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Aug 27, 20223 min read

Global Higher Education Bulletin: 27th August 2022

Pandemic leaves serious impacts on the future of higher education

The pandemic has nurtured a skepticism built around higher education which has already resulted in an enrollment decline of nearly 1.3 million since spring 2020. The colleges and universities now face a challenge to rethink their legacy ecosystems and adapt to gain competitive advantages.


 
Edtech and education giant, the Genius Group announces the plan to launch a $1 million scholarship fund

The Genius Group plans to give out $1 million as scholarships to students living in the Lancaster, California to empower their career growth and improve their socio-economic conditions. Launched on Aug 1, 2022, the scholarship is now available for students enrolling in various undergraduate, graduate degrees.


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Amit Shah: National Economic Policy 2020 to transform India into a great nation

Home minister of India, Amit Shah was all praise for the NEP2020 while addressing a seminar in Madhya Pradesh. He believes that this education policy will not only create successful professionals but also create great human beings which would transform India into a great nation encouraging the overseas students to apply for Indian universities.


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Harvard May No Longer Be the Wealthiest University

Harvard, currently, the university with the largest endowment market value in the world, might lose out on its crown to the oil-rich University of Texas. While almost every other university faces cash crunches this year, the University of Texas is enjoying a cash windfall due to the rising oil prices and is very much in the hunt to become the world's wealthiest university.


 
Building mental health into emergency responses

With cases of mental health on the rise, psychologists and other mental health professionals have been assisting the cops at the time of crisis for ages. The police would require training to recognize a client in a mental health crisis and provide them with immediate help or emergency responses. This requires building mental health crisis teams, reducing police and community stress, better support on campus, etc.


 
Inflation: The beginning of a new study-abroad era?

As the value of the Indian rupee tumbles to around 80 per dollar, questions are being asked about the higher tuition and living expenses for Indian students planning to study abroad. Investing in the best premier colleges abroad which have a repute of guaranteed returns or looking at Indian universities might be good ideas in this situation.


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Pep Boys Launches Applications for 2022-2023 Find Your Drive Scholarships

One of the leading automotive networks, Pep Boys has invited applications to grant $50,000 in scholarships to students pursuing careers in the automotive service industry through their annual plan. The application process for “Find Your Drive” Scholarship program launched for 2022-23.


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Gilmour Academy set to receive a $28 million dollar gift from the Howley Foundation

The Howley Foundation announced a landmark $28 million gift to support student scholarships apart from providing for a variety of capital needs at the Gilmour Academy. The scholarships will be provided to 48 school students in grades 7 to 12.


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$28 million Howley Foundation gift to support scholarships, capital needs at Gilmour

In an effort to make their MBA degree accessible and affordable to a wide array of students, Harvard Business School has taken a step to provide full-tuition scholarships to students from financially weak backgrounds requiring the greatest financial aid.


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Chaos faced by the students travelling abroad for studies at Europe, and US airports

Scaled back airport operations and Visa processing delays have led Indian students traveling abroad for their universities to face trip cancellations, baggage delays, and missed flights.


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Deadline for Elys Roberts Scholarship extended to 31st of August,2022

Elys Roberts Scholarships for studying Global Health MSc/PGCert/PGDip is available to support talented applicants from or working in low/middle income countries applying till the 31st of August 2022.


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