Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $190 million, its largest philanthropic corporate gift, for a scholarship program. Pamela Everhart The money – from Fidelity Investments – will go towards launching the Fidelity Scholars Program, which will have renewable, need-based scholarships and wrap-around support services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

Harvard Kennedy School professor Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad has accepted a tenured position at Princeton University. Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad Muhammad is the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Muhammad previously served as an associate professor at Indiana University.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

These are challenges all of us in higher education face today. We have to think differently about the future of higher education. And rather than limit our work to what one type of institution or program can achieve, we should look across the entire higher education sector. Affordability. Social mobility. Student outcomes.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. Akram followed through, was accepted and was offered a $20,000 scholarship. Students are charged a $60 application fee and a $120 assessment fee at the end of each course.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

But such was the case at many two-year schools across the U.S. A good portion of those donations were given to various kinds of institutions of higher education, many serving students from underserved backgrounds. For more than one school, such as Pasadena City College (PCC), it was the largest gift their school has gotten yet.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

” Also correct, but whether you regard this statement as extraneous or relevant hinges on your understanding of the museum’s educational mission. Major museums, even more than public and private universities, must navigate a fraught, contentious environment without the broad base of support that comes from alumni.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Image: Arizona voters will decide next month whether to allow undocumented students in the state to receive in-state tuition—one of three statewide measures on the ballot this November related to higher education. Harnisch said Arizona’s Proposition 308 is “the marquee higher education ballot measure this year.”

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