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$100 million: The largest single donation in HBCU history goes to Spelman College

University Business

” Three-quarters of the donation will go directly toward scholarships. Additionally, this donation rivals that of the $120 donated to Spelman, Morehouse, and the United Negro College Fund by the co-founder of Netflix donated in 2020. “We are invigorated and inspired by this incredible act of generosity.”

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U.S. institutions offer scholarships to Ukrainian refugees

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Andriyana Baran spent the 2020–21 academic year as a Fulbright scholar in the United States, serving as a teaching assistant and helping to develop online learning curricula for the University of Kansas at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But when Russia invaded the country last February, she was forced to evacuate.

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Spelman College Receives Largest Single Gift to HBCU

Insight Into Diversity

Of the $100 million, $75 million will go to endowed scholarships to attract future students while removing financial barriers, according to the institution. According to a 2020 report by the Brookings Institution, the 10 largest HBCU endowments totaled just $2 billion, compared to $200 billion across top predominantly White institutions.

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Historic $100M Grant to UNCF Boosts HBCU Endowments, Financial Stability

Insight Into Diversity

marking the largest unrestricted private donation in the organization’s history. According to a 2020 report by the Brookings Institution, the 10 largest HBCU endowments totaled just $2 billion, compared to $200 billion across the top predominantly White institutions.

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Hospital Honors Trailblazing Surgeon With Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D. Outpatient Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Endowed Scholarship Fund for minority medical students in 2009. Since 2020, Johns Hopkins has created at least three name committee boards to address racial discrimination of the organization’s past and three boards to reevaluate building and program names. Commemoration in 1982; and helped fund the Levi Watkins, Jr.,

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NCAA eliminates standardized testing requirement for student-athletes

University Business

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the latest entity to dismiss standardized testing as a core requirement for student-athletic scholarships. Division III schools do not offer athletic scholarships, so they utilize a different method of granting scholarships.

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Insight Into Diversity

Serving as the heart of knowledge and scholarship in higher education, academic libraries are uniquely positioned to advance and support digital and data-driven storytelling and archival efforts, especially as they relate to marginalized communities. Mexico border. Communities along the U.S.-Mexico

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