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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a societal level, the United States’ economy depends on a skilled workforce, particularly given the rapidly changing technological landscape. 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.

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Post-Pandemic Resurgence Bolsters HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We added new technology; we did more virtual recruitment, so students didn’t have to visit the campus,” said Hudson. “We We try to make sure we have scholarships and financial packages available, not only through student affairs, but also through their schools and colleges and through our foundation as well.”

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3 Questions About Extended Reality and Online Learning

Inside Higher Ed

Recent years have seen institutions experiment with integrating extended reality into their teaching and research on campus, and there has been no shortage of ambitious predictions about the technology’s potential impact. It is an exciting time for extended reality at the University of Michigan.

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Entrepreneur Profile: How Sadiq Basha built the Edvoy empire

The PIE News

“I also said ‘if you give me a small scholarship, I will bring in 10 students’ I was only 21 at the time but I was making a deal with him.” Syed identified a technological gap in the student recruitment sector, which led to the incorporation of cutting-edge tech into Edvoy.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in Business Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Whitney Bunting College of Business and Technology Started more than 30 years ago, the Center for Economic Education at the J. About 20 students participate each summer, with each receiving a full scholarship covering program, housing, and meal costs. Accepted XULA students are guaranteed generous scholarships.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

This academic and professional development initiative encourages and assists students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. . to offer scholarships to DACA students. Scaling Up Programs for Underrepresented Students — Georgia Institute of Technology.

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US processes a million Indian visas in 2023

The PIE News

US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti personally handed over the millionth visa to an Indian woman at the end of September, who is planning to travel to the US to visit her son studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The US embassy is processing almost 20% more applications than in pre-pandemic 2019.