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College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the current scholarship recipient.

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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. This year, that number has risen to 552 and is expected to exceed 570 in 2023-2024.

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Building Community through Inclusive Research Guides  

ACRLog

Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Nery Alcivar-Estrella, Reference and Instruction Librarian at California State University, Northridge, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2023-2024 year here at ACRLog. She asks, “How are we decentering, decolonizing, diversifying research practices?”

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Share Your Perspectives on the Future of Higher Education and Student Affairs

ACPA

Share Your Perspectives on the Future of Higher Education and Student Affairs As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of ACPA in 2024, ACPA Developments and the ACPA@100 Committee would love to hear your perspectives on the future of higher education and student affairs. Articles can be submitted on a rolling basis.

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) and coordinator of the college student personnel program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is working to achieve that goal with her scholarship and her administrative responsibilities. Cristobal Salinas Jr., affect the day-to-day lives of students.”

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Programs on the Rise to Help Younger Generations Achieve Financial Literacy

Insight Into Diversity

To obtain a high school diploma in Florida, students must take a half-credit course on financial literacy and money management beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. Similar legislation, set to take effect in the 2024-2025 school year, has also been mandated in Georgia and Michigan.

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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.