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American colleges and universities have received close to $60 billion in foreign gifts and contracts over a decades-long span, according to a new watchdog report. Americans for Public Trust, a right-leaning dark money watchdog, found the nearly $60 billion of foreign money has gone into hundreds of colleges and universities, with 10 elite schools raking in a third of the money, raising concerns about national security and a lack of compliance with disclosure laws.
To get to the office of Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr. the world-renowned theoretical physicist credited with pioneering a concept known as supersymmetry you have to walk through an anterior conference room on the first floor of the John S. Toll Physics Building at the University of Maryland. The walls are bedecked with a dozen or so framed color images of Adinkras.
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More than 2,500 universities are currently marketing online programs, so your higher ed institution needs an integrated marketing approach to differentiate your coursesensuring you reach and captivate more students at all stages of their enrollment journey. In this 17-page guide, discover key marketing strategies to stand out among the competition as well as to connect with and attract the right students.
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