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Grants & Awards

Austin College (Texas) received $3 million in gifts from three trustees of the college. Beverly and William “Bill” E. Warren committed $1 million to establish the Michael A. Imhoff Endowed Professorship in Chemistry, and Dennis Gonier committed $1 million in support of the campaign, funding scholarships, Internet services for alumni, as well as other college […]

December 29, 2004

Research: Federal, State Initiatives to Educate

Research: Federal, State Initiatives to Educate Low-Income Single Mothers Have Societal BenefitsUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.In encouraging low-income single mothers to earn a college education, federal and state governments, along with higher education institutions, will make a solid, long-term investment for the whole society, a Penn State researcher says.Some policy-makers object to using tax dollars to subsidize […]

December 29, 2004

Student Aid Formula Seriously Flawed, Report Finds

Student Aid Formula Seriously Flawed, Report FindsBy Charles PekowCongressional Democrats, already steamed about cuts in federal student aid, are now bristling at a recent discovery that the U.S. Department of Education has been distributing billions of dollars of student aid under a misguided formula. The General Accounting Office’s (GAO) findings showed that the U.S. Department […]

December 15, 2004

Grants & Awards

The College of the Canyons (Calif.) EPIC Center for the Performing Arts received $2 million from Vital Express, a local and national transportation service provider, and will be renamed the Vital Express Center for the Performing Arts. Hampton University (Va.) was recently awarded a $107,459 grant from the Virginia State Council for Higher Education’s No […]

December 15, 2004

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill Minority-serving colleges gain small increasesBy Charles DervaricsCollege access programs and minority-serving colleges would gain small increases while Pell Grants may face more uncertainty under a long-awaited 2005 education budget bill that will become law soon.Part of a $388-billion omnibus spending bill for more than a dozen federal agencies, […]

December 15, 2004

Grants & Awards

Baruch College (N.Y.) received a $12 million gift from Lawrence N. and Eris Field to support the renovation and modernization of Baruch’s historic classroom building, which will be renamed after the couple, and to fund the Larry and Eris Field Family Chair in entrepreneurship. Cleveland State University received $6.25 million, its largest philanthropic gift in […]

December 1, 2004

Something All His Own

Something All His OwnThe NBA’s Grant Hill hopes his collection of African American art will inspire, excite a younger generationBy Crystal L. KeelsNBA star Grant Hill is known for his skills on the basketball court, his marriage to Grammy award-winning singer, Tamia, and, most recently, for his courageous comeback after several surgeries that jeopardized his […]

December 1, 2004

What’s New

Journalism School To Review Statistics Course RequirementEVANSTON, Ill.Many aspiring journalists enter the field for several reasons, often to avoid dealing with numbers. Not so at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, which is assessing options this year to restructure the statistics requirement to make it more applicable for aspiring reporters in response to […]

December 1, 2004

Grants & Awards

Bennett College (N.C.) has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for supporting the college’s teacher education program and enhancing skills of in-service teachers through the creation of a curriculum instructional material center and implementation of professional development opportunities.California State University-Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. […]

November 17, 2004

Minority Philanthropy Initiative Gets $3 Million Grant

Minority Philanthropy Initiative Gets $3 Million Grant INDIANAPOLISA $3 million grant awarded to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University could help put more minorities, women and youth in positions of philanthropy leadership. The center said it will use the grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to reach current and future leaders. “Our goal is […]

November 17, 2004

Report: Rising College Costs Outstripping Student Aid

Report: Rising College Costs Outstripping Student AidBy M.H. MillerTo pay for community college these days, the average student still has to cobble together funds — through Pell Grants and other government, institutional and possibly family support, while often holding down one or more jobs, according to new reports by the College Board on college costs […]

November 17, 2004

Grants & Awards

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (Washington, D.C.) has been awarded a three-year, $400,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help establish a new Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity. The center will provide consulting services to individual universities and colleges seeking to increase the participation of U.S. students, especially […]

November 3, 2004

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