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DePauw University Receives $200 Million in Support of Strategic Plan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

higher ed institution. DePauw University DePauw’s Bold and Gold 2027 strategic plan seeks to bolster the university around four principles: the liberal arts and sciences; the student experience; institutional equity; and responsible financial and operational management.

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

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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.

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Afghan women offered chance to continue learning

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In Germany, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has pledged €7 million of funding to support Afghan women by helping them to continue their education in a neighbouring country – Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan or Pakistan. To deny women and girls access to higher education is to deny them basic human rights.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. The Class of 2027 at the University of South Alabama is one of the largest in school history, bumping first-year enrollment by 19% compared to last year.

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Korea unveils five-year plan to boost int’ls

The PIE News

A long-awaited five-year plan to help boost the amount of international higher education students in South Korea has been unveiled by the country’s education minister. Certain zones will be named “Global talent focused Special Zones for the Internationalisation of Education” On top of the scholarship plans, $60.4m

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Are cannabis programs set to become higher education’s next darling?

University Business

“In addition to Missouri, thousands of jobs are being created across the country, and there is an emerging need for educated employees to support and sustain the industry.” Consequently, higher education institutions are taking notice as they continue to offer flexible, affordable and enticing programs to attract students.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.