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University of Alabama at Birmingham Awarded $4.6 Million Grant Renewal to Bolster Cybersecurity Workforce Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded a $4.6 Yuliang Zhang, chair of UAB’s computer science department. million grant renewal to support cybersecurity workforce development programs. 32 students will be selected over five years.

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AAMU’s STEM boon carves career paths for HBCU students

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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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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. We are an affordable institution.

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Engaging Students Through Experiential Learning Inside the Classroom

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It is far easier to organize and control experiential learning inside the classroom than out-of-class activities. By having students discuss and organize their points of view for one side of an argument, they are able to discover new information and put knowledge into action.

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Engaging Students Through Experiential Learning Inside the Classroom

Faculty Focus

It is far easier to organize and control experiential learning inside the classroom than out-of-class activities. By having students discuss and organize their points of view for one side of an argument, they are able to discover new information and put knowledge into action.

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Transforming Transfer at Selective Colleges and Universities

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Blog: Beyond Transfer Millions of community college students are pursuing their higher education journeys right now. This past spring, we awarded the Undergraduate Transfer scholarship to 100 high-achieving community college students , the largest group in the program's history. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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At the University of Montana, esports is about more than competition

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I mean English majors, Biology majors, Math majors, Computer Science, we have people from everywhere,” he explains. They did that organically. There are 50 scholarships given out each year to students. Any of those things qualify and if you do at least one of those a year you qualify for our scholarship.”.