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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies. Dr. Gresham D.

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A small college needs $2.6M to survive. It's raised $178K

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The deadline to raise the $2.6 So far, the college has raised $178,000, according to an email sent to supporters earlier this week. Since then, information has dripped out in twice-monthly community updates—held after the college’s regular Monday public readings of Scripture—and regular emails to alumni.

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Spotlight on Voices of Movers and Shakers: In pursuit of closing the career aspiration gap

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Growing up during the 2008 hyperinflationary period, where food and fuel were scarce and the country was experiencing a mass exodus of educators to neighbouring countries such as South Africa and Botswana, we were left vulnerable to failing our national examinations.

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Is the Future of Black Excellence and Tradition at Our HBCUs Secure?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The significance of HBCUs is still relevant today because many undergraduates are first-generation college students, and these institutions are imperative in providing a safe space for students of color to learn, explore their identities, develop their passions, and become leaders by their own achievements.

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Trump's Jan. 6 legal adviser leads new law school

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Faculty Senate chair Peter Summers said by email that while some High Point University faculty members raised concerns after the hire, “that was as far as it went, given our lack of authority.” 6 is so far beyond the realm of reality that it should have raised serious concerns for the HPU authorities who hired Martin.