Coursera blog

MARCH 8, 2024

OLAY will award $2 million worth of scholarships for learners interested in cosmetic sciences By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer , Coursera Today, OLAY is launching a new Specialization, Introduction to Cosmetic Science and Ingredients , on Coursera. Scholarships are open to all, but women are encouraged to apply.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

The program uses a cohort model, in which a group of students moves through the program together, taking all classes in sequence as a group. Students are expected to graduate the program with an understanding and critique of organizational scholarship.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This influx of $200 million – three-quarters of which will go towards DePauw’s endowment – is meant to aid in the university’s efforts around these four principles and support areas such as faculty, scholarships, financial aid, student and spiritual life, and athletics, according to DePauw.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The classic literature review plus case studies may give shape to many theses, but there are far more models out there, and models which proceed directly to an intervention in public space. Two obvious responses are – what about the value of the PhD as scholarship? What are the models for team PhDs?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% Prior to that, GALA raised over $250,000 to endow UND LGBTQ student scholarships; two are given every year. With many faculty and staff remaining closeted, there is also a lack of role models or mentors.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

More competitive graduate scholarship and international and domestic mobility funding models is one way to create excellence in Canada. While we celebrate those successes, we argue that it is time to go beyond this piecemeal approach to adopting a more holistic comprehensive approach to international education (IE).

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Higher Ed Data Stories

OCTOBER 21, 2021

That is, for a typical student under that second scenario, college X says, "We'll charge you $40,000 and then apply a "scholarship" of $20,000, which is really an accounting transaction. That is, it comes in as cash from another source, like an endowed scholarship. In other words, we'll educate you for $20,000 in cash.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 3, 2024

Particularly for those with smaller admissions offices, this frees up admissions officers to focus on the other, necessarily nuanced aspects of the application process, like awarding scholarships and financial aid packages. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

Bryn Geffert The move by UVM Press – overseen by UVM Libraries – is meant to eliminate financial hurdles and barriers to peer-reviewed research that traditional publishing and access models impose. The press – it employs a “diamond open-access model” – is open to all scholars, including those not affiliated with UVM.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 28, 2022

” In recent years, Brown University Library has expanded its innovation in digital scholarship by pushing beyond the boundaries of the traditional printed monograph. Funding organizations such as the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others, have made much of this innovative scholarship possible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The TCURJ, established by the American Indian College Fund in 2016, serves as the only academic publication outlet for peer reviewed scholarship specifically for TCU faculty. Funding from the Henry Luce Foundation and support of the American Indian College Fund have maintained the TCURJ as an open access journal.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Success Coaching, Services and Scholarships Part women’s center, part student success center, the Women’s Success Center at UVU served approximately 900 students of all genders last fall, through a combination of services and offerings: Success coaching, which connects students with existing resources and support.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 29, 2023

The cross-subsidisation with international student tuition fees is “at the core of the research-intensive university business model, meaning the financial sustainability of universities is closely linked with international student recruitment”, the paper noted.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

“The Gilman Scholarship will benefit me by expanding my horizon globally and setting me out of my comfort zone,” said Diandre’ Richie, a University of North Carolina junior.  Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad through the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It may be helpful to compare institutions within a state, but beyond that, state funding models and the mix of resident and nonresident tuition rates make comparisons across borders mostly meaningless. For those who always ask, no, I don't do this for public universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

Did the decision cover race-based scholarships? The presentation also covered the use of race in awarding scholarships, which was not explicitly mentioned in Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion. Coleman said that continuing to offer scholarships tied to race is risky. Racial preferences in hiring?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 3, 2023

Wayne State University is a national model for student success, is recognized for its community impact, and is respected across the nation and around the world for its scholarship and health services, particularly in addressing health disparities in major cities,” Espy said. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Shai's model reimagines higher education, opening the doors for those who have previously been excluded," said Dorothy K. The university relies heavily on open resource materials and tuition is free, creating a model that demonstrates that "higher education can be accessible, affordable and provide quality."

