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What do the mega gifts of 2024 say about giving? 

Candid

Other mega gifts to higher education included $200 million from an anonymous donor to Catawba College, $150 million from Byron Trott toward recruiting rural students, and a bequest of at least $150 million from Glenn and Barbara Britt to Dartmouth College. And Steve and Alex Cohen awarded $116.2

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University will stop using controversial remote-testing software following student outcry

The Verge

Students head to class at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. | It uses what its website describes as “machine learning and advanced facial detection technologies” to record students through their webcams while they work on their exams and monitor the position of their heads. So, too, has scrutiny towards their practices.

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Performance Based Funding Institute to Improve Higher Education

VisionLink

At the Institute, 9 Community Colleges from Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina gathered to discuss engaging stakeholders around success for all community college students. A Self-Assessment Sheet used by attending community colleges at the PBF Institute. Ann Duffy, Facilitator, Education First.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis revokes Disney’s special tax status

The Verge

Florida’s governor has signed a bill stripping Disney of its special tax status in the state | Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images. Florida Gov. Disney CEO Bob Chapek apologized last month to employees who protested what they viewed as a failure by the company to support its LGBTQ community.

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Tasseled wants to help college students get their lives, and credits, together

TechCrunch

When Vipul Patel lost half of his college credits while transferring from Florida Institute of Technology to Boston University, he began digging for answers. of transfer students lose all their credits when they transfer, gave Patel the confidence to turn his tool into a startup. The resulting buzz, and the fact that 39.4%

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The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Announces Partnership with Qgiv Digital Fundraising Platform

Qgiv

The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (the Consortium) and Qgiv are partnering together to help education foundations throughout the state of Florida! What initially drew us to Qgiv was the local connection—we wanted to work with a company that was part of our community. Read the Press Release.

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Interview: Avi Kaplan, Epic Change for TweetsGiving

Amy Sample Ward

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Avi Kaplan, the Community and Events Director at Epic Change , to discuss the upcoming TweetsGiving campaign and events. Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds.

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