Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 82

Power Play: HBCUs Seek Clout in Washington

Power Play: HBCUs Seek Clout in WashingtonBy Ronald RoachAs president of Langston, a historically Black land-grant state university in Oklahoma, Dr. Ernest Holloway says it’s gratifying that his school and the other historically Black schools covered by the Higher Education Act’s (HEA) entitlement grant programs have seen consistent increases in HEA program monies over the […]

September 8, 2004

Grants & Awards

Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the college’s new Computer Science, Mathematics and Technology (CMT) Academic Rewards program. The program is designed to increase the number of well-prepared graduates in technology, computer specialties and mathematics by offering 40 annual scholarships and a variety of […]

August 25, 2004

Grants & Awards

Auburn University (Ala.), The Ohio State University, the University of Florida, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University together received a $754,983 four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the Scholars of the Future program. The program, which will be administered at Auburn University and replicated at Virginia Tech, is designed to increase […]

August 11, 2004

Grants & Awards

Moraine Valley Community College (Ill.) has received two grants — a $124,172 Education-to-Careers grant and a $2,000 Walmart Foundation Literacy grant — to help with two college programs. The $124,172 grant from the Illinois Board of Education will provide another year of funding for the college’s Education-to-Careers program as well as funding for the college’s […]

July 28, 2004

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending Bill

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending BillHBCUs, community colleges receive small victoriesBy Charles DervaricsBlack colleges are one of the few winners in a new 2005 House education spending bill that largely holds the line on federal funding for higher education, including core financial aid programs essential for needy students.The main federal program for […]

July 28, 2004

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsThe City Colleges of Chicago received $1 million from the McCormick-Tribune Foundation for a project that will strengthen the district’s child development curriculum. The project also will align the district’s child care centers with the new curriculum so that the centers may serve as laboratories for students studying in that field.Forsyth Technical Community […]

July 16, 2004

Microsoft Funds New Research, Curriculum Development Projects

Microsoft Funds New Research, Curriculum Development ProjectsREDMOND, Wash.The Microsoft Corp. has announced its latest round of grant awards aimed at fostering academic innovation by colleges and universities around the world. The company says that 77 colleges and universities from more than 25 countries have been awarded Innovation Excellence Awards for Windows Embedded with grants totaling […]

July 16, 2004

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending Bill

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending BillCongress vetoes White House plans for Perkins’ cutbackStudent financial aid programs would receive few increases under a new congressional plan to fund federal education programs in 2004.The plan from a House of Representatives panel would maintain the maximum Pell Grant at the current $4,050, with no increase despite […]

July 16, 2004

Grants & Awards

LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, N.Y., recently received a $150,000 grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to help increase the number of businesses that develop products using renewable energy technology. The college’s business incubator program, NY DESIGNS, will work with companies developing “green” products, to help them develop […]

July 14, 2004

Will Tuition Become A Campaign Issue?

Will Tuition Become A Campaign Issue?With the twin issues of Iraq and the economy dueling for attention in the upcoming presidential campaign, will issues of access to higher education become a campaign issue? It ought to — data suggest that while as many as 60 percent of “new” jobs require postsecondary education, less than a […]

July 14, 2004

Grants & Awards

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded $49.7 million in grants to 42 baccalaureate and master’s degree institutions in 17 states and Puerto Rico. The four-year grants, ranging from $500,000 to $1.6 million, support a variety of programs to improve undergraduate science. Among the institutions receiving HHMI grants are: Amherst College (Mass.), Florida A&M […]

June 30, 2004

National Biotechnology Initiative Under Way in Pennsylvania

National Biotechnology Initiative Under Way in PennsylvaniaPITTSBURGHU.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao kicked off the national Biotechnology Worker Training Initiative in Pennsylvania last month at the facilities of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG), a public/private partnership founded by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, UPMC Health System and the state of Pennsylvania. The […]

June 30, 2004

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