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Brown U Athletes Sue Ivy League Over No-Scholarship Policy

Inside Higher Ed

Two Brown University basketball players have sued the Ivy League over its prohibition on athletic scholarships, alleging the policy amounts to price fixing and denies athletes proper compensation for their services, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the U.S.

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Scholarships attracting African students to Turkey

The PIE News

The number of African students studying in colleges and universities in Turkey has risen significantly over the past few years. During a December 2021 summit with African heads of state, president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan disclosed that Turkey had awarded 14,000 scholarships to African students, and had trained close to 250 African diplomats.

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Morehouse students protesting reduced scholarship dollars

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A group of students at Morehouse College who recently learned they would not be getting scholarship funds they expected and believed they were entitled to receive are demanding change and clarity about the institution’s scholarship policies. Ayden Clark-Veal is one of those students.

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How Universities Can Support Undocumented Students as Federal Policies Continue to Threaten Them

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many state policies block undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition — even if they completed their K-12 education there — and several states directly prohibit undocumented students from enrolling in many public universities. Research your institution’s policies. Oglethorpe University’s Undocumented Students FAQs ).

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Universities welcome budget to prevent Canadian “brain drain”

The PIE News

Canadian universities have welcomed president Trudeau’s new federal budget announced on April 16, hailing funding boosts for academic research and graduate scholarships and greater support for student housing and mental healthcare. The budget will provide grants of $1.8

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., criminology, law & society, University of California, Irvine; M.S., counseling, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Ph.D., Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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Security, assurance & a pathway to professional life – the UK’s Graduate Route

The PIE News

In 2016, I received a scholarship of £9,000 to pursue my undergraduate studies at Coventry University. While this scholarship eased some of the financial burden, it was clear that I would still need to secure additional funding to cover the remaining tuition fees. British citizens or UK residents can sign the petition here.