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AAMU’s STEM boon carves career paths for HBCU students

University Business

Alabama A&M University and HBCUs at large are some of the most underfunded state universities in the nation, fighting year after year for supplemental grants, scholarships and business partnerships to keep their students competitive in the workforce. Students pursuing this will receive scholarships and assistance with job placement.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. Unquestionably, the past 40 years have brought many steps forward in terms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, visibility, and consciousness, but in academia it is still a work in progress.

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A Culturally Responsive Counselor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although she has reached such heights in her scholarship, she began her college journey with little information or direction about academia, in part because she lacked counseling in high school. “I Mayes is a transformational leader in counselor education as seen by her scholarship and impact on the profession.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. identify as Black, according to a 2021 report from the bipartisan research organization New American Economy and the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, a group of U.S.

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Intrigued by Bats

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He never saw himself pursuing a career in academia until his high school biology teacher encouraged him to apply for a scholarship to Cornell University. “It By partnering with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Division of Wildlife and other organizations at OSU, Carter held a community-wide Bat Day on Halloween for all ages.

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Degrees and Certifications Help Inform the Future of DEI Leadership

Insight Into Diversity

University of Kentucky At UK’s College of Education, the PhD in studies in higher education with a specialization in DEI serves as an important tool in training future generations of DEI leaders in academia. Through the program’s partnership with INSIGHT, students can receive scholarship funding.

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What Does Faith Look Like in Higher Education?

Inside Higher Ed

Explaining or discussing faith can ignite heated, passionate and explosive debates in academia. Sponsored: A religious organization provides financial support for the institution with the expectation the beliefs are upheld and promoted. And yet, faith has played and continues to play a large part in higher education.