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Housing scholarship aids underrepresented students

Inside Higher Ed

What’s the need: The Fordham Housing Fund is specifically for students in the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program ( CSTEP ). How it works: Each year, rising juniors in CSTEP apply for a scholarship from the fund. After, CSTEP staff select the nine scholarship recipients for the upcoming academic year.

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Smart Campus of the Future: Creating Student Experiences through Technology

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Last week at EDUCAUSE , thousands of education technology leaders gathered in the Denver Colorado Convention Center to discuss, debate, and dream about the future of higher education. All together these Internet of Things PoE technologies work to keep temperature controlled, and make your campus smarter. Million students?

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Indian Institutes of Technology want foreign students

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Scholars have called a proposal by the Indian Institutes of Technology to quadruple their international student intake by 2025 “feasible” but say they will first need to decide whether they are willing to lower entry requirements for nonlocal applicants.

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HBCUs Can Help Reverse the Black College Enrollment Recession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the country’s largest champion of the Black college community, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has awarded more than $500 million in scholarships and leadership development to HBCU students.

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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Another highlight is upgrading facilities. In order for students to experience the best equipment and facilities while at Buffalo State, Conway-Turner, with the help of the state of New York, has been able to advance the university’s facilities. Classrooms have been modernized and the campus is more technology accessible.

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. Houtman previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. But those who decided to step down are doing so on sound footing.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Armory Track is a renowned indoor track and field facility in Washington Heights, Manhattan in New York. ACP is open to fourth through 12th graders who have trained or competed or currently train at the facility. Programming for fourth and fifth graders fosters a love of literature and technology.