Coursera blog

MAY 16, 2024

Expanding access to popular Microsoft skills Amid surging demand for Microsoft cloud, AI, and cybersecurity experts, Coursera has partnered with Microsoft and community organization Women in Cloud to launch the Universal Access to Microsoft Skills Scholarship. Applications are open now. Source: Lightcast. Retrieved February 2024.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

We educated our campus communities as to what is at stake in Ukraine, facilitated efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian citizens and offered scholarships for Ukrainians interested in pursuing higher education. According to economists, roughly three-quarters of the wealth of most countries is accounted for by human capital.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

How it works: Each year, rising juniors in CSTEP apply for a scholarship from the fund. After, CSTEP staff select the nine scholarship recipients for the upcoming academic year. “The spirit of the scholarship is to enrich the student experience,” Alba says.

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ACPA

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Announcing the 2024 ACPA Membership Scholarship Recipients from CGDSD. Each year the CGDSD provides two (2) one-year, ACPA membership scholarships to individuals working in the field of student affairs/services outside of the United States. The post (Blog) 2024 ACPA CGDSD Membership Scholarship Recipients first appeared on ACPA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $190 million, its largest philanthropic corporate gift, for a scholarship program. Pamela Everhart The money – from Fidelity Investments – will go towards launching the Fidelity Scholars Program, which will have renewable, need-based scholarships and wrap-around support services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship, The Flash Today reported. As women veterans, sometimes we are not considered ‘real veterans’ because it is a mostly male-dominated organization,” Burkett said. A Tarleton State University doctoral student and U.S. Pursuing an Ed.D.

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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. million students during the 2022-23 application cycle year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The funds will be managed by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Kresge will provide an additional challenge grant of $500,000 to each of the national organization if they raise matching funds. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

The organization notched the milestone anniversary with various activities April 25 that included a 24-hour radio-thon hosted by the FM Omni-Channel Radio Station , which dedicated the day’s broadcast to UNCF. Today, UNCF counts more than 500,000 students it has helped get to and through college with scholarships, internships and fellowships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The University of La Verne is joining the African American Male Education Network & Development Organization (A2MEND) in a partnership aimed at fostering educational opportunities and supporting the academic journey of its students and members.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

27, with one 18-year-old high school senior from Harlem receiving a scholarship, Patch reported. Her $60,000 Garden of Dreams Inspire Scholarship will go towards attending an HBCU of her choice. Her $60,000 Garden of Dreams Inspire Scholarship will go towards attending an HBCU of her choice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2024

The United Negro College Fund comprises 37 member colleges and universities in support of students’ education and development through scholarships and other programs. The UNCF president said the organization expects to raise $185 million, or $5 million per institution, through its capital campaign. United Negro College Fund Inc.

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University Business

JULY 13, 2023

College Promise offers students an affordable, life-changing opportunity in different packages, from statewide initiatives like the Excelsior Scholarship in New York or the GEAR UP Idaho Scholarship 2 to more localized options like the Alamo Promise in Texas and the Louisville Rotary Promise in Kentucky.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

The university's trustees pursued starting its own direct-support organization in 2021, severing ties with then-Bethune-Cookman National Alumni Association. B-CU filed suit two years ago, following a split between the historically Black university and the alumni association.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the latest entity to dismiss standardized testing as a core requirement for student-athletic scholarships. Division III schools do not offer athletic scholarships, so they utilize a different method of granting scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2024

The not-for-profit organization founded in 1975 has grown to serve more a million students online annually through its online application platform. The platform also offers access to a mobile app, comprehensive financial aid and scholarship information, online portfolios, and an extensive library of counselor resources in English and Spanish.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2024

The partnership — aimed at attracting new nurses to the nursing profession and reducing the nursing shortage in New Jersey — was organized by BAYADA Education Inc., a nonprofit organization created by a $5 million donation from Ann and Mark Baiada, who is the founder and Chairman of BAYADA Home Health Care.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

College graduates are also more likely to volunteer in their communities, exercise their right to vote, and be an active part of community service organizations. They are more likely to be employed at not-for-profit organizations, and on average donate more to charity than those with less education.

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Today's Learner

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I helped my parents organize their bills and helped with all the household chores. In college, students asked me to proofread their essays, and I shared successful tips on how to study and organize their time. Lacking financial means, I became a work-study student and received scholarships and loans to pay my tuition.

