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UNCF Study Reveals Strong Mental Health Outcomes Among HBCU Students Despite Financial Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

UNCF will host two public webinars to discuss the findings: a partner webinar with the Healthy Minds Network and The Steve Fund on March 20, and a special focus webinar on Black women's mental health at HBCUs on March 26.

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Beyond the bottom line: rethinking recruitment strategy and cost

The PIE News

Time spent attending overseas fairs, hosting webinars, or training agents diverts resources from core academic functions, including teaching, research, and academic leadership. This issue is significant, given that many vice-chancellors already claim that the domestic tuition fee is insufficient to cover institutional costs.

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Federal support, funding opportunities, and advice were the topics of discussion at a Virginia Union University (VUU) webinar about STEM research at Historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing.

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India explores initiatives to promote special visas for int’l students

The PIE News

We are actively exploring ways to spread more awareness of this initiative via the Indian Embassies abroad through education fairs, webinars, and social media campaigns targeted at student communities in key countries, Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, chairman, University Grants Commission , told The PIE News.

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10 Proven Strategies to Recruit Students Online: From Awareness to Enrollment

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Families may analyze cost, scholarship opportunities, and academic flexibility, while students might focus on extracurricular activities, study-abroad opportunities, and campus life. Transparent communication is keyclearly outlining tuition fees, application requirements, and scholarship opportunities builds trust.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies. There are 11 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Minnesota.

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Rutgers Webinar Discusses Health Equity, Minority Health, and Medical Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The current state of health equity and medical education were key topics at a webinar on Tuesday sponsored by Rutgers University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. Other achievements include programs to bolster research infrastructure and scholarship assistance, Lancaster said. "We

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