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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.

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Using virtual reality (VR) to transport students to new places in the classroom

Teaching Matters Online Learning

By engaging first-hand with VR, students are able to appreciate and articulate the subtle differences between being merely engaged and feeling genuinely transported, thus making these complex VR concepts more tangible and understandable.

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Marquette University Receives $1.25 Million to Bolster Prison Education Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The money will mostly go toward staffing – directors, program managers, academic advisers, and peer mentors – and student resources, such as books, school supplies, and transportation, Wheelock said. million award marks Mellon’s second contribution to the program.

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Report Presents New Approach to Increasing Completion Rates at Public Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We know in New York City how to help students graduate—pay for their books, give them a Metro Card (used on public transportation) so they don’t have to pay for the subway or bus, and give them really good advising so they know what courses they should be taking,” she added.

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Unapologetic Leadership Thought: Freedom Dreaming

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At community college campuses, blue books, scantrons, and pencils would be free to all students. Students shouldn’t have to pay for printing, public transportation, or parking, as these items should be free.

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Community College Teams Up with For-Profit for Medical Assistant Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using traditional sources of financial aid and TFJSA funds, Alamo sent a special cohort of 10 students to CHCP’s program at no cost for tuition, laptop, books, and course materials. CHCP has a nine-month medical assistant certificate program, with the option for students to choose the timing, modality, and location of their education.

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New College of Florida President Richard Corcoran says media ‘misconstrued’ book disposal

University Business

New College of Florida President Richard Corcoran responded to ongoing criticism of the college’s disposal last week of hundreds of library materials, including student-owned books on LGBTQ+ topics from the now-defunct Gender and Diversity Center. Read more from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

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