Tag: Scholarships: Page 44

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Study Abroad Participation Up, Except Among Minority Students

Despite targeted outreach and the availability of financial aid, minority-student study abroad participation declined for several groups, according to the new Open Doors report from the Institute of International Education.

November 15, 2009

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PUBLISHING IN PERIL

Recent state budget cuts in education leave some university publishers pinched.

November 11, 2009

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Best & Brightest: From Homelessness to Inaugural Fellow

Haiti native Joane Theodule overcame tremendous hardships to finish college and win a graduate school fellowship to Florida A&M University.

November 2, 2009

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New Minority Engineering Leader Stresses K-12 Exposure to Careers

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, president and CEO of the National Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), says developing more elementary and secondary school initiatives that help steer under-represented minority students into undergraduate engineering programs will be a high priority during his tenure.

October 29, 2009

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COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION

Despite budget constraints and a backlog of maintenance projects, HBCUs strive to implement green principles on their campuses.

September 30, 2009

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SPECTRUM: FROM DESPAIR TO DISCOVERY

Dr. Raul Cuero was one of 10 children born in abject poverty in Buenaventura, Colombia, to parents who could not read and write. Lacking books, he indulged his curiosity by investigating the creatures around him.

September 30, 2009

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AWARDING EXCELLENCE

The Examples of Excelencia, sponsored by Excelencia in Education, is the only national program to identify programs with evidence of effectiveness in accelerating Latino student success at the associate, baccalaureate and graduate levels.

September 16, 2009

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Penn. State Asking Merit Scholar Parents for Donations

Students who are accepted into Penn State University’s honors college get more than academic feathers in their caps. They get $3,500 annual merit scholarships.

September 7, 2009

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MARYLAND NEWS NUGGETS

The Old Line State has variety of institutions from Asian-serving and historically Black universities to a military academy and a plethora of community colleges.

September 2, 2009

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U-Texas Pulls Out of Merit Scholarship Program

The University of Texas at Austin is pulling out of the National Merit Scholarship Program to focus on needs-based financial assistance.

September 2, 2009

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Maryland News Nuggets

The Old Line State has variety of institutions from Asian-serving and historically Black universities to a military academy and a plethora of community colleges.

September 2, 2009

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Illinois Gov. Says Scholarships Should Be Need-Based

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday said the university-funded scholarships that state lawmakers hand out should be need-based and be part of discussions this fall at the Capitol about shortfalls in state financial aid funding.

August 26, 2009