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The expansion coincides with a substantial financial aid commitment through The Rice Investment program, which offers full-tuition scholarships to students from families earning under $140,000 and at least half-tuition for those earning between $140,000 and $200,000. Rice officials project they will provide more than $1.5

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million grant through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Noyce grant is a catalyst for transformative change that will allow Lenoir-Rhyne to invest in preparing the highest caliber STEM teachers who will shape the future of innovation through their students.”

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In graduate school, we began exchanging documents for awards, fellowships, grants, and other opportunities and we realized that while our research was separate, it was also complementary, allowing us to strengthen each others applications. asked Samuel.

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Project aims to diversify the business world by increasing the number of Black, African American, Latinx, Hispanic American, and Native American faculty members in business schools. This scenario parallels Elphaba's struggle inWicked, as she battles against systemic forces that seek to marginalize and suppress. Founded in 1994, the Ph.D.

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Experts hope that, with more flexible funding, TCUs will be more easily able to not only support their students, but recruit and retain more faculty and expand programs that serve regional needs. Faculty have been known to buy a student’s textbooks if the student cannot afford them. There’s a drive in the U.S.

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The program is funded through a grant provided to the Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation, Inc is committed to providing support for African American, LatinX, and other underrepresented groups through scholarships, grants, and professional development. “I Burt, faculty mentor) .

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JANUARY 17, 2024

As an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) and coordinator of the college student personnel program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is working to achieve that goal with her scholarship and her administrative responsibilities. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. More than $4 million in National Science Foundation grants have funded her work. She will replace Dr. Shaun R.

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One Black British academic felt “discriminated against for promotion” while white colleagues with fewer high-profile publications or research grants were promoted instead. where harassment reporting mechanisms often fail to protect Black faculty. This parallels findings in the U.S., I’ve felt it,” says Patton Davis. “I

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PCC’s Community Excellence Grants program allows faculty, staff, and students to propose ideas in service of the school, its diverse campus, and its nearby communities. According to the college, the internal grant awards total approximately $1 million a year. Likewise, Renton Technical College devoted $1.6

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The grant – from Lilly Endowment Inc. Earlham Summer: A Pre-College Program for High School Students will give up to 120 high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors the opportunity to take classes from Earlham faculty, stay overnight on campus, and learn about admissions and scholarship opportunities. 18-23 and 25-30.

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Rhodes College will receive an $800,000 grant to expand their research on racial equity, discrimination, and justice in the Memphis and Mid-South region. We strive to empower students, faculty, staff, and community members to address contemporary social issues through intellectual inquiry, reflective dialogue, and community action."

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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. of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9%

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JULY 3, 2023

Previously, she was senior vice president for research at the University of Arizona; vice president for research and innovation and dean of the graduate school at the University of Oregon; and faculty at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. In 2022, Espy was a San Antonio Business Journal Women’s Leadership Award winner.

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Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. There is power in being a role model, he says, and that’s why he wants to make sure undergrads and graduates can see themselves represented in Lehman faculty, staff, and administration.

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To remedy these issues, the researchers recommended student-focused initiatives, such as grants, scholarships, application process assistance, financial aid assistance. "We We found that the diversity of applicants to public health programs has improved, but diversity in enrollments continues to lag," the study authors wrote.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Graduate Level Project upGRADS California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA) Less than 10% of college and university faculty in the U.S. Excelencia in Education sees this as a program that is helping develop professionals and future faculty.

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MAY 26, 2023

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. GBC has an endowed scholarship fund from the Goizueta Foundation, and utilizing this fund, GBC began pursuing Hispanic students in the region. She notes it helps build community.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Gabriela Torres, Wheaton College Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Community is everything! At The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, much of Treviño Peña’s scholarship involves listening to and studying people. Treviño Peña has been a proud community builder.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

No Pell Grants. 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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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Even at private nonprofit doctorate-granting universities, the most gated in the nation, 18% of students experience food insecurity. It is also essential because a diverse community of faculty, administrators, advocates, students, think tanks, and state legislatures, and even the U.S. Government Accountability Office, demands it.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

“The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.” The Empowering Futures Gift was earmarked to fund scholarships, advance medical education and research, support faculty expertise, increase athletic competitiveness and make possible numerous student-centered initiatives. at Stanford.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Christina Gunther, Sofia Pendley, and Jacqueline Vernarelli — recently secured a $1,495,472 HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) grant titled “Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce.” The program has three areas of interest.

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It has shown up in her leadership while she was chair of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, and it shows up throughout her scholarship and teaching at Wayne State University, where she is one of only two Black women in her department to be elevated to full professor. Vassar, affectionately known now as “Dr.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Molloy University; and Dr. Leigh Patel, University of Pittsburgh Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: Find and develop a community of supportive colleagues and mentors. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., It’s all a team effort,” Means said.

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"I understand the mission of libraries to be a rather simple one, which is in part to make sure that everybody who needs good information and scholarship has access to that,” Geffert said. “I And that's really what our goal is in a land-grant institution.” I see this as a way to commit to the fundamental mission of libraries."

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Institutions of higher education, specifically land grant/grab institutions, were established as part of these efforts in conquest. Even outside of the land grant system — all institutions of higher education in the U.S. Instead, they were forced to learn English, and adopt Eurocentric agriculture practices and industrial skills.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. 1—–a move that includes closing a popular multicultural center and ending a scholarship program for undocumented students at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Susan D. Dr. Susan D.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, Affiliate Faculty, Education Policy Center, University of Arizona Tenured: Yes Age: 37 Education: B.S., Currently, she is leading a three-year project supported by a $1 million grant from the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In so many educational institutions, unfortunately, students, faculty, staff and alumni feel their identity—racial, gender, sexual orientation, religion—are things that hold them back in their institution,” said Holley. What I see at Mount Holyoke I also experienced at Howard. The search committee included two student representatives.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Public opinion surveys generally give the institutions high marks for the quality of their faculty and programs. The launch was assisted by a planning grant from the Kresge Foundation. A growing number of community colleges are offering applied baccalaureates in addition to associate degrees and certificates in workforce areas.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. She concluded the fellowship and joined the faculty of John Jay.

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This year, Queens revamped its scholarship levels and allocation of aid to meet a higher percentage of students’ financial need. It’s not a footnote in the conversation, it’s part of the bread and butter of the Montclair experience.” Institutions are also improving their financial aid offerings.

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Updated March 2023 If you’re heading to college next year, there’s a good chance you’re paying at least part of the bill with scholarship aid. According to Sallie Mae , around 73% of college students received at least one scholarship or grant from their college, from a hometown organization or from a national provider.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Ford, UCLA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Don’t be afraid to chart your own path. Barber played a vital role in hiring faculty and staff for the center. “I Diez Roux, Drexel University; Dr. Felton James Earls, Harvard University; Dr. Sherman A. James, Duke University; and Dr. Chandra L.

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million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships. The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I

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