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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Diversifying Our Curing Community (DOCC) Arkansas State University College of Science and Mathematics DOCC seeks to increase the number of under-represented students accepted into medical schools. Biomedical Sciences Enrichment Program: Mentorship and Workforce Development Charles R.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

The fact is that Princeton is not a research powerhouse in the applied sciences. That “ elite colleges simultaneously reproduce class inequality and belief in the justness of that inequality.” ” That “ Nothing divides America—economically, socially and politically—like a college degree.”

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Pell Grant Expansion Extends Educational Opportunities to Thousands of Incarcerated Students

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“These courses also provide incarcerated students and formerly incarcerated alumni with knowledge, skills, and connections they can use to benefit their children and families, multiplying the impact of a single college degree.” Currently, only about 35% of state prisons offer some form of college programming, according to NCAN.

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Colombian Higher Education

HESA

In addition to a large number of universities, it also has two other sectors, one of which resembles North American community colleges and the other, which resembles European Universities of Applied Sciences, or as we sometimes say in Canada, polytechnics. Colombia’s higher education system is complex.

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Columbian Higher Education

HESA

In addition to a large number of universities, it also has two other sectors, one of which resembles North American community colleges and the other, which resembles European Universities of Applied Sciences, or as we sometimes say in Canada, polytechnics. Columbia’s higher education system is complex.

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The UK University-Territory Relationship in a Post-Brexit World

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Corbett, LSE Commission on the Future of Britain in Europe, 8 December 2015). EU Membership and UK Science (Science and Technology Committee, House of Lords, 20 April 2016). Research Councils UK – Written evidence (4 December 2015). Scientists for Britain – Written evidence (4 December 2015).