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All posts tagged "higher education"
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3.6KGuest Opinion EssayHigher Education for Youth in Care Must Be A Higher Priority for Child Welfare
In an op-ed of mine Youth Today published in March, I challenged the child welfare community to think more expansively about our...
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10.7KNewsWhat’s Hindering Most Youth in Foster Care From Studying After High School?
Early on, many youth in foster care develop a certain resourcefulness that allows them to navigate thorny situations and push through layers...
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2.3KNewsUndocumented Students Facing Barriers to College Get Stuck in Low-wage Jobs, Report Says
When Mamadou Diakite was a sophomore at a small Georgia public college, he lost his scholarship. Officials from the national science organization...
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1.8K► ReportsBalancing Work and Learning: Implications for Low-Income Students
The Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University looks at the unique challenges low-income students face as they work through...
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2.1K► ReportsHorizon Report: 2018 Higher Education Edition
Educause and the New Media Consotium take a look at the future of technology adoption and education practice changes in higher education.
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1.6K► ReportsTransfer and Mobility: A National View of Student Movement in Postsecondary Institutions
Author(s): The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) and the Project on Academic Success (PAS), Indiana University Doug Shapiro – NSCRC Afet...
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1.5KGrantsAdvanced Technological Education Improvement Program Grants
Subject: Education, Higher Education, STEM, STEM Education | Deadline: Oct. 15, 2018 | Amount: $70,000 - $75,000,000
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2.3K► NewsmakersElizabeth M.Z. Farmer is Next Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
Elizabeth M.Z. Farmer, Ph.D. has been named as the next dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work. Dr. Farmer,...
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1.5K► ReportsMinority Serving Institutions as Engines of Upward Mobility
The American Council on Education highlights the important role minority serving institutions (MSIs) play in promoting upward income mobility. The report shows...
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1.2KGrantsYouth Leadership Abroad Development Program Grant
Subject: Youth Development, Civic Engagement, Youth Leadership, Education, Higher Education | Deadline: June 21, 2018 | Amount: $150,000 - $285,000
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4.6KGuest Opinion EssayLet’s Make College Smoother for Students From Foster Care
Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their...
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2.3K► ReportsStill Hungry and Homeless in College
Wisconsin HOPE Lab discusses the worrying results of a national survey of more than 20,000 college students that found the problems of...
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2.0K► NewsmakersAndrew Delbanco is the New President of the Teagle Foundation
Andrew Delbanco has been appointed as the new president of the Teagle Foundation. He succeeds outgoing president, Judith R. Shapiro, in July...
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1.8KGrantsDisadvantaged Students in Legal Education Support Program Grants
Subject: Higher Education, Career Training, Workforce Development, Disadvantaged Students, Minority Students | Deadline: Mar. 31, 2018 (letters of inquiry) | Amount: $25,000...
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1.4K► ReportsThe Future of Undergraduate Education: The Future of America
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education produced this report which takes a comprehensive look...
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Latino Education and Economic Progress: Running Faster but Still Behind
Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce recently released this new report highlighting how a lack of higher education degree attainment...
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Understanding Part-Time College Students in America
The Center for American Progress highlights the oft-overlooked struggles of part-time college students in America. Making up 37 percent of all undergraduates,...
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Left Behind: Refugee Education in Crisis
The UN Refugee Agency authored and released this new report summarizing and drawing attention to the crisis in the education of refugee...
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program Grants
Subject: STEM, Education, Higher Education | Deadline: Dec. 12, 2017
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Student Loan Repayment
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) takes a comprehensive look at how student loan borrowers and their repayment progress has changed over...
