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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic employees and was asked to go speak to a class of middle school students in Newark, New Jersey. Each student said, ‘Because of you, I’m going to do better in school.’ in mathematics at Arizona State University. She gladly agreed.

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Featured Partner Scholarships: October 2023

Scholarship America

Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program was established to connect talented, innovative scientists, engineers, and researchers with the U.S. Or looking to expand your technical skills?

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Featured Partner Scholarships: September 2023

Scholarship America

To help you get started, we’re featuring four Scholarship America partners, including a $25,000 award from Chick-fil-A, a guaranteed scholarship for those who lost a parent in the fight against COVID, and programs for students interested in building homes and making history. You must also be a U.S. scale or its equivalent.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

Leadership Opportunities Are Everywhere For most of her years working in higher education, Chancellor Larive was more interested in being a faculty member and lab administrator than moving into campus leadership. We had staff members working to support evacuated students or their own families were being evacuated.