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Florida’s Anti-DEI Actions Hit Hard for Alumna and Mom of Recent Grad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. Johnson is director of grants administration at Lumina Foundation , a private foundation committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. Dr. Susan D.

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How Universities Can Support Undocumented Students as Federal Policies Continue to Threaten Them

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

No Pell Grants. You can follow relevant social media accounts like Immigrants Rising , Informed Immigrant , National Immigration Law Center , and the President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. On top of that, undocumented students are ineligible for any federal financial aid. No student loans. No Federal work study.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After degree completion, undergraduates get positions such as account analysts, managers, contract specialists, and business analysts. The business school also received a Missouri Career Attainment Network grant to provide minority students comprehensive information about career pathways.

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$16B College Sports Revenue and Regulations: Knight Commission Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 171 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko

The Change Leader, Inc.

By 2032, according to a new report from Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics in partnership with CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), college sports revenue, including college football playoff revenue and new lucrative conference media contracts, is projected to reach $16 billion annually for 54 schools with the most lucrative football programs.

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Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cardona On a teleconference with the media, Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. During Monday's teleconference with members of the media, senior department officials responded to questions including one about students whose parents do not have Social Security numbers. Dr. Miguel A. Cardona said that by Feb.

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How the Work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This analogy highlighted the disparity between the rights and opportunities granted to white Americans and the ongoing systemic oppression faced by Black Americans. Other jobs were opened through contracts for black products and black service providers.” These jobs were added across all employment classifications.

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

Funding opportunities and grant support may be harder to come by or mainly restricted to nationals of the country. An expatriate might receive instead an end-of-contract lump-sum gratuity payment, the size of which may vary depending on final salary and years of service. Retirement planning will look different.