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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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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matthews in starting what was initially a monthly newsletter on Black Issues In Higher Education , we now know the power of pathways in helping Black boys like me go from being a nerdy high school student in Richmond, Virginia, to a tenured professor at a flagship state university where the governor once stood in the Schoolhouse Door.

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Programs on the Rise to Help Younger Generations Achieve Financial Literacy

Insight Into Diversity

To help students avoid developing bad spending habits that can lead to unpaid debts and other economic hardships, state legislators, colleges, and universities are working to advance financial literacy among young people. Similar legislation, set to take effect in the 2024-2025 school year, has also been mandated in Georgia and Michigan.

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Dr. Orlando Taylor: A Person to Emulate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He took me there to meet his long-time colleague and co-founder of the magazine, Dr. Bill Cox. Wherever we went, Orlando knew how to engage people’s hearts through his own scholarship and research, from my shy niece to the President of a powerful university. Dr. Taylor passed away in January 2024.

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Inside Higher Ed

Quite a lot, if you call yourself a university—a title evoking the pinnacle of higher learning, discovery and dialogue. “University” has meant many things, from a seminary for medieval priests to a finishing school for the aristocracy. First up is Charles Sturt University, whose current registration expires in April.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson, a member of Delta Sigma Theta, had a sorority sister drive her to the airport following a visit to Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. Time Magazine once referred to Jackson as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science.” En route, they heard on the radio that King had been shot and killed.

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Ford Foundation to end diverse fellowship program

Inside Higher Ed

” Yet thanks “in large part to our extraordinary community of Ford Fellows—through their scholarship and mentorship—we see the seeds of change taking root, and a new ecosystem of support emerging around them,” Walker continued. Fellowships are meant for scholars who wish to teach at the postsecondary level.