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Why some institutions can afford to market opaque sticker prices

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As the cost of higher education continues to rise for students across the socioeconomic spectrum, public and private institutions’ marketed sticker prices have become an increasingly unreliable metric for applicants to gauge how much they will pay, a new report from Brookings declares.

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Women make history every day – let’s remove the barriers that stand in their way

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Globally, women have made enormous progress in advancing gender equity, but persistent barriers – including education in many parts of the world, as well as fair pay, economic opportunity and health equity, continue to prevent women from fully realizing their hopes and ambitions.

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Report: Workers in Rural America Almost Just as Likely to Have Well-Paying Jobs, Amid Racial and Gender Disparities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Martin Van Der Werf The report, Small Towns, Big Opportunities , categorizes what constitutes a “good job” as a one that pays a minimum of – in 2022 dollars – approximately $43,000 for workers ages 25 to 44 and a minimum of approximately $55,000 for workers ages 45 to 64. White workers comprise the majority of the rural U.S.

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The Importance of Women’s Leadership in Higher Education

Kortext University Leaders' Blog

International Women’s Day (IWD) is annually on March 8 th around the world to recognise the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, as well as to raise awareness about the ongoing struggle for gender equality which is still very present in this day and age.

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How individual accommodation creates barriers to the inclusion of students with disabilities

SRHE

It aims at reducing barriers and promoting equal participation, by taking into account the individual needs of a person. If some students are treated differently from others, this raises issues of fairness and equality. In some cases, students also had to pay for these certificates themselves.

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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the support of foundations such as Ford, Knight, MacArthur, Robert Woods Johnson and Open Society, I was able to raise more than $25 million in funding — which is more than the entire endowments of many HBCUs — to build the center. Our program pays what Princeton University’s pays. We can change that.

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Op Ed: SCOTUS Ruling Disproportionately Impacts Opportunities for Black Males

Insight Into Diversity

By Christian Collins For too long, American society has traditionally viewed Black men’s value and worth through the lens of our physical labor. Though the growth of college athletics as a business sector has expanded substantially in the past several decades, this practice has even older roots.