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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was really to lift up, determine where investment was needed, begin to raise funds to do that. Mary Baldwin is not a wealthy institution, but Fox said she believes in the power of ideas and loves to raise money. Within two months, she had raised $15 million and the board approved the project.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Part of the CPE’s role is to bring about a positive return on the investment of public funds in higher education. Thompson also helped create policies that allowed the development of wrap-around services, which propelled the success rate upwards. Funding for low-income students in Kentucky’s performance funding model has increased.

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Casino project opposed By Hofstra, supported by others

Confessions of a Community College Dean

has riled leaders of a nearby college who say the development would harm their students and the region. The community college also is partnering with the developers to serve as a workforce training hub. For example, students may be susceptible to gambling away their financial aid funds, she said.

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20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Toy Donation Drive Students can gather new or gently used toys to bring holiday cheer to children in hospitals or family shelters, brightening their winter season. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. A few of my students coordinated this exact service-learning project example with St.

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Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

CAPD

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships Published by MIT News on November 16, 2024 Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo have been selected as 2025 Rhodes Scholars and will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. In addition to MIT’s two U.S.

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What is a crofter, and why our staff and students should know…

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Patrick is Professor of Veterinary Surgery and Remote and Rural Medicine and Director of the Dick Vet Equine Hospital in Practice. We can do this through raising awareness of our degree programs, showcasing life as a rural vet and forging relationships with career and guidance staff in high schools. “What is a crofter?

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New evidence on the challenges and consequences of precarious work for university students

SRHE

Headline news has reignited debates about how financial hardship and challenging labour market conditions are squeezing students’ study-life balance, and alarmingly raised claims that part-time jobs may disproportionally disadvantage less privileged students ( BBC News 2023 ).