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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. At one time, the organization received over 1,500 applications for only 20 scholarships.

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To be part of the Pacific family, Australia must develop its educational engagement

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Education is a diplomatic tool, and the way governments use (or abuse) education and scholarships in their international relationships gives us a clear insight into how governments view their diplomatic partners. If we want to be a part of the Pacific family, we must work to develop our educational engagement with them.

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India-Canada row causing “anxiety” in international education

The PIE News

A diplomatic spat between Canada and India is having implications for the international education sector, with some indicating that institutions, students and agents are expressing anxiety over the situation. Following a row, Saudi students on government scholarships were ordered out of the country.

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AIRC announces 2023 Sir Cyril Taylor recipients

The PIE News

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

The PIE News

The country’s Ministry of Education data shows that over 81,000 African students were studying in the country in 2018, representing 16.5% This will appeal to a bigger number of students from English-speaking regions of the continent, noted Rebecca Ma, operations manager, UK education company, NCC Education’s China.

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Using Content Disclosures in Our Courses 

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In higher education, a content disclosure (also referred to as a content notice or trigger warning) is an “explicit statement that alerts a group of learners that certain content explored or discussed in a learning environment may contain potentially distressing material” (see Bryce et al., Teaching in Higher Education , 25(7), 825-841.