Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 45

Leadership & Policy

African-U.S. University Partnerships Among Collaborations Urged By Global Leaders

In this globalized society, the need for intellectual collaboration across continents, cultures, institutions and disciplines is imperative in solving the scientific and technological mysteries that lie ahead, said panelists during the opening session Wednesday of the Higher Education Summit for Global Development at the Department of State.

April 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Grants & Gifts

CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF NURSING (Ga.) has been awarded the Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant of $335,299 for three years from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the Spencer and Teagle Foundations’ initiative for Systematic Improvement of Undergraduate Education […]

April 30, 2008

Latinx

PBIs Make Gains in Washington

Predominantly Black institutions are recognized with a new federal grant program and proposed funding in the new HEA bill.

April 30, 2008

Home

There Is Room for Improvement in Pell Grant Program, Report Says

The federal government can do more to help America’s poorest students finance college, says a new study by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), in collaboration with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).

April 28, 2008

Latinx

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Win Grants To Spur Economic Growth

Colleges will receive much-needed funds from a Labor Department program, which works closely with businesses to fill work force gaps.

April 16, 2008

HBCUs

Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES has received $2.5 MILLION from the Wal-Mart Foundation for AACC’s Building Better Communities through Regional Economic Development Partnerships initiative. Specifically, the funds will go toward AACC’s Center for Workforce Development. BRYN MAWR (PA.) and SPELMAN COLLEGES (GA.) have received a four-year, $1.1 MILLION grant from the National Science Foundation […]

April 16, 2008

Students

Black and Hispanic Students Hit Hardest by Credit Crunch

Opportunities for equitable access to college are harder to come by than ever, with the shift in federal aid policy moving from grants to loans, the passing of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (CCRAA) and the collapse of the consumer credit markets.

April 16, 2008

Health

Higher Education in the Land of Lincoln

Northeastern Illinois University’s ENLACE program works to increase the number of Hispanics in graduate schools in hopes that today’s students will be future faculty.

April 2, 2008

Students

Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION has received $250,000 from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help support ACE’s Initiative for Severely Injured Veterans, which helps veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan pursue a college education. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE (N.Y.) has received a $20 MILLION gift, the largest in its history, from John and Pat Klingenstein to further […]

April 2, 2008

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Empowering Hispanic Scholars To Navigate the Academy

A Northeastern Illinois University program seeks to fill the pipeline with Hispanic faculty, administrators.

April 2, 2008

Latinx

Northeastern Illinois University Program Seeks to Empower Hispanic Scholars

In Spanish, the word “enlace” is defined as a mechanism that unites two or more things or elements together.

April 1, 2008

Students

Grants & Gifts

CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Ala.) has received a donation of $1.8 MILLION from the late Josephine Powell of Decatur, Ala. The gift is the largest one-time monetary donation in the school’s 60-year history, and the funds will be used for Calhoun’s current capital campaign and to create new scholarships. The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has […]

March 19, 2008