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Reports: Importance of Federal Student Aid Continues to Grow

Reports: Importance of Federal Student Aid Continues to GrowWASHINGTONTwo newly released reports from the American Council on Education (ACE) illustrate rapid growth in the federal student loan programs and the critical importance of the Pell Grant program, the nation’s largest single source of need-based grant assistance. The “2003 Status Report on the Federal Education Loan […]

October 22, 2003

Native Americans

Schools, Agencies Serving American Indians to Share $105 Million

Schools, Agencies Serving American Indians to Share $105 MillionSchools, Agencies Serving American Indians to Share $105 MillionIndian tribes, schools, and state and local agencies that serve American Indian children in efforts to improve educational opportunities for nearly half-a-million students will share $105 million in grants, announced U.S. Secretary of Education Roderick Paige.“We renew our commitment […]

October 22, 2003

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Grants & Awards

Columbia University’s Teachers College received a $10.8 million gift from Lilo and Gerard Leeds. The gift, to be made over six years, is the largest single gift in the college’s history. The gift will be used to bolster the academic achievement of low-income high school students in New York City and across the United States. […]

October 8, 2003

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsDelaware State University received a five-year, $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for the creation of a DSU Applied Mathematics Research Center (AMRC) on campus. In addition, DSU’s College of Arts and Science was awarded a $278,331 Research Infrastructure Grant from the National Science Foundation that will fund the purchase […]

September 24, 2003

Community Colleges

On the Road to Reauthorization

On the Road to ReauthorizationWith the Higher Education Act up for reauthorization, the fate of student aid and the future of colleges’ regulatory independence is uncertainAs Congress returns to work this month, it has plenty on its plate, but all eyes and hopes in higher education will be pinned on the reauthorization of the legislative […]

September 24, 2003

U.S. Congressmen Urge More Federal Support for HBCUs

U.S. Congressmen Urge More Federal Support for HBCUs Building preservation, financial aid, main topics at town hall meetingBy Scott Dyer GRAMBLING, La.Historic