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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since its inception in the fall of 2009, more than 15,400 students have benefited from Opportunity Vanderbilt, and over 19,750 university alumni, parents, and friends have contributed more than $565 million in gifts toward the program’s endowment support.

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Tallahassee Community College Earns Highest Distinction from Achieving the Dream

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college received the Network Legend Award and the Leah Meyer Austin Alumni Award, its second such distinction since 2022. TCC also received the Achieving the Dream Leader College of Distinction designation in 2022 and was named an Achieving the Dream Leader College in 2009. “To 19-22, in Orlando, Florida.

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Tallahassee Community College Receives Recognition from Achieving the Dream

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college received the Network Legend Award and previously received the Leah Meyer Austin Alumni Award in 2022. TCC also received the Achieving the Dream Leader College of Distinction designation in 2022 and was named an Achieving the Dream Leader College in 2009. 19-22, in Orlando, Florida.

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Fielding Graduate University Mourns Educational Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His reputation caught the attention of Dr. Charles McClintock who brought him to Fielding in 2009 as an external doctoral program reviewer. from the University of Michigan, where he earned its Distinguished Alumni Award. His admiration for Fielding’s educational model eventually led him to join Fielding’s leadership team.

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Opposition Against Northwestern Stadium Renovation Grows Amid Hazing Scandal Fallout

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amid a hazing scandal and the subsequent firing of Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald , some faculty, alumni, and investors are pushing back against the school’s plans for a $800 million renovation of its football stadium, CBS reported. But calls to delay are increasing. Former Northwestern football player Ramon Diaz Jr. –

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Alumni Profile: Elijah Morar, Founder of Bedouin Games

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When Elijah Morar was a student at PUC from 2009-2012, he was pursuing a nursing degree and took art and design classes. With a passion for art, he also had an interest in board games and would spend hours playing with his friends in Newton Hall. One day, Elijah realized that there weren’t many Christian […].

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Driving While Black

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2009, a federal judge dissolved the federal consent decree, but in the years that have followed, various civil rights organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union continue to express serious concerns about the disproportionate number of Black people who are still stopped and issued citations on the turnpike.

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