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Robinson to Leave Post as FAMU President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Robinson’s departure from leadership is a few months removed from the university’s controversial fundraising activities. million gift from Gregory Gerami, presented as a Texas hemp farmer and founder of Batterson Farms Corp. In mid-May, FAMU’s Board of Trustees voted to conduct an independent investigation into the handling of a $237.75

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11 Effective Self-Directed Student Fundraiser Project Ideas

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Student fundraiser project opportunities! Spring is a great time of year to fundraise because we're in the final stretch of the school year. ​And what better way to do all of that than with student-led fundraiser projects? As an experiential educator, I love to have my students host and run their own community fundraisers.

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Salovey to Step Down as President of Yale

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yale also became more financially accessible: the number of incoming freshmen who qualify for Pell grants doubled from his first year to 22% at present. The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent.

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Report: Pandemic Ripple Effects on Student Success to Remain for Multiple Years

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dramatically elevated mental health concerns present an evolving challenge that most schools are not yet ready to meet. It's important with diminishing resources to support student mental health that fundraisers are involved in collaborating with mental health leaders to figure out ways to fundraise to meet escalating demand.

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New Documentary Sheds Light on CCNY Student Uprising of ‘69

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Greta Schiller, co-director of The Five Demands Production took a long time, stretched by the vagaries of documentary fundraising—the filmmakers needed money to find and acquire the deep cuts of archival footage that make up the bulk of the film, along with talking-head interviews from participants in the takeover.

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Obviously, for a presidency to have longevity you have to be present and have your pulse on everybody in the community,” she said. I’ve enjoyed the fundraising particularly. … My greatest joys have been seeing visions realized fully to fruition and succeeding.”

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He describes his current work as “being a thought leader, resource person and a fundraiser, a person looking at innovative ways to implement some of our programs and activities that we provide for students at UCLA.” They’ll work with a faculty member and conduct research for six to eight weeks and then come back and give a presentation.”

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