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Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation Selects Recipients for 2023 Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation’s 2023 MCT Scholarship. The annual scholarship is meant for matriculating students in master’s or doctoral programs in student affairs or higher ed administration-related fields. candidate studying educational leadership & policy analysis and gender & women studies.

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An Equity and Access Champion

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She would like to see underrepresented and marginalized students thrive and succeed in higher education. Dueñas’ scholarship addresses issues of equity and access in higher education with a focus on sense of belonging and experiences with imposter syndrome among Latinx students attending four-year colleges and universities.

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Group Files OCR Complaint Over ‘Discriminatory’ Scholarship

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Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights discrimination complaint resolution procedures — objects to the university creating, supporting, and promoting the eligibility criterion for the George Floyd Memorial Scholarship, a four-year, full-tuition scholarship.

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Higher Education Reexamined at ASHE Conference

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MINNEAPOLIS—Amid the ongoing attacks to higher education, experts who study the field are gathering this week to debate and respond to the growing political challenges that have impacted colleges and universities.

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Descendants of Enslaved Offered Need-Based Scholarships through Partnership

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Monique Trusclair Maddox Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation announced applications are open for an advancement of education scholarship program in partnership with Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). Williams, the president and CEO of TMCF. “We

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Miller Lite and HACU Partner to Offer Scholarships to Latinx Undergrads

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Miller Lite and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) are using their longstanding partnership to give 35 scholarships to eligible undergraduate Latinx students. Lacey Golonka The scholarship amounts range from $2,500 to $5,000. Leadership Institute, an annual conference Oct.

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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

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Tchen told listeners that, at this moment in time, education and democracy are walking “on the knife’s edge.” “I Since then, the team has helped over 23,000 students successfully navigate the path to college and helped them secure over $1 billion in scholarships and financial aid. The progress is tangible.

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