Tag: Scholarships: Page 20

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Governance Controversy Escalating at Alabama State University

The president’s perks and expenditures questioned amid forced shakeup of the university’s board of trustees and credit rating concerns.

July 28, 2014

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University of North Carolina Inviting Ex-Athletes Back to Complete Degrees

North Carolina is inviting former scholarship athletes who left before completing coursework to return and earn their degrees.

July 24, 2014

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Diversity Oversight? Obama’s Initiative, My Brother’s Keeper, Now Includes All

Program expands for Asian American, Native American boys; involves schools and possible local funding.

July 21, 2014

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One Thousand HBCU Students to be Awarded Scholarships to Study in China

New scholarship program is centerpiece of wide-ranging agreement between the Chinese government and a historically Black college and university leadership group.

July 17, 2014

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University of Connecticut’s AD Sees Need for Student-Athlete Stipends

Athletic director Warde Manuel says he opposes the idea of unions for college athletes, yet sees the need to provide students on athletic scholarships with additional money.

July 16, 2014

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How Does Your Pay Compare to University of California’s Salaries?

School releases 2013 data, says its workers are still paid “under-market.”

July 7, 2014

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Fierce Feminist Tanisha Ford Brings Style to Her Scholarship

The University of Massachusetts Amherst assistant professor is strictly 21st century in her approach to writing and teaching about the lives of Black women in the U.S., Britain and the African diaspora.

July 6, 2014

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Indiana University to Offer Multiyear Scholarships

Indiana plans to immediately begin guaranteeing four-year scholarships to athletes and will agree not to reduce the amount of money students on partial scholarship receive year to year based on illness.

June 29, 2014

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Fayetteville State University Alumnus Gives $1M

An alumnus of Fayetteville State University is giving a $1 million gift to his alma mater’s fundraising campaign.

June 17, 2014

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Why Refuse Koch Brothers’ Gift ― A Practical Perspective

With all the debate about the recent $25 million gift to UNCF, there have been few, if any, opinions from those of us in the fundraising trenches.

June 16, 2014

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Ruby Dee’s Legacy of Activism, Acting Mourned

For Ruby Dee, acting and activism were not contradictory things. They were inseparable and they were intertwined.

June 12, 2014

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The Hero Was Asian American in Latest University Shooting, And So Was the Victim

In a colorblind world, unless people come forward and self-identify, it’s hard to get confirmation on a person’s race or ethnicity.

June 9, 2014