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Democrats Propose Billions in New Education Spending

House Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled an $825 billion economic stimulus package with massive new education spending that goes far beyond a widely expected increase in federal Pell Grants.

January 15, 2009

Stimulus Outlook Friendly to Pell Grant

Adding a Pell Grant increase to the next economic stimulus package — a goal of many higher education organizations — is moving closer to reality based on details emerging from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

January 14, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Emerging Scholars

This year’s group of “emerging scholars” is a force to be reckoned with. The audacity of their excellence inspires everyone around them, and we at Diverse cannot help but marvel at this extraordinary ensemble of academicians. This diverse group of young (under-40) crusaders is pushing the boundaries of research, technology and public policy in ways never imagined and reaching new heights of accomplishments.

January 7, 2009

Grants & Gifts

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE has received a $200,000 grant from State Farm Insurance to develop an arts program that would bring K-12 students from the San Fernando Valley to the CSUN campus. The Department of Journalism at COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO has received a $10,000 grant from the Tribune Foundation to support the school’s Minority Journalism […]

January 7, 2009

Creator of Pell Grants dies at 90

Claiborne Pell, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, died Thursday after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.

January 4, 2009

Grants & Gifts

ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY has received $50,000 in scholarship grants from the Coca-Cola Foundation for first-generation college students. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS has received $50,000 from the Verizon Foundation to support first-generation college students. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE has received a $10,000 gift from Citi for its Bookstein Institute for Higher Education In Taxation. The […]

December 24, 2008

Bush to Obama: Education in Transition

As President George W. Bush leaves office with the No Child Left Behind Act as his education legacy, advocates look to the Obama administration with high expectations.

December 24, 2008

Yale Agrees to Pay $7.6M to Resolve Research Grant Allegations

Yale University has agreed to pay $7.6 million to resolve allegations that it broke the law by mismanaging federally funded research grants, federal authorities announced Tuesday.

December 23, 2008

Leadership & Policy

HBCUs Question Equity of Research Partnerships

In an effort to meet critical research goals, a familiar trend among historically Black colleges and universities is to link up with larger research-intensive institutions.

December 21, 2008

Best & Brightest: From Foster Care to Top U.S. Law Firm

Michelle McLeod grew up moving between foster families and group homes.

December 14, 2008

Education Advocates Pushing Hard to Get Piece of Stimulus Pie

More than a dozen education and consumer groups asked Congress on Thursday for a 50 percent increase in the maximum Pell Grant and a 25 percent hike in college work-study as part of an economic stimulus package scheduled for consideration soon.

December 10, 2008

Faculty & Staff

‘Sense of Fit’ Can Make or Break Faculty Retention

Dr. Carlos Evia, assistant professor of professional writing at Virginia Polytechnic State University won’t be up for tenure until spring 2010, but he’s already worried about the final review.

December 10, 2008

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