Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 59

Provision aids Harris Fellowship recipients – Washington Update – Congress allows continuation of Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship

Congress officially has killed it, but the Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship program lives on–at least temporarily. A little-known provision of Congress’s mammoth budget bill allows for continuation grants under the program, named for the African American cabinet officer under President Jimmy Carter. It supports under-represented minorities and women in graduate, professional and doctoral programs.

July 4, 2007

ASU researchers looking for grant to study e-waste

PHOENIX What do you do with that old computer when it’s outdated and no longer needed?

July 1, 2007

Native Americans

Oklahoma American Indian tribe receives $3.8 million federal grant for education, economic development

WASHINGTON The Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation will receive a $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to be used for technology-driven regional education and economic development activities, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said Friday.

June 29, 2007

North Dakota’s state bank offers matching grants for college savings accounts

BISMARCK N.D. North Dakota’s state-owned bank will be offering $300 incentives to some residents who start new college savings accounts, a perk that joins a list of newly approved tax breaks for college savers.

June 27, 2007

Grants & Gifts

The American Council of Education’s Center for Lifelong Learning has received a two-year, $400,000 grant from the MetLife Foundation to study the educational needs and goals of adult students between the ages of 55 to 79. Colby College (Maine) has received a private art collection valued at $100 million. The collection, which features 500 pieces […]

June 27, 2007

MSU to join UW-Madison in bioenergy research

WASHINGTON Michigan State University will receive $50 million in federal grants over five years to conduct basic research on biofuels, officials said Monday.

June 25, 2007

Clinton opens “Frontiers of Opportunity” for tribal colleges – Bill Clinton, federal grants to Native American schools

After two decades of prayers, politicking and impassioned pleas, tribal colleges have gained greater access to federal grants under an executive order signed by President Clinton.

June 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Examining higher education’s role in health care – educating personnel for allied health services – special report: health sciences

To meet health industry needs for thousands of physical therapists, occupational therapists and other trained health professionals, colleges and universities have revamped their course offerings. Even so, they turn down more students than they accept.

June 23, 2007

DNA mapping: a road less traveled by HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities, Human Genome Project – special report:health sciences

It is possible that in the very near future, a doctor will be able to take a blood sample — or even a piece of toenail — from a person and tell everything about who they are biologically.

June 23, 2007

Politics as it is played – lobbying activities of historically Black colleges

In a move that surprised alumni and other observers, Tuskegee University officials recently decided to close its long established Washington office and hire lobbyists instead.

June 23, 2007

Community Colleges

No matter who wins, the game will change – effect of the 1996 elections on US educational policy

Voters may lack enthusiasm for the 1996 election, pollsters and pundits say but a quick check of presidential and congressional races finds education advocates with plenty of reasons to watch–and worry–in the months ahead.

June 23, 2007

Technology … it’s not just for science departments anymore – implementing technology at colleges

As a graduate student at Ohio State University in the early 1990s, Dr. Leslie Fenwick had grown accustomed to having access to computers and to using her own campus-issued computer. “They were part of the landscape. Computers were just part of the university setting,” Fenwick said.

June 22, 2007

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