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Meet Shai Reshef, the 2023 Yidan Prize Winner

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Reshef was a leader in for-profit education for more than two decades and is credited, for example, of starting the first online university in Europe. The following year, in 2020, the International Baccalaureate began providing 80 scholarships for qualifying M.Ed. The inaugural class of this program commenced in 2019.

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Alabama Community Colleges See Highest Enrollments in a Decade

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ACCS has ongoing initiatives to increase the state’s college-going rates and “labor force” participation through scholarships, flexible (online) learning options, and support services. Baker, chancellor of the Alabama Community College System.

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Supporting Non-Traditional Paths to Student Success

Scholarship America

Online learning can help minimize some of those logistical problems, but it brings its own difficulties. The majority of scholarships go to full-time, bachelor’s degree-seeking undergrads. Unlike programs like Pell, private-sector scholarships can be widely flexible about how and where dollars can be distributed.

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Close the Gap Foundation Receives First-of-its-Kind Laptop Donation from Airbnb

Close the Gap Foundation

A necessity to modern learning for K-12 students is having reliable digital devices, a challenge exacerbated by the recent pandemic's shift from solely in-person schooling to hybrid in-person and online learning.

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

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Harvard alumni also have free access to select workshops and online learning opportunities (current opportunities include digital health or managing happiness workshops). Mount Saint Mary’s University alumni can audit one class per semester for a nominal fee of $25.00.