Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 28

Students

Dr. Wendell Logan: Musical Mentor Remembered

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine was fortunate to profile jazz studies scholar Dr. Wendell Logan weeks before his untimely death on June 15.

July 14, 2010

African-American

Association Creates Plan for ‘1890’ HBCUs To Meet Modern Challenges

Dr. Lorenzo Esters has spoken resolutely about the “bold, futuristic and intentional” plan launched last month for 18 historically Black land-grant colleges and universities, but he could have easily been summing up his first year as the person tapped by the nation’s oldest higher education association to advance access and diversity among its member institutions.

July 12, 2010

Students

Students May See Some Gains Through New Textbook Rules

Rules provide greater transparency on pricing and restrict publishers from bundling books with supplemental materials.

July 7, 2010

Asian American Pacific Islander

Advocates Work To Develop Asian Pacific American-serving Higher Education Sector

Eight institutions have obtained the federal designation of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, a new category that recognizes schools where 10 percent or more of the student body are Asian American or Pacific Islander.

June 23, 2010

Leadership & Policy

S.C. State University to Get $80 Million Transportation Research Center

Amid questions about how some of the initial grant money was spent, South Carolina State University officials hope to begin construction soon on the first phase of a transportation research center announced 12 years ago.

June 14, 2010

Students

Arizona State Forum: Fixing U.S. Education

Taking the uncommon step as a public flagship university to help stimulate the national conversation on education reform, Arizona State University convened a panel of education experts for a forum titled “Getting Back in the Race: Fixing American Education” this past Friday.

June 6, 2010

African-American

GAO Again Recommends Better Oversight of Grants to Minority Serving Institutions

Since 2004, the Government Accountability Office has been telling the U.S. Department of Education that it needs to improve the way it monitors and provides technical assistance to Title III and Title V grantees.

May 27, 2010

African-American

Advocates Question Whether Administration’s Proposals Will Leave Minority Institutions Behind

Plans by the Obama administration to consolidate dozens of education, science and community-development programs of interest to communities of color continue to draw concerns from the president’s allies and adversaries alike.

May 26, 2010

Community Colleges

Illinois Turns Away 27,000 for Financial Aid Grant Program

The state agency that distributes the Monetary Award Program financial aid payments says an increase in demand has forced it to turn down almost 27,000 students, and that figure could grow to 200,000 by the fall.

May 25, 2010

Faculty & Staff

JSU’s Mason Ready for Challenges at Southern

Anticipating new leadership, the Southern University System expects incoming president Ronald Mason to raise external funds and improve student outcomes.

May 16, 2010

Latinx

HSI Administrators Express Dismay Over Proposed NSF Grant Consolidation

The Obama administration’s proposal to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program has representatives from Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) crying foul.

April 26, 2010

MSIs

Community Colleges Continue to Seek Federal Help

With the $12 billion American Graduation Initiative stricken from the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which was included in health care reform legislation, community colleges try to hold on to previous allocations.

April 13, 2010