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Duke Ends Merit Scholarship for Students of African Descent

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. The merit scholarship, established in 1979, is named after the first African American President of the Associated Students of Duke University. Supreme Court ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Launch Scholarship Program as Part of Federal Agriculture Career Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN),” UAPB’s Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett will be heading a scholarship initiative for students pursuing degrees related to agriculture and family and consumer sciences at UAPB and Fort Valley State University.

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Common App Sets Goal to Increase Reach to Low-Income Students, Publishes Findings of Pilot Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide.

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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That July, as Ross debated where to continue his educational journey, he reached out to Howard to receive his transcript so he could officially restart classes, only to discover it had been placed on a hold. Dr. Milton Fuentes, associate chair for undergraduate education and professor of psychology at Montclair State University, New Jersey.

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Tuition Discounts Offered as Merit Aid

College Planners of America

They use partial merit scholarships as bait to land strong academic performers who will raise their position in college rankings, which many people use as a proxy for educational value. There are still some scholarships awarded solely on merit. These colleges use merit aid to buy a better class of students.

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Choosing a college or a university in the USA

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Scholarship programs and funding. You should consider scholarships and funding when considering how to pay for a US education. Not all US universities provide scholarships to international students, and government loans are not always available to cover tuition and fees. Difference between a college and a university.