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Report: 27 Universities Received Over a Half-Billion Dollars From Fossil Fuel Industry

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The report said the initiative released a 2011 report that advocated for natural gas to be the bridge to a "low-carbon future" while dismissing research that found it more harmful because of methane leaks. Fossil fuel industry donors have also sat on climate-focused institute boards at Princeton University and MIT.

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Georgia HBCU Alumni File Lawsuit, Accuse State and University System of Underfunding

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Between fiscal years 2011 and 2022, Black land-grant universities alone lost nearly $200 million in resources because states declined to provide matching funds," said Scott in a press release. Meanwhile, she said, other land-grant universities were fully funded. Tennessee State University (TSU) is owed the most at $2.1

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First-Generation College Students: Facts and Statistics

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Note Reference [1] For comparison, roughly 18% of students identified as the first person in their immediate family to go to college in 2011-2012. [3] First-generation college students received more financial aid and grants than continuing-generation students. Profile of Undergraduate Students: 2011-12. Note Reference [2] 7.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Pell Grant availability for incarcerated adults Starting in July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell eligible. for the 2011 cohort, and high of 53.8% Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs.

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What Is Northwestern Known For? All You Need to Know

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The school offers several grants and programs that can help students in their research, such as: Academic year undergraduate research grants. Projects for this grant should be connected to an independent study or thesis seminar. Conference travel grant. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2023 Womens field hockey.

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California State University Enrollment Declines Continue After Pandemic Emergency

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State and National Trends According to a BestColleges data report , between 2011 and 2021, undergraduate college enrollment declined by an average rate of 1.6% each year in the U.S. Undergraduate enrollment increased for the first time since before the pandemic in fall 2023, up 1.1% from 2022.

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Pittsburgh, Emory Nursing Schools Team Up to Study Dementia Care

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million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing in Pennsylvania and Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Georgia will study and ultimately help support informal caregiving networks. Professors Mi-Kyung Song, Ph.D.,

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