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Announcing four new entry-level certificates and Universal Skills scholarship program from Microsoft to help learners land in-demand jobs

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Business Analyst Professional Certificate – As the first business analyst Professional Certificate on Coursera, this program provides learners with a combination of business, technology, and data science skills including strategic and data-driven decision-making, change management, and process modeling. Available now. Source: Lightcast.

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

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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Housing scholarship aids underrepresented students

Inside Higher Ed

What’s the need: The Fordham Housing Fund is specifically for students in the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program ( CSTEP ). 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.

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Lilly Endowment Awards $100M Grant to United Negro College Fund

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Hardrick Steps Down as Florida Memorial President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2022, under Hardrick's tenure, the university unveiled plans to create an on-campus Technology and Innovation Hub partnership with Ted Lucas of Slip-n-Slide Records and TechNolij Inc. He serves on the board of directors of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, and as chair of the members committee of the United Negro College Fund.

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Spelman College Receives Largest Single Gift to HBCU

Insight Into Diversity

The $100 million award comes from billionaire couple Ronda Stryker, director and granddaughter of the founder of the medical technology company Stryker Corp., Of the $100 million, $75 million will go to endowed scholarships to attract future students while removing financial barriers, according to the institution.

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Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In their lawsuit against the Internet Archive, which could extract millions of dollars from the nonprofit organization, the publishers claim that the Internet Archive “badly misleads the public and boldly misappropriates the goodwill that libraries enjoy and have legitimately earned.

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