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

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That is, for a typical student under that second scenario, college X says, "We'll charge you $40,000 and then apply a "scholarship" of $20,000, which is really an accounting transaction. That is, it comes in as cash from another source, like an endowed scholarship. In other words, we'll educate you for $20,000 in cash.

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Hello … Are you there? Or have you gone home for Christmas?

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Former Unite Foundation scholarship student, and host of the excellent This is Us Podcast, Paige Mackenzie, writes about her reflections on speaking with students on the podcast, and how they’ve said it can feel to be stuck at uni at a time when seemingly everyone is at home with their families. I definitely didn’t want that attention.

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Using Content Disclosures in Our Courses 

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Lukianhoff & Haidt, 2019), their effects on academic freedom (e.g., E.g., provide context for why information is relevant, provide definitions verbally before presenting students with visually sensitive information. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 3(2), 163. Boysen, 2017). sexual violence, trauma).

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Using Content Disclosures in Our Courses 

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Lukianhoff & Haidt, 2019), their effects on academic freedom (e.g., E.g., provide context for why information is relevant, provide definitions verbally before presenting students with visually sensitive information. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 3(2), 163. Boysen, 2017). sexual violence, trauma).

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Nigerian students rush to secure UK places before dependants ban

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Over 59,000 Nigerians were granted study visas in 2022, compared to 6,798 in 2019. “It’s going to hurt students, unis, agents, everyone who’s in the sector because Nigeria’s a large number of students and it will definitely drop the numbers, so I’m worried.”

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

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My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts. This definition aligns with the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) diagnostic criteria, which in turn relies on current trends in research. Harper,, G.,

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

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My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts. This definition aligns with the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) diagnostic criteria, which in turn relies on current trends in research. Harper,, G.,