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Duke Ends Merit Scholarship for Students of African Descent

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. Supreme Court ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. The merit scholarship, established in 1979, is named after the first African American President of the Associated Students of Duke University.

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

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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. Terrell Educational Foundation, Inc. Terrell Educational Foundation, Inc.

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New Scholarship Program for Nontraditional Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has partnered with The Bernard Osher Foundation to create The Osher Scholarship Program at North Carolina A&T State University. This program is designed to support nontraditional students who are working on a degree.

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GSNP Emerging Leaders Institute Scholarship- Applications Open!

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Mable Emerging Leaders Institute (ELI) Scholarship! This virtual institute is geared towards new professionals with 1-3 years of experience in student affairs to connect with new mentors, engage with ACPA leaders from around the country, and participate in conversations about your experience up to this point. first appeared on ACPA.

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Single Parents Breaking Barriers Through Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Grace Alexis Stephens Generations College boasts a 120-year rich legacy of providing accessible and high-quality education to campus-based and online students from diverse backgrounds across 40 states. Generations College is dedicated to empowering single parents and breaking barriers through education.

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More US STEM scholarships for Southeast Asia

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The Quad Fellowship program for STEM students in Australia, India, Japan and the US was expanded last week to include students from the 10 ASEAN countries. The expansion was announced at an event at the White House on February 7 to celebrate the success of the inaugural cohort of Quad Fellows who enrolled on the scholarship in 2021.

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Group Files OCR Complaint Over ‘Discriminatory’ Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.