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Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy A coalition of 104 education organizations has called on Congress to immediately reverse the Department of Education's recent cancellation of several major teacher preparation grant programs, a move that has disrupted educator pipelines across the country and threatens to worsen the national teacher shortage crisis.

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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

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Enrollment data for the first law school class since the Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action in college admissions was released last December, and Dr. Sari Kisilevsky there was much concern about sharp declines in admission of Black and Hispanic students to elite law schools. Law schools are highly tuition dependent.

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5 School Advertising Ideas: Top Dos and Don’ts

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Reading Time: 10 minutes Do you need more school advertising ideas? As a marketing agency with over 15 years of experience in educational marketing, we at HEM understand that school administrators and marketers face unique challenges when promoting their institutions. If you could use more school advertising ideas, contact HEM here !

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TheDream.US Celebrates a Decade of Transforming Immigrant Students' Lives

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Since its founding in 2014, the organization has provided more than 11,000 college scholarships to undocumented students attending nearly 80 partner colleges in 20 states and Washington, D.C. launched, most scholarship recipients had protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. TheDream.US

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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

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The San Diego Foundation (SDF) announced a $4 million commitment to support local high school students facing homelessness, in foster care, or learning English prepare for college success. Two major donations bolster the initiative: an anonymous $1 million gift and a $500,000 matching gift from the Barbara Monroe Scholarship Fund.

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HBCU Leaders Unite to Address Threats to Black Education

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You have to be equally outraged by the racism that poisons campus culture and the racism that shows up in how we exclude Black stories, scholarship, and success from the academy." "You cannot be selectively horrified," Harper told attendees. Attorney Raymond C. Dr. Roderick L. We are preparing them to lead the transformation of those systems."

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Staying Woke for A Cause

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Born in 1942, he was an aspirational child who had his life planned out long before high school. He would go into the Air Force, followed by college, law school and then run for political office. He never made it to the Air Force or law school, but he made his political dreams come true. Robinson would soon join their ranks.