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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. to bolster research on campus. “We

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rhodes College joins the collective of 137 public and private colleges and universities nationwide who work collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented low- and moderate-income students. ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million in grants for projects to shape career pathways for students. The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district.

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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaborators will have to agree to publish digitally using Creative Commons licenses; use only the publishing platforms and resources provided by UVM Press; forgo processing charges, subscription fees, and membership requirements; engage in peer review; and maintain a rolling publication schedule for journal articles.

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

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Completion Grants. Between 2016 and 2020, the UIA conducted a randomized control trial study of proactive, predictive analytics-enabled advising for first-generation and Pell-eligible students across 11 campuses. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. Thu, 12/15/2022 - 06:00.

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Oklahoma cooperative extension service: Family and consumer sciences

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Oklahoma State University intends to become the nation’s preeminent land-grant university. The preeminent land-grant university is the institution that most successfully carries out the land-grant mission for the place it serves” (The Strategy, 2022). Land grant universities for the future: Higher education for the public good.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Adele Newson-Horst was developing a grant proposal, she quoted a 2015 article published in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education that noted HBCU institutions had been slow to introduce gender-related programs. The women’s and gender studies minor at North Carolina Central University was launched in the fall of 2016.

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