Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 14

Students

Thousands of Students Left Out in Cold by Summer Pell Grant Predicament

Changes in eligibility standards have resulted in steadily decreasing numbers of low-income college students receiving the grants for summer school as a result of not wanting to risk funding for spring and fall semesters.

August 4, 2013

African-American

Higher Ed Institutions Help Train Unemployed for Environmental Jobs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced its latest grants for that program, totaling $3.2 million, to 16 grantees throughout the nation.

July 30, 2013

Students

Obama Highlights Missouri College Program

Obama declared the “Missouri Innovation Campus” as a national model that can demonstrate how students can receive college degrees quickly at low costs.

July 25, 2013

Students

Harvard’s Nasir Jones Fellowship Shows Hip-Hop’s Impact, Scholars Say

Scholars are praising Harvard University and Hip-Hop Archive executive director Marcyliena Morgan for the launch of Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship.

July 21, 2013

HBCUs

Hampton University to Lead Minority Male Health Initiative

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities is awarding Hampton a five-year, $13.5 million grant to lead an HBCU consortium to reduce health disparities in minority men.

July 17, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Alabama State University Awarded $800,000 for Voting Rights Center

Alabama State University receives funding to build the third Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights Interpretive Center, which is slated to open in March 2015.

July 2, 2013

Health

Grambling Wins $1.7 Million STEM Grant

Grambling State University has been awarded a $1.7 million, five-year grant by the National Institutes of Health to provide graduate degree opportunities to under-represented honors students.

June 24, 2013

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Low Graduation Rates Plague Ivy Tech System

Indiana’s community college system, already grappling with a $68 million deficit, is facing scrutiny over its graduation rates as it works to shore up its role as the linchpin needed to close the state’s skilled-worker gap.

June 23, 2013

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University of Missouri-Kansas City Works to Help Low-Income Students

UMKC, once among the more costly public universities for low-income students, has created a grant program to help those students pay for their education.

June 23, 2013

STEM

Virginia, North Carolina Schools, Universities Partner to Provide STEM Opportunities to Minorities

The Virginia-North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation received a $3.5 million grant to continue efforts to recruit and retain minorities in STEM.

June 20, 2013

Disabilties

Chinese Activist, Fellow Says NYU is Forcing Him Out

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese government

June 17, 2013

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Mississippi Community College Tuition Set to Rise

Tuition at Mississippi community colleges will increase an average of 6 percent this fall.

June 16, 2013