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Department of Education for a longstanding initiative that fosters highereducation 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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in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s HigherEducation program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. SCSC initiative builds on Sloan’s University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) program, now concluding.
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