Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 36

Community Colleges

Roxbury Community College Experiencing Renaissance

RCC has transformed itself from scandal-plagued to a college of choice.

February 18, 2009

Health

Grants & Gifts

The COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF AURORA (Colo.) has received a $597,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation to establish an organization for business leaders to help promote public policy for two-year colleges. The CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM has been awarded a $2 MILLION grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help train and educate students for […]

February 18, 2009

International

Arrested and Suspended: Accused of genocide, a Rwandan professor tells Diverse his side of the story.

On Feb. 3, Professor Leopold Munyakazi was arrested for overstaying his visa; Goucher College, in Maryland, suspended him a day later. He is now awaiting a hearing to see if he will be allowed to stay in this country, or forced to leave the country.

February 15, 2009

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Pell Grant Increase Preserved in Stimulus

Possibility of reaching higher amount approved by House

February 11, 2009

MSIs

Democrats Propose Billions in New Education Spending

Minority-serving institutions, Pell Grant and public universities set to gain under the next stimulus package.

February 4, 2009

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Grants & Gifts

CLARK COLLEGE (Wash.) has received a $106,500 grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust to purchase production and videoconferencing equipment to provide more learning options for students interested in health care. The Clark College Foundation will now raise additional funds to develop the program’s curriculum and manage it. EMORY UNIVERSITY (Ga.) has received a $14 MILLION […]

February 4, 2009

Home

Some Republicans Oppose Giving Schools Slice of Stimulus Pie

In a move that may hinder prospects for a large Pell Grant increase, congressional Republicans – including a former U.S. education secretary – say education spending is a prime example of the wasteful investments in a Democrat-led $825 billion economic stimulus bill.

February 2, 2009

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Stimulus: School Money Will be Difficult to Cut Later

Democrats want to use the big spending package designed to jump-start the staggering economy to send billions to long-term programs to help poor and disabled school children.

January 26, 2009

Students

College Financial Aid System Facing Stiff Test

Finding financial aid for college this year promises to be tougher than any final exam.

January 25, 2009

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A 22-year Transformation

Dr. Modesto Maidique reflects on the evolution he has shepherded Florida International University through as he prepares to leave his post as president after 22 years.

January 21, 2009

International

Grants & Gifts

The UNIVERSITY OF DENVER’s Morgridge College of Education has received a $10 MILLION gift from James (Jim) Cox Kennedy to establish the James C. Kennedy Institute for Educational Success. The funds will endow three faculty chairs and program/research endowment in the college. The Kremen School of Education and Human Development at the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, […]

January 21, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Audit Clears Former North Carolina A&T Chancellor

Former North Carolina A&T Chancellor James C. Renick and Anna Anita Huff, a program manager, were accused of misusing university funds but now both are not found to be in violation of any laws nor did they personally spend the misused funds. Renick left the university in 2006 to take a position at the American Council on Education in Washington.

January 20, 2009