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UK private schools should “increase” scholarships in some markets

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Labour has been very upfront about its plans to subject independent schools to VAT since 2023, when there were rumblings of an election in the near future. However, the issue remains for recruiters at UK boarding schools and private sixth-form colleges, but for the bulk of markets, it should be a “minimal impact”, Evans predicted.

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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 Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer The goal is to eliminate financial hurdles to earning a juris doctor degree at Harvard Law School.

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AFS expands scholarships in Africa

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The new Youth Assembly Impact Program will provide scholarships to 10 young leaders from Africa who will receive individual mentoring, seed-funding and support to implement initiatives in their local communities that advance sustainable development.

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National HBCU Scholarship Program Seeks to Address Student Financial Hurdles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A national scholarship program for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is set to be launched. The program aims to help financially support civic-minded high school students who are interested in attending HBCUs. The launch of the Andrew Young HBCU Scholarship Program will be announced on Friday at the Georgia Capitol.

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

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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. My mum thought it was a scam,” he laughs. “It

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Maharashtra puts curbs on scholarship for marginalised students

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Though SC, ST, and OBC communities constitute over 70% of the Indian population, with Maharashtra being home to over 55% of individuals from the marginalised groups, issues like casteism, abuse, and bullying have plagued the students in prominent higher education institutions across India.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed.