities.” Nor does it have a major nanoscience facility. It’s certainly not Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon or Caltech.

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Volleyball Team Got $130,000 Intended for Cancer

Inside Higher Ed

The foundation, Favre 4 Hope, has a stated purpose to support disadvantaged children and cancer patients. Favre was key in moving more than $5 million in welfare dollars toward the building of the volleyball facility while his daughter was a player on the USM volleyball team.

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Hits and misses in Budget 2024 for India’s education sector

The PIE News

For the international education sector, this means potential enhancements in infrastructure, research facilities, and overall quality. This should not be seen as a disadvantage for students wishing to study abroad, as banks, especially nationalised ones, offer good loan schemes.

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How the enrollment underdogs are using summer to stay competitive

University Business

Small- to mid-sized colleges that lack brand power are finding themselves at a deeper recruiting disadvantage than large state schools and high-profile private universities. These summer programs provide high schoolers with a low-stakes environment to test drive a major in a campus setting.

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

Yet, the complex interplay between race and class means that many poor or economically disadvantaged individuals, regardless of race, have also faced neglect and exploitation within these prestigious medical institutions.