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AIRC announces 2023 Sir Cyril Taylor recipients

The PIE News

The American International Recruitment Council has announced the 2023 recipients of the Sir Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Study in the US. Nine US HEIs will receive up to $10,000 to award scholarships to disadvantaged or underrepresented students from the UK to enrol at their institution during the 2023/24 academic year.

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Scottish sector reacts to new int’l education strategy

The PIE News

In its strategy, the Scottish government mentions the disadvantages of being unable to fully access Erasmus+, and has introduced a pilot scheme in an effort to repair some of the “damage” caused. However, it admits that the project will not be able deliver the full benefits of the Erasmus+ program.

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Equitable Pedagogy with Dr. Michel Estefan

Continuous Learning Institute

We call the first academic inequities, the second, resource disadvantages, and the third, cultural discrimination." "I I don't begin courses with the learning objectives, with what I'm hoping that we can achieve by the end of the academic term or by reviewing the list of authors or readings that we're going to cover.

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Program Equips Community College Students to Obtain Four-Year Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

First-generation students and those from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds are given priority in the application process for the five-week summer program at Vassar, a private liberal arts institution in New York state. Scholarships are awarded to cover tuition and room and board.

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Benefits of staying on at university by Professor Wendy Thomson

HEPI

It is a similar parallel for the percentage of students graduating with ‘good’ degrees, that is achieving a First or 2:1. In their ten-year review , the Unite Foundation found that students who received a Unite Foundation scholarship progressed from their first to the second year of university at the same percentage as non-care leavers.

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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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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. We have a long way to go to achieve equity in the academy for Black males. Their resilience is clear – achieving in spite of the mountainous barriers and hurdles.