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Grants & Awards

The Clark Atlanta University Student Health Center received a $50,000 grant from the Health 1st Foundation of Atlanta. The grant will be used to provide health education materials, workshops and health peer counselors for CAU students.  Clarkson University (N.Y.), Indiana University and the University of Virginia were awarded grants totaling $450,000 from the Procter & […]

April 6, 2005

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Yale to Eliminate Financial Burden for Lower-Income Families

Yale to Eliminate Financial Burden for Lower-Income FamiliesNEW HAVEN, Conn.Yale College will eliminate the financial contribution that lower-income parents have to make toward their children’s education, President Richard C. Levin announced March 3.Families with incomes below $45,000 will no longer be required to pay any portion of the cost of their children’s education, Levin said, […]

April 6, 2005

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Senate Wants to Boost Pell Funding by 10 Percent for 2006

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April 6, 2005

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Grants & Awards

The California State University, Northridge Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics received a $250,000 grant from the Joseph Drown Foundation to support ongoing programs and the operation of the center. It will also support faculty, equipment and administration. The Duke University (N.C.) Divinity School received $6.7 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to […]

March 23, 2005

Health

Survival at Stake

Survival at StakeUniversity of North Carolina’s Dr. Adaora Adimora searches for answers into HIV transmission among African AmericansBy Eleanor Lee YatesChapel Hill, N.C.During the 1980s and into the ’90s, HIV and AIDS primarily affected gay White men. The rates of HIV/AIDS stabilized in the 1990s in the United States, but today the numbers are soaring […]

March 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

University of Michigan to Offer Grants for Needy Students

University of Michigan to Offer Grants for Needy StudentsANN ARBOR, Mich. Nearly 3,000 needy undergraduate students at the University of Michigan would see their tuition bills lowered under a new grant program. The program, called M-PACT, would allow the students to tap into $3 million a year in grants, in addition to any other scholarships […]

March 23, 2005

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Grants & Awards

Boston Medical Center received more than $870,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study and develop treatments for patients with co-occurring substance abuse disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder in the primary care setting. California State University, Northridge has received a $144,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to assist CSUN biology labs’ continued […]

February 23, 2005

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Minority, Rural Radio Stations Receive Grants to Enhance Internet Presence

Minority, Rural Radio Stations Receive Grants to Enhance Internet PresenceRonald RoachWASHINGTONThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is awarding Internet Service Acquisition Grants to help 131 rural and minority public radio stations enhance their listener and community service through the Web, the organization announced last month. “Providing news, updates regarding community events, program information and other […]

February 23, 2005

Latinx

Wiring Schools For Success

Wiring Schools For SuccessLawmakers revive bill to assist minority-serving  institutions in upgrading technology infrastructureBy Charles DervaricsIt is no secret that many historically Black colleges and universities are trailing behind TWIs (Traditional White Institutions) in the technology race. In fact, a 2000 study conducted by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) for […]

February 23, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Technology’s Latest Wave

Technology’s Latest WaveColleges and universities areincreasingly exploring the academic use of digital mobile devices — but lack of money sometimes stands in the wayBy Peter GaluszkaReaching for her iPod, Dorian Scheuch gets ready to study. The student at Georgia College & State University tunes into special music she has downloaded from a Web site prepared […]

February 23, 2005

Community Colleges

National Endowment for the Humanities Funds American History Workshops for Community College Faculty

National Endowment for the Humanities Funds American History Workshops for Community College FacultyWASHINGTONThe National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced the creation of five “Landmarks of American History” community college faculty workshops to be held this summer at historic and cultural sites across the United States. This program of residence-based, weeklong workshops will bring […]

February 23, 2005

Students

GOP Seeks to Start Anew on Higher Education Bill

GOP Seeks to Start Anew on Higher Education BillNew spending to be paid for through cuts, savings in other higher education programsBy Charles DervaricsHouse Republicans are returning their attention to a slate of Higher Education Act renewal bills this Congressional session, including plans to increase Pell Grants, expand Black college aid and reform the student […]

February 23, 2005