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A UK government-backed scholarship awardee has called for the country’s new home secretary to be more welcoming to international students and widen Graduate Route opportunities for students from modest backgrounds. Increases in bureaucracy costs were announced during Braverman’s tenure earlier this year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing. Recent data projects that nearly four million additional people will be needed in 2030 for the science and engineering workforce to be representative of the U.S. population, Moore added.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

A: The academic library is, at its core, about making scholarship available to students and faculty and preserving it for future generations. The transition of scholarship from print to the digital network is fundamental and it will change many things in the academy beyond libraries. It is a revolution and it is only the beginning.

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EAB

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Blogs Why Enroll360 Match’s partnership with Naviance will transform college admissions With overall college enrollment continuing a decade-long pattern of decline, much has been said about the need to break down barriers inherent to the traditional admissions model.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s scholarship in a different form.” Gray says he felt pressure to produce another article when a friend came to him and said that the idea was not done because the scholarship was just one leg of the relay. They make all kinds of videos, mixtapes, and songs,” he says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Undergraduates are most concerned with scholarship opportunities, financial literacy, and paying for their education,” survey conductors reported about the financial needs of Latino students. Having role models and in-class representation also matters a good bit, the researchers wrote. Encourage research and scholarship on U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

He had previously given $1 million to Howard in 2016 to establish a scholarship fund and had said that he would donate a further $1 million to the school in the same acceptance speech. The money will pay for financial literacy efforts and "providing a practical model for economic empowerment,” per a press release.

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ACRLog

APRIL 11, 2024

Explore the connection between communication as a product of scholarship (formal/informal) and the literacies one may engage naturally or intentionally. How do we adjust to incorporate & maintain a vision of critical information literacy that encompasses formal/informal scholarship & multiple literacies?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Despite these barriers, undocumented students are finding opportunities to pursue a college education through individual resourcefulness, ambition, targeted scholarships, and more welcoming institutional policies. Students without work authorization could pursue unpaid internships that are funded through scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

At DFC, every student gets a scholarship of some amount, and the average student cost is under $3,000. DFC uses a cohort model in which students take all their classes as part of a group of 25. It isn’t a full cost of ed model.” Hall, who is graduating this week, got a scholarship to study for her bachelor’s at St.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The report urged universities to develop not only sophisticated pricing strategies but also sophisticated scholarships strategies. Across the three countries survey, 67% of QS 1-100 institutions said they planned to invest more in scholarships, while 55% of those ranked 101-250 indicated they planned to invest more or much more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

I believe it aligns with what our division [Workforce Credentialing and Community Impact] was brought into being to do, to reimagine how higher ed is serving the needs of the broader labor market in the New York area, and not always believing the traditional model of postsecondary education is the only pathway available,” said Amkraut.

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The PIE News

JUNE 14, 2023

Half of all respondents say they had introduced new scholarships to support diversified international recruitment, with an additional 22% saying it was a move they are considering.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The consortium—known as the Texas Library Coalition for United Action—announced last month that it had reached a deal with Elsevier that is expected to improve access to scholarship, afford researchers greater control over their work and save the member institutions millions. Some laud the agreement as historic.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

. “The health of the research and innovation ecosystem depends therefore on a renewal of the core funding of the federal granting councils, alongside competitive funding through graduate level scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships,” the letter to prime minister Justin Trudeau and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland reads.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

SVMC’s initial idea was to fund scholarships. Right now, students can access our programs in early childhood education at low or no cost,” said Dr. “The model of paying students to go to school, in particular to go to a local community college, could solve a lot of the labor pipeline [issues] across the country,” he said.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Among them are the prestigious Fulbright Program and Gilman International Scholarship Program, the latter of which is open exclusively to college students receiving federal Pell Grants. Semester-long experiences for academic credit remain the traditional model.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

And Hunter has always been just a real beacon of all the things I believe in — social mobility, scholarship that really addresses pressing issues in the world, and a very clear footprint in the city of New York.” “My term here at Rutgers-Newark is coming to an end,” Cantor told Diverse in an interview on Wednesday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice.

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