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Aus: Colombian student numbers “highest in history”

The PIE News

Colombian student numbers for Australia are now the highest in history, according to new figures in an update from Austrade. In the snapshot update on Latin America’s international student market, Austrade noted its push to get prospective students back to in-person recruitment events across Latin America.

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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Drexel University, Jointly Appointed, History and Africana Studies, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 42 Education: B.A., Ramos, jointly appointed in History and Africana Studies, serves as an assistant professor in the Department of History at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

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Program Encourages Regional Native American Students to Pursue Health Sciences

Insight Into Diversity

The campus has a 50-year history of serving Native American and rural communities and ranks second nationally for graduating Indigenous physicians. Recruiting and retention efforts include scholarships covering full tuition, cultural support programming, and assistance in transitioning into medical or doctor of philosophy programs.

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It is not too late to shift gears to a more visionary International Education Strategy for Canada 

The PIE News

GAC has shown leadership and success in areas such as the most recent successful outbound mobility Global Skills Opportunity program , in collaboration with ESDC, and the recruitment and retention-focused International Student Program , in collaboration with IRCC. Looking for inspiration abroad is another.

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Wesleyan University to End Legacy Admission Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our admission decision is based upon diverse facets of the individual’s history, talent, potential to contribute to the university and get the most out of a Wesleyan education. Wesleyan plans to encourage geographic diversity by recruiting students from across the U.S.;

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Century-Old Institutions Paving the Way for DEI in Sports with Strategic Plan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Molly Harry, an assistant professor of recreation and sport management at the University of Arkansas, says student-athletes are more likely to choose their college based on scholarship amounts, proximity to home, playing time, and the potentiality of NIL deals. athletic system and not the athletes themselves.

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The University of Arkansas appoints its first Black chancellor

University Business

On Wednesday, Charles Robinson was named chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, making history for the flagship campus for appointing its first Black leader. Charles Robinson has been named the seventh Chancellor of the University of Arkansas by the UA System Board of Trustees #WPS pic.twitter.com/L2RakBlzfm.