Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. has awarded doctoral students with its 2024 MCT Scholarship. Jayla Moody Marshall We are honored to present this scholarship to such exemplary recipients who embody our foundations mission. The Dr. Melvin C. Janella Benson is a Ph.D. Jayla Moody Marshall is a Ph.D.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 10, 2024

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

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.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The New Zealand government has announced that 119 recipients have been awarded as part of the Prime Minister’s Scholarship scheme for 2025. The scholarship grants the opportunity to young New Zealand citizens to study and work across Asia and Latin America with financial aid from the government.

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HEPI

JULY 21, 2024

Promotion for academics, especially those on teaching and scholarship (T&S) pathways, is fraught with challenges. Scholarship activities that significantly impact student learning and success are frequently undervalued. This is particularly crucial for expatriates who may be less familiar with the UK higher education system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

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. The post Conservative Legal Group Challenges Graduate Scholarship appeared first on Insight Into Diversity. The Ronald E.

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The PIE News

JUNE 6, 2024

The head of international relations at Bishop’s Stortford College told The PIE News that while international student recruitment shouldn’t be too heavily impacted by the VAT policy, some cost-conscious markets may need more convincing. The general election will be held on July 4, with Labour currently frontrunners in the polls.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The gift by an anonymous donor will be used on programmatic and scholarship support at the historically Black medical school. The gift is expected to help the college broaden its educational offerings and encourage students to champion improved health outcomes for all.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

My hope is to continue to transform lives through higher education.” Wade Scholars will benefit low-income, high-achieving students. Funds to establish the program will support two students per year with full room and board scholarships for their first two years on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

The Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) at the University of Utah is admitting its first cohort of fifteen degree-seeking students incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility. But Dr. Erin Castro’s dedication to UPEP over the last eight years is a shining example of scholarship with real societal impact.”

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HEPI

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The traditional model of higher education institutions in the UK has largely relied on student recruitment as the primary means of funding both staff salaries and research activities. However, a boom in student enrolments has created a critical challenge: how to maintain an equilibrium between student satisfaction and research output.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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The PIE News

JULY 23, 2024

lakh crore (over $17 billion) for education, employment and skill sectors, internships with stipends worth INR 5,000 in top companies, to promising education loans upto INR 10 lakhs ($11,949), the central government is eyeing a funding boost for the education space. From announcing INR 1.48 That said, again execution matters.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Many stakeholders in Scotland are celebrating the country’s first international education strategy, but some believe there are key elements yet to be developed if the sector is to reach its full potential. “It’s a good rhetoric to the current political climate from the Scottish government. .”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

At Generations College, nestled in the heart of Chicago, we have witnessed firsthand the life-changing power of education for single parents. In 2019, we proudly launched the Single Parent Scholarship initiative, which provides financial assistance and support services to single parents who aspire to earn a college degree.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This HEPI blog was co-authored by Kate Brown, interim Director at Unite Foundation, and Denise Rawls, Executive Director at the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL). In Scotland and Wales, Estranged Student is a required field for institutions returning student data.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A diplomatic spat between Canada and India is having implications for the international education sector, with some indicating that institutions, students and agents are expressing anxiety over the situation. ” It is not the first time that the sector has been hit due to diplomatic tensions with key student source countries. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2024

Brigid Flanigan The Portland Community College Foundation has received a $1 million gift pledge to launch the college’s First-Year Experience initiative, benefitting historically underserved students. The gift was made by Tenfold Senior Living founder and principal Brigid Flanigan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS—Amid the ongoing attacks to higher education, experts who study the field are gathering this week to debate and respond to the growing political challenges that have impacted colleges and universities. asked Martínez-Alemán, who is also an associate dean for faculty & academic affairs at Boston College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. After looking into and providing a solution to assist the student, Weatherspoon wanted to know what more the institution could do.

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The PIE News

JUNE 5, 2024

SAEC 2024, which saw participation from 33 student teams across prominent institutions in India, had students working in multidisciplinary teams to build tech-enabled solutions to solve real-world problems on one of the two themes – global net zero goals and artificial intelligence. Runner-ups bagged scholarships and cash prizes.

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The PIE News

JULY 11, 2024

Australia’s Deakin University is the first international university to establish a teaching campus in India and has now officially welcomed the first students to masters courses in cyber security and business analytics. “Deakin’s commitment has always been ‘in India, with India, for India.’

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. Since institutions use different definitions regarding the term “student success,” it raises a critical question: Who are we leaving behind?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Across higher education, the desire for diversity among student populations is usually the responsibility of recruitment efforts but falls short in retention strategies. Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. We know that we can make graduate education in STEM better for everyone,” said Dr. Adam Falk, president of the Alfred P. The Alfred P.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. labor force. labor force.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Since the start of my journey to the UK as an international student, there has been noticeable inflation in the cost of study, including hiking tuition fees, visas, language exams and now the health surcharge. These hopes and dreams have a real price tag and there are hidden costs students face in accessing international education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The proportion of students from underserved backgrounds has declined at Brown University, according to its first year, incoming class numbers for 2024. Logan Powell Frank Mullin The university reports that about 18% of its new 1,725-student class come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, a decline from 27% in 2023.

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HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

AI is not a mere accessory to the academic toolkit; it represents a fundamental transformation of the educational paradigm. Too much of our current higher education system is still predicated on memorisation, a relic of a pre-digital era. This is not to dilute the rigours of academia but to enhance them.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is currently leading the development of Canada’s third International Education Strategy (IES) to follow the current strategy that expires on March 31 next year. GAC’s task is further complicated as the responsibility of education policy lies exclusively with the provinces.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Kresge Foundation has created two permanent $1 million endowment funds to support Detroit Public School graduates pursuing education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). We hope other foundations, corporations and individuals will join us in making these donations.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

students will convene next week in New Orleans. Scholars affiliated with the SREB-State Doctoral Program and seven other scholarship programs, including the Alfred P. This year, more than 1,000 are registered to attend the conference hosted by the Southern Regional Education Board’s Doctoral Scholars Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

Tina Tchen, left, and SLN CEO Yolonda Marshall sit in conversation at the Whole Girl Education National Conference. Secondary and postsecondary education must play key roles in the future of the American democracy. Tchen told listeners that, at this moment in time, education and democracy are walking “on the knife’s edge.” “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

The winners of this year's Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs gathered at the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) conference in Chicago to accept an award jointly presented by ACPA and Diverse. Student Affairs staff and students from Elon University, one of this year's honorees.

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