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/PRNewswire/ -- Native Forward Scholars Fund, the largest direct provider of scholarships to Native students, announced today the appointment of two new...

Marginalized students may have the most to lose as the Education Department’s rollout of the new college financial aid application has hit several bumps.

For the past 12 years, Cherish Ministry has been providing valuable assistance to pregnant teenagers and young mothers in the local area.

Advocates for underrepresented college students continue to assess the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court decision dealing with affirmative action. That includ

In just six months, ChatGPT has become a popular and powerful tool on the internet, and the University of New Mexico is developing an artificial intelligence initiative to educate faculty and students on its pros and cons. Leo Lo, professor and dean of the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico, said ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence tool able to answer complicated questions about a wide range of topics, suggest edits, produce content...

Arizona State University wants to continue fostering and cultivating relationships with tribal nations in the state. It plans to continue to do so with the oversight of Jacob Moore, who was recently named the new vice president and special adviser to the president on American Indian affairs. Moore began his professional career with the university 14 years ago and said the new role will allow him to grow the universitys efforts to expand support for Indigenous and tribal communities. ...

Education advocates say pending expiration dates for Google Chromebooks teach kids the wrong lesson about technology. Software on thirteen models of Chromebooks will expire within the next three months and will no longer update, essentially rendering the devices useless for schools and students. Lucas Gutterman, director of the Designed to Last Campaign at the Public Interest Research Group, said advocates are asking Google to extend those expiration dates to ensure schools can maintain acce...

Advocates for underrepresented college students continue to assess the fallout from last weeks U.S. Supreme Court decision dealing with affirmative action. That includes voices within the Native American higher education community. ...

Education advocates in Massachusetts say state lawmakers could help counter the Supreme Courts recent decisions to end affirmative action and student-loan forgiveness. Supporters of the Cherish Act say it provides a blueprint for high-quality, debt-free education to every resident of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Teachers Association President Max Page said eliminating student debt is an essential investment and a step toward achieving racial and economic justice. ...

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