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Exploring British Muslim transitions to PGT studies

SRHE

It will need to build in more responsiveness to the forms of disadvantage that holds back intersectional communities – such as British Muslims – from participation at the postgraduate level. The sector’s response to this is critical, as dealing with these disparities will necessitate enhancing the current access regime.

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Benefits of staying on at university by Professor Wendy Thomson

HEPI

In their ten-year review , the Unite Foundation found that students who received a Unite Foundation scholarship progressed from their first to the second year of university at the same percentage as non-care leavers. This will bolster the University of London Scholars programme , adding a further £185,000 over the next three years.

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Minus federal oversight, states are passing their own laws on NIL deals for student-athletes

University Business

Since the passing of California’s Fair Pay to Play Act in 2019 that allowed college athletes to receive monetary compensation on behalf of their names, images and likenesses (NIL), states were quick to begin considering similar legislation of their own. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), according to The Hill.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

2019; Monarrez & Washington, 2020). These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. At a societal level, the United States’ economy depends on a skilled workforce, particularly given the rapidly changing technological landscape.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences, mentions the bachelor’s degree in health services management, which began in fall 2019 in response to career interests of students in the health sciences and biological sciences. The second is undergraduate scholarships for health science students that are interested in careers in public health.

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Mobilities and the ‘international academic’ in higher education

SRHE

Hidden behind its neutralising and universalising discourse, internationalisation is a multi-dimensional, highly uneven process; a plural landscape of possibilities for some, and disadvantages for others. For some years now, critical scholarship on internationalisation has been growing.

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CFI 24-25 Directorate Board Candidate Statements

ACPA

It is important for fat student affairs practitioners and fat students to receive the recognition of their work, advocacy, and scholarship. I will work to make our channels of communication platforms upon which to uplift fat voices, demonstrate fat work, reveal fat scholarship, and distribute fat resources.