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 7, 2024

Students attending the festival were entered into a scholarship drawing, and four were chosen to receive $1000 toward books, tuition, or other education-related expenses. Most of the events during the festival were free, and all events were less than $20.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2023

Alabama A&M University and HBCUs at large are some of the most underfunded state universities in the nation, fighting year after year for supplemental grants, scholarships and business partnerships to keep their students competitive in the workforce. Students pursuing this will receive scholarships and assistance with job placement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

The NPHC Plaza was a dream to foster connections between NPHC and the rest of the Rhodes campus, to be a space for a group of organizations who want to leave their mark, and to educate future members and admirers. Let’s reflect on the past even as we are reminded that today we are building a culture of belonging.”

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This shift acknowledges the need for DEIB leadership to be embedded across all levels of the organization, rather than concentrated in a single role (Sernak, 2021). By doing so, they can create a more inclusive academic environment that values diverse perspectives and promotes equity in teaching, learning, and scholarship. Nishii, L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Carolina Athletics plans to launch “ Carolina NIL ,” an initiative to partner a handful of organizations to attract student-athletes in the era of name, image, and likeness, according to the University of North Carolina officials.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The College Board will have to pay a $750,000 settlement with the New York Attorney General’s Office, which said the organization unlawfully shared students’ personal data with organizations such as colleges and scholarship programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

This means that younger libraries will be needed to fill both leadership positions and positions that bring new skills and expertise into the organization. Look for organizations that encourage experimentation, accept failure and learn from their mistakes. You want to work in an organization that favors action over discussion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

Dr. Yuliang Zheng The Scholarship for Service grant renewal – from the National Science Foundation (NSF) – seeks to help fill the growing need for a national cybersecurity workforce prepared to deal with artificial intelligence and machine learning. million grant renewal to support cybersecurity workforce development programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2023

As punishment for offenses such as cash payments totaling about $60,000 given directly to recruits’ parents, the NCAA imposed a multimillion-dollar fine; took away scholarships; and barred former Tennessee Coach Jeremy Pruitt from being hired without N.C.A.A. approval for six years. Donde Plowman, chancellor of the University of Tennessee.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In Lewin’s original model, an organization can effect change by (1) unfreezing current organizational behaviours by recognizing the need and importance of changing, (2) adopting the desired behaviour, and (2) freezing or reinforcing the new behaviour with rewards and recognitions for successful adoption. Other activities. Other activities.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Since its inception in 2012, College Greenlight has emerged as a critical platform addressing these barriers, offering a unique bridge between students, counselors, community-based organizations (CBOs), and higher education institutions. I was contacted by 12 different colleges and all of them gave me amazing scholarships.”

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Willis Scholarship Program, which launched at the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, provides scholarships to Connecticut students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. It exemplifies the powerful impact of collaboration between higher education institutions and organizations to support underserved students.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This shift acknowledges the need for DEIB leadership to be embedded across all levels of the organization, rather than concentrated in a single role (Sernak, 2021). By doing so, they can create a more inclusive academic environment that values diverse perspectives and promotes equity in teaching, learning, and scholarship. Nishii, L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Smith University in North Carolina have hired “scholarship coordinator” staff that is focused on helping students find and secure scholarships and other funding. Morgan State University in Maryland and Johnson C. The community college often fits those needs and at a better price.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 18, 2024

Of the $100 million, $75 million will go to endowed scholarships to attract future students while removing financial barriers, according to the institution. the largest unrestricted private donation in the organization’s history. and her husband, William Johnson, founder and chairman of Greenleaf Trust, a wealth management firm.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

As the program progresses, students will develop a research project related to their organization. Students are expected to graduate the program with an understanding and critique of organizational scholarship. The culminating experience will consist of a dissertation based on an action research project.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

million from four organizations to support diversity, equity, and innovation in the arts and design fields. That portion of gifts will fund three scholarship programs for enrollment of more than 20 students from diverse backgrounds to pursue arts and design degrees. “At California College of the Arts (CCA) will receive $4.7

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 16, 2024

marking the largest unrestricted private donation in the organization’s history. Our commitment is to generate philanthropic funding to not just increase scholarships but also strengthen HBCUs, raise graduation rates, ensure greater economic mobility and grow endowments at all our 37 member HBCUs.”

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