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College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the current scholarship recipient.

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Point Foundation Increases Support as LGBTQ+ Scholarship Applications Continue to Rise

Insight Into Diversity

Since its inception 21 years ago, the Point Foundation has become the largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ+ college students in the country. In the 2018-2019 academic year, the organization awarded scholarships to 98 students. institutions.

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The last normal year: Freshman Discounts at Private Colleges, 2019

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Different colleges talk about it differently, and even with this IPEDS data, it's impossible to be precise. But discount rate essentially calculates how much of a college's tuition revenue is offered to students as institutional financial aid. College X enrolls 1,000 students, and it charges tuition of $40,000. Sounds easy.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year.

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AIRC announces 2023 Sir Cyril Taylor recipients

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The American International Recruitment Council has announced the 2023 recipients of the Sir Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Study in the US. Nine US HEIs will receive up to $10,000 to award scholarships to disadvantaged or underrepresented students from the UK to enrol at their institution during the 2023/24 academic year.

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Numbers of African students in China expected to grow as ties increase

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The country’s Ministry of Education data shows that over 81,000 African students were studying in the country in 2018, representing 16.5% Out of the number, 63,041, some 12.8%, included thousands of Africans were on Chinese government scholarships. Post-pandemic figures for African enrolments in Chinese institutions are scarce.

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These 8 states’ 4-year schools have the highest graduation rates for upward transfers

University Business

New findings from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) are eerily similar to those of the Department of Education : only 16% of community college students earn a bachelor’s degree within six years.

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