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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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College Board, which runs SAT, AP exams, fined $730K by NYS for selling student data

University Business

The College Board will have to pay a $750,000 settlement with the New York Attorney General’s Office, which said the organization unlawfully shared students’ personal data with organizations such as colleges and scholarship programs.

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Applying ‘Freedom Summer’ Lessons to an Overlooked Student Population

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, following the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Scholarship Breakfast in Miami, I observed attendees gathering around one of the honorees, actor Danny Glover. The risks for the organizers and the people who dared to even try to register to vote were immense. They wore overalls.

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Integrating Guest Speakers and Panelists in Online Courses 

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More importantly, the available evidence suggests that outside perspectives are viewed overwhelmingly positively by students because it adds to their learning by providing insight into the real-world application of course material and/or provides real-world evaluative perspectives (Bruff, 2019; Jablon-Roberts & McCracken, 2022).

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Adult learners’ application behavior is changing—here’s how

EAB

In this year’s survey, students identified financial aid and scholarships as the most important factors in their enrollment decision. This marks the first time respondents have listed financial aid and scholarships as their top criteria since we began surveying adult learners in 2019. Organic social media can change that.

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Futuristic Scholar Looks to Change the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

public & private sector organizations, Brown University; M.A., Her scholarship translates into policy and engagement.” In studying reproductive justice, she received the Birthworkers of Color full spectrum doula training in 2019, which allowed her to become part of the doula community and learn about their specific needs.

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Highlights from Higher Ed: Uncertain H.S. Graduates, Native American Financial Woes, Degree Requirements, and “Upper Class” Faculty 

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Among the 500 survey respondents who had graduated since 2019, 41% couldn’t decide on a college major by the time they had graduated, and 42% “lacked confidence or were only slightly confident in their chosen career or education.” In early 2019, 46% of U.S. Source: University Business. address racial disparities?

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