Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 79

Community Colleges

The Promise of a Better Tomorrow

The Promise of a Better TomorrowDue to lack of funding, the percentage of inmates participating in education programs is declining, while the prison population continues to surgeBy Garry BoulardBLYTHE, Calif.Stretching across 1,700 acres in the middle of the desert near the California-Nevada border, the Ironwood State Prison may seem like a forbidding place, but for […]

February 23, 2005

Grants & Awards

Baton Rouge Community College (La.) received a $1,050,000 grant from CampusEAI Consortium to implement Oracle portals. These portals will enhance the college’s integrated teaching and learning interests, student services and other areas of campus activity. Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) received a planning and implementation grant for $325,000 in partnership with the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public […]

February 23, 2005

Toyota Foundation Awards Math, Science Grants for K-12 Projects

Toyota Foundation Awards Math, Science Grants for K-12 Projects By Ronald RoachNEW YORKEarlier this month, the Toyota USA Foundation board of directors announced grants totaling $650,836 to fund four math and science education initiatives for K-12 grade students across the country. Award recipients included the University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich.; the […]

February 23, 2005

Technologists Sought for Stanford Fellowship Program

Technologists Sought for Stanford Fellowship Program By Ronald RoachSTANFORD, Calif.Two corporate and two foundation partners are joining the Reuters Foundation to support the Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University for 2005. Google Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the Grameen Technology Foundation and Mexico’s Telmex Foundation are helping bring outstanding technologists to the Stanford campus.Digital […]

February 23, 2005

Education Behind Bars

Education Behind BarsMarymount Manhattan College teams with volunteers to keep college hopes alive for incarcerated womenBy Kendra HamiltonBEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. The first hint comes when you read the titles of the books on Aileen Baumgartner’s desk: Reporting Vietnam, Democracy in America, Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre. Baumgartner’s eyes sparkle as she describes her work. “This […]

February 23, 2005

Bush Education Budget Includes Cuts to College Access Programs

Bush Education Budget IncludesCuts to College Access ProgramsGEAR UP, Upward Bound among programs slated for eliminationBy Charles DervaricsPresident Bush wants to terminate a variety of politically popular college access initiatives as part of an austere 2006 education budget plan with increases for a few high priorities but cuts or level funding for dozens of other […]

February 23, 2005

Grants & Awards

Bronx Community College (N.Y.) received a $399,828 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled “Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Engineering Technology Scholarship Program.” The grant will provide scholarships for eligible, full-time students enrolled in computer science, engineering and engineering technology or mathematics degree programs.City College of San Francisco, California Pacific Medical Center […]

February 9, 2005

Educators Help Students Affected by Tsunami

Educators Help Students Affected by TsunamiBy Kristin BagnatoIn response to the far-reaching effects of the Dec. 26 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the Freeman Foundation are accepting applications for emergency grants to help students studying in the United States, the groups announced last month.The grants, in amounts of […]

February 9, 2005

President Bush Calls for New Federal Effort

President Bush Calls for New Federal Effort To Address Pell Grant Shortfall By Charles DervaricsPresident Bush is proposing a $500 increase in the maximum Pell Grant during the next five years, part of a long-range plan to restore the struggling financial-aid program to a sounder financial base to serve needy students.Unveiling the plan in mid-January, […]

February 9, 2005

Grants & Awards

Campbellsville University (Ky.) has received $500,000 from the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The funds will be split equally to help establish a new nursing degree program and provide free technology training and business-related coursework to displaced workers from the surrounding region. Elizabeth City State University […]

January 26, 2005

Senators Offer Support for Nomination Of New Education Secretary

Senators Offer Support for Nomination Of New Education SecretaryMargaret Spellings cites more year-round Pell Grants, expansion of distance-learning options, as higher education policy themes By Charles DervaricsPresident Bush’s choice for education secretary sailed through a confirmation hearing in early January, but concerns about possible Pell Grant reductions and other budget cuts may make the honeymoon […]

January 26, 2005

Grants & Awards

Arizona State University received a $15 million gift from philanthropist Julie Ann Wrigley. The gift will be used to create the International Institute for Sustainability to study and look for solutions to ecological, economic and societal issues. Case Western Reserve University’s (Ohio) master of fine arts theater program received a $750,000, three-year grant from the […]

January 12, 2005

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