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Hardest Hit Areas by Recession Receiving Least Amount of Stimulus Funds, Report Says

More news reports are claiming that there is no relationship between need and how and where the Obama administration is spending its $787 billion in stimulus money.

August 6, 2009

International

U.S. Department of Education Awards UNCF Special Programs Corporation Over $9 Million for International Fellowship Program

The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) today announced that it has received a grant for more than $9 million from the U.S. Department of Education in support of the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP). IIPP is part of a strong consortium of institutions of higher education whose purpose is to increase […]

August 5, 2009

Native Americans

Tribal Colleges Seeking Stability in Federal Funding Cycles

For Leonard Dauphinais, one of the most challenging things about running a tribal college is not a lack of federal funding but trying to figure out when that funding will arrive at his school.

August 5, 2009

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Programs Offers Grants to Help Pay College Tuition

Thanks to federal stimulus funds promised to the state of Indiana, a new grant has been created that will assist Hoosiers in paying their tuition for a two-year college program, books and fees.  On July 30, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced the program n Workforce Acceleration […]

August 4, 2009

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WSU Loses Migrant Education Program

A Washington State University program that for more than four decades helped educate migrant workers and their children has lost its federal funding.

August 2, 2009

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$1.5 million grant to help MSU educate more Hispanics in neurosciences

A $1.5 million federal grant will help Michigan State University increase the number of Hispanic doctoral students trained in the neurosciences.    According to MSU News, the grant — from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a division of the National Institutes of Health — serves as an extension of an MSU partnership with […]

July 30, 2009

Students

GRANTS & AWARDS

AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Texas) has received a $35,305 grant from the Texas Workforce Commission for 68 scholarships for two camps that provide students handson experience in computer programming and design. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO has received a $260,000 grant from Worldwide, HP for the Lyles College of Engineering to receive wireless tablet personal computers, wide-format […]

July 22, 2009

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Grants & Gifts

AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Texas) has received a $35,305 grant from the Texas Workforce Commission for 68 scholarships for two camps that provide students handson experience in computer programming and design. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO has received a $260,000 grant from Worldwide, HP for the Lyles College of Engineering to receive wireless tablet personal computers, wide-format […]

July 22, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Report Shows Similar Educational Success by Federal Grant Recipients and Non-Recipients

Pell Grant recipients experience patterns of educational success similar to non-beneficiaries of the federal government’s grant aid program, according to a study released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Tuesday.

July 21, 2009

Students

California Budget Crisis Threatens To Derail Students’ Dreams

San Jose State University senior Daniel Ruelas has been looking for a job since May 2009 without luck.

July 20, 2009

Students

GRANTS & AWARDS

ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) Has received a five-year, $1 MILLION grant from the National Science Foundation to establish learning communities focusing on undergraduate research for students with a desire to pursue careers in science and mathematics. THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (Mass.)Has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to […]

July 8, 2009

Students

NOTEWORTHYNEWS: FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM CHANGES TAKE EFFECT

Low-income students and recent college graduates may reap dramatic gains as a result of far-reaching changes in financial aid grant and loan programs that began earlier this month.

July 8, 2009