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Brietta Clark, Loyola Marymount Law School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Clark has used her extensive experience to elevate the law schools curriculum, guide students and alumni on their career paths, and influence the public discourse through her scholarship, public service, and media commentary.

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the late 1960s, the two were student activists who engaged in collective, multiracial student protests that resulted in the creation of the ethnic studies centers themselves. The IAC and its four centers – the Asian American Studies Center, the American Indian Studies Center, the Chicano Studies Research Center, and the Ralph J.

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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NEW YORK On the last day of the Student Leadership Network’s (SLN) Whole Girl Education National Conference: Closing the Gap, CEO Yolonda Marshall reminded attendees why they must continue to elevate and educate young women and gender expansive students: because the political and societal climate is dire. The progress is tangible.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Featured Scholarships: January 2024

Scholarship America

As we kick off 2024, scholarship season is in full swing, with lots of major programs opening or approaching their deadlines! Our Browse Scholarships page is your one-stop destination to make the most of your application time, and now’s the perfect time to check it out. Duff, II Scholarship Program, open now for applications.

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Scholarships for Master’s Degrees Abroad

IEFA

What is a scholarship? A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education. Scholarships are awarded based on various criteria, which usually reflect the donor’s or organization’s values and purposes. Differences between scholarships and grants.

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Unequal Distribution

NACAC's Admitted

By Don Heller, Gigi Jones, and Abby Miller The recent dismantling of affirmative action and the COVID pandemic highlighted the barriers preventing underserved, underrepresented studentsstudents of color and those who are low-income and first-generation – from enrolling in college.