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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. At one time, the organization received over 1,500 applications for only 20 scholarships.

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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

A few are going further, asking what they can do to help Afghan women regain control of their academic futures, whether through scholarships to U.S. “Maybe there is a complacency that’s kicking in with respect to Afghanistan, now that we’re more than a year beyond August 2021,” he said. The Taliban's Dec.

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Programs on the Rise to Help Younger Generations Achieve Financial Literacy

Insight Into Diversity

To help students achieve economic stability, Northern Illinois University (NIU) launched Student Financial Advising Services in 2021. To date, counselors have met with nearly 1,200 students, says Anne Hardy, director of scholarships and student financial advising services. . This article was published in our December 2022 issue.

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Statewide Collaboration Results in Greater Financial Aid for Students

Insight Into Diversity

Willis Scholarship Program, which launched at the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, provides scholarships to Connecticut students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The program is divided into two scholarships, both of which provide funding to low-income students — need-merit and need-based offerings.

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New digital texts shake up monograph publishing (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

” In recent years, Brown University Library has expanded its innovation in digital scholarship by pushing beyond the boundaries of the traditional printed monograph. Funding organizations such as the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others, have made much of this innovative scholarship possible.

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University of Dayton, Sinclair CC share students

Inside Higher Ed

Of UD Sinclair Academy’s 2020 and 2021 cohorts, 96 percent received their bachelor’s degrees. Prior, funding came primarily from the two institutions and some donor-funded scholarships to support academy students and a graduate assistant for the program. No In-Article Careers: 3 Additionally, UD received $1.25

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Breaking Barriers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He draws upon scholarship in critical race theory and Jotería studies in education and invites his research participants to become co-creators and to be in conversations, or pláticas, with him. As a community leader, Gonzalez is on the national board of The Association for Jotería Arts, Activism, and Scholarship. “He