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HBCU Lincoln University Gets $2.9 Million Grant for Internet and Technology Accessibility

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Lincoln University will use the National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant for Chromebooks, mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, and classroom upgrades for distance learning. The Lincoln University grant project spans two years. The Connecting Minority Communities pilot program has awarded nearly $52 million to 19 schools.

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Emory, College of the Muscogee Nation Partner for $2.4M Grant

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The partnership began in 2021 after Emory sought a land acknowledgement since it was built on Muscogee (Creek) Nation land. The grant will support CMN's transition to a four-year institution. million grant. The grant will fund a master-apprentice quality to the language program for nine cohorts at CMN.

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Liberal Arts College Acceptance Rates: Increase Your Odds

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Classics — and, more broadly, liberal arts — Tatum argues, grants people the “power to see what is going on in their world and […] the potential of having an educated imagination to respond to it.” increase in applications between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 cycles and a decrease in acceptance rate from 8.74% to 6.93%; Pomona saw a 4.9%

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Affirmative Action Preserved at Military Academies – For Now

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What's more, ROTC has been the primary source of minority officers, the brief details, with 29% of Black and 32% of Hispanic officers earning commissions through ROTC in 2019. advanced a similar measure to prevent the Pentagon from "granting preferential treatment to any person or group based in whole or in part on race."

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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A national grant program aims to reposition the liberal arts and humanities as central to the general education curriculum. Only 8% of bachelor’s degrees were awarded in social sciences and history in 2021, compared to 19% in business and 13% in health sciences. By 2014, those figures had dropped to 2.6% and 9.2%, respectively.

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Easiest College Majors and Degrees [2023 Guide]

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Anthropology majors benefit from strategically pursuing internships and minors to launch their careers. There's strong demand for computer science professionals, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projecting 418,500 job openings annually from 2021-2031.

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How Change Leadership Propelled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journey to Equity

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Through completion grants and hold reform, they removed the obstacles that hindered students' progress and enabled them to succeed. Generate Quick Wins By piloting completion grants and initiating hold reform, UWM achieved quick wins that demonstrated the effectiveness of their approach. The results were nothing short of remarkable.

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