Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 71

Leadership & Policy

Higher Education Commission

The federal government should increase need-based financial aid for postsecondary education, but reject controversial ideas to introduce standardized testing into colleges and universities…

April 19, 2006

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Senate-Approved Plan May Lead

Offering some hope to an increasingly gloomy budget picture, the Senate in late March voted to add $7 billion to education and other domestic programs next year…

April 19, 2006

Students

Grants & Awards

The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University (Ind.) has received a $400,000 grant from the Edmund F. Ball and the Virginia B. Ball Foundation that will allow the center to continue its semester-long immersive interdisciplinary programs. The university also recently received a $186,000 estate gift from the late J.D. Wickersham […]

April 19, 2006

Disabilties

Grants & Awards

Bronx Community College’s (N.Y.) National Center for Educational Alliances has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to expand upon its educational initiative in South Africa, which was begun under a previous Ford Foundation grant. New Linkages: Phase II will expand the projects’ scope from KwaZulu-Natal Province into the neighboring Eastern Cape Province. The […]

April 5, 2006

HBCUs

Morehouse Claims Honda All-Star Challenge Title

A team of students from Morehouse College has won the 17th Annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge, beating North Carolina Central University for the national title by…

April 4, 2006

Students

House Approves Update to Higher Ed Bill

Finding the best way to pay for college a struggle for many families has become a hassle for U.S. House of Representative lawmakers, too…

April 2, 2006

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House Launches Update of Higher Education Law

The House began a push Wednesday to rein in college costs and make it easier for students to seek federal aid…

March 29, 2006

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University of Chicago Launches $1 Million Childcare Initiative

The University of Chicago and its Hospitals have launched a $1 million childcare initiative in Hyde Park and the surrounding communities that will enable licensed care providers to create or expand their capacity for infants and toddlers…

March 27, 2006

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University of Pennsylvania to Eliminate Loans for Students of Families Earning Less Than $50,000

The University of Pennsylvania, in an effort to alleviate the financial burden on low- and middle-income students…

March 26, 2006

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High School Reform Plan May Cripple College Programs

The Bush administration is drawing the ire of leaders across the higher education spectrum by promoting a proposal that funds a new high…

March 22, 2006

Students

Grants & Awards

Bucknell University (Pa.) will receive $416,640 to establish a wireless Internet network as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Cameron University (Okla.) received $4 million from the McMahon Foundation as part of the university’s Changing Lives campaign. The grant, the largest in Cameron’s history, will go towards […]

March 22, 2006

Students

Stanford Scholarship to Benefit Latin American Students

Stanford University recently announced a new $10 million scholarship fund for Latino students, established by colleagues of Uruguayan biotechnology pioneer Dr. Alejandro Zaffaroni…

March 15, 2006