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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The current context of education is riddled with anti-Blackness that continues to find systemic ways to harm Black children and adolescents, ranging from the persistent surveillance and pushout from educational opportunities to anti-CRT legislation that prevents all students — not just Black youth — from learning about Black history and culture.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Black undocumented students] are invisibilized.

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Building Your Talent Pipeline Through Scholarships

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Even when students have the drive, determination and plans to achieve their educational goals, it’s far too easy to slip through the cracks. Only 64% of students who start a bachelor’s degree program graduate within six years, with Black, Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students experiencing the highest dropout rates.

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How Scholarship, Service, and Experience Inform One Professor's Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Undergraduate students engage in research about a wide range of subjects including the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) History Project. A team of about six students is working with Massey. It’s been incredibly moving and, I think, transformative for the students,” Massey says. About 70 stories have been collected so far.

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Universities that offer full scholarships to international students

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And since we all know that education cost is skyrocketing, more and more students are looking for fully funded scholarships that will cover all their expenses. But how do you know which colleges or universities offer full scholarships to international students? What are full scholarships? Yale University.

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Community-Engaged Scholar Dr. DeLeon Gray Believes in the Value of Hyperlocal Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Engaging with college students was regular from early on,” says Gray. At Black and Belonging, Gray co-constructs initiatives with students that show the world how to affirm them and show their teachers how to teach them. It’s scholarship in a different form.” Originally from Washington, D.C., He decided to do it anyway.