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This program dedicated to boosting first-gen success rates is tripling down

University Business

Fueled by a $10 million donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies American Talent Initiative and the Judy and Fred Wilpon Family Foundation, Kessler Scholars will expand in the upcoming academic year to invite ten more colleges, nearly tripling its institutional reach and quadrupling its support network to 1,600 first-generation students.

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South Africa: ELT schools host agents on fam trip

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In 2022, UCT English Language Centre welcomed four students from Brazilian agency IE Intercâmbio through an initiative funded by donations. Among the agents visiting the three schools were guest from Brazil.

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President moves: Hired, fired, retired and one unexpected loss after a 19-year tenure

University Business

An alumni group named “Save Whittier College” pledged $500,000 in school donations if Oubré left by May 1 , and the Whittier chapter of the American Association of University Professors told the board that Whittier suffered from “mismanagement” and was in “turmoil.”

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