Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 39

Grants & Gifts

ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY has received a $700,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help develop local communities. The CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK has received a three-year, $459,108 grant from the National Science Foundation for the New York City College of Technology. State-ofthe- art satellite and ground-based remote sensing research will […]

October 15, 2008

Grant Will Help Prepare Special-Education Experts

Vivian Correa, a Clemson University education professor, received an $800,000 grant to prepare future leaders in the field of special education.

October 14, 2008

Wal-Mart Foundation Gives Over $4 Million to Institute for Higher Education Policy

The Wal-Mart Foundation has announced a $4.2 million grant to support programs to increase first-generation student success at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges and universities.

October 14, 2008

Scholarship Lets Sudan Native Get Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. Makwei Mabioor Deng looked out the shuttle-bus window on his way to class at George Washington University and wondered aloud whether there were crocodiles in the Potomac River. Three weeks earlier, he had never been on a plane, never heard of a microwave oven, never seen a library full of books and computers. […]

October 12, 2008

Campaigns Differ on How to Help With College Costs

The price of college continues to surge, and financial aid isn’t keeping up. The Wall Street meltdown has hammered the stock market and college savings. And a college degree is ever more essential for finding a good job.

October 1, 2008

North Carolina News Nuggets

Here is a glimpse at what’s happening at various colleges and universities throughout the Tar Heel state, which chartered the United States’ first public university in 1789.

October 1, 2008

N.C. A&T Becomes First HBCU Named NSF Engineering Research Center

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University will serve as an international leader of engineering research thanks to a prestigious grant awarded by the National Science Foundation.

October 1, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Grants & Gifts

ATLANTIC CAPE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (N.J.) has received a $480,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Labor to upgrade the skills of area casino workers. The grant will provide training programs in culinary arts, computer skills, office supervision andmanagement and customer service. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY has received a $3 MILLION biofuels grant from the National […]

October 1, 2008

S.C. State and Clemson U. Play Historic Football Game

When the final whistle blew, the scoreboard in Death Valley read Clemson 54, South Carolina State 0, but on this Saturday in late September, there was more than a football game being played.

September 29, 2008

Native Americans

17 Tribal Colleges Win Grants

Seventeen tribal colleges have been awarded $4 million through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Tribal College Grant program to buy equipment, build or renovate classrooms, make repairs and finance improvements.

September 29, 2008

Rethinking Student Aid Group Suggests Overhauling Financial Aid

A group of policy experts charged with the arduous task of rethinking strategies for student financial aid recommends an overhaul of the financial aid process, beginning with simplifying the financial aid application by tying it to a family’s tax return in addition to creating a better college savings program for low-income families.

September 18, 2008

Democratic Platform Promises More for Education

Education plan includes a tax credit for college students who perform community service and grants for community colleges.

September 17, 2008

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