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New Briefing Lays Out Strategies and Challenges for HSIs in Getting Title V Funds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stephanie Aguilar-Smith, an assistant professor at the University of North Texas who studies grant-seeking by HSIs, the reason schools have this problem is simple: money. You have to have the money from the get-go to build this office, to staff this office, the get professional training about grant-writing, management, and implementation.”

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Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women now receive around 40% of STEM PhDs — far from parity but a definite improvement. Lara Perez-Felkner, an associate professor of higher education and sociology and principal investigator of the grant, Florida State will put on a summer research bootcamp for faculty and their mentors. Several facts stand out.

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Get Rejected on a Regular Basis

Clair Kamp Dush

Sometimes when I am feeling really demoralized I lay on the floor in my office in my shame spiral for about 5 minutes then get up and keep going, and I definitely did that after receiving some of these scores/non-scores/reviews. These rejections were not easy.

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