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French Open Champion Coco Gauff Continues Legacy of Giving with Historic $100K UNCF Scholarship

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The second-ranked player, who also won the 2023 U.S. The newly established Coco Gauff Scholarship Program will be administered by UNCF, with scholarships awarded to eligible students beginning in May. Her 2023 U.S. Applications for the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program are due July 1, 2025.

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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

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in 2023-24, only 4% of English learners, 8% of foster youth, and 8% of homeless students graduated. The foundation will distribute $935,000 in grants to 10 local nonprofits in San Diego providing services including tutoring, counseling, and college application assistance. While the overall graduation rate reached 84.6%

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Duke Ends Merit Scholarship for Students of African Descent

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Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S. No application is required for the scholarship, which pays full tuition, room, and board.

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TMCF Partners with Cosmetics Company for Scholarship Program

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The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) which represents public Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions, is partnering with cosmetics company Ivy Beauty to create a scholarship program. Applications for the program opened Jun. 5, with a deadline of Jul.

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College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

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The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the current scholarship recipient.

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AccessLex Provides Update to Legal Education Data Deck in New Release

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In 2024, White applicants received offers of admission at nearly twice the rate of their Black counterparts, with 79% of white applicants receiving at least one acceptance compared to just 45% of Black applicants. Asian applicants fared better with a 69% admission rate, but still below the overall average of 69%.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

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The North Star Promise program is open to all Minnesota residents with a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) below $80,000, as reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).” Among the requirements for some Native American specific scholarships are uploading tribal I.D.