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Educators Outline Steps to Ensure Student Access During Economic Uncertainty

Federal, state, institutional and private parties need to rethink how they are helping — and even hindering low- and moderate-income students’ advancement in higher education, said panelists at an event at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development on Friday.

June 15, 2008

HBCUs

Feds Fund Three Types of Minority-serving Institutions

Under new education department programs, money for eligible colleges and universities is up for grabs.

June 11, 2008

HBCUs

Grants & Gifts

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY has received a $3.1 MILLION gift from the Monfort Family Foundation to provide support for Monfort scholars and professors and the Monfort Lecture Series, among other things. The COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY has received a $30,000 grant as part of the MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Award. The college was chosen […]

June 11, 2008

HBCUs

Feds Fund Three Types of MSIs

Money for Predominantly Black-serving, non-tribal American Indian-serving and Asian-serving institutions is up for grabs.

June 8, 2008

Community Colleges

Alabama State Senator Indicted in Federal Two-year College Probe

State Sen. E.B. McClain was indicted Thursday on bribery, conspiracy and other federal charges accusing him of pocketing more than $300,000 in government money routed through a nonprofit organization.

June 4, 2008

HBCUs

Grants & Gifts

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD, has received $1 MILLION from the CSU system, which received funds from the Bernard Osher Foundation to be distributed. The monies will go to support a scholarship endowment fund at CSU Bakersfield. Twelve faculty members at OHIO UNIVERSITY have been awarded a $124,000 grant by the Ohio University Research Committee and […]

May 28, 2008

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Community College Financial Aid Lacking for N.C. Students, Report Finds

A report released today criticizes the grant and financial aid programs that serve the state’s 58 community colleges, saying the aid programs fall short of the financial support a typical community college student needs.

May 21, 2008

Students

Policymakers Seek to Ensure No Disruptions In Student Loan Availability

Congressional leaders are considering a variety of bills to impede a late summer student loan crisis.

May 14, 2008

Students

Research Points the Way to Building Blocks Of Student Success

A high school diploma still marks a critical education milestone in people’s lives. However, in today’s economy, it has lost its edge in providing individual workplace advantage and economic self-sufficiency.

May 14, 2008

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Grants & Gifts

The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has received a $10 MILLION gift from writer Michael “Mickey” Ross to establish a Jewish studies center at the college. KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE has received a $331,692 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its life-science center. A LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY chemist, Barry Dellinger, […]

May 14, 2008

Students

Va. Expands Program to Improve Diversity Among Community College Faculty

The 23-school Virginia community college system has announced an expansion of its Chancellor’s Graduate Student Fellowship program to enhance the initiative’s capacity to increase faculty diversity.

May 12, 2008

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HP Labs Director Seeks More Help From Academia

Trying to boost the output of its research labs, Hewlett-Packard Co. wants to get more help from scientists in universities.

May 7, 2008