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AIRC announces 2023 Sir Cyril Taylor recipients

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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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Universities Continue to Expand Access, Affordability Despite Federal Funding Slowdown

Insight Into Diversity

In addition to its two major affordability programs, UIUC designates a number of scholarships and grants for individuals from underrepresented groups, such as first-generation students and those transferring from community colleges.

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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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‘Affirmative action made us complacent’: Leaders on their back heels get real on equity

University Business

At Wednesday’s National Summit on Equal Opportunity hosted by the Department of Education, presidents, chancellors, provosts, CEOs and secretaries from across the nation heeded Department Secretary Miguel Cardona’s advice to turn this “low point” in higher education into a “turning point.”

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How striving for a DEI award keeps one senior diversity officer on track

University Business

We’re now looking at greater services to help build such pipelines and serve our talented and under-resourced students so they truly thrive at college—with scholarships and fellowships, internships, and mentorship. But if tenure review fails to properly weight that service, these populations are at a disadvantage.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Those New York residents who make it receive full-tuition scholarships or tuition waivers (for individuals from out of state). Less than 10% of applicants are accepted.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world. Perna is the GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education and vice provost for faculty at the University of Pennsylvania.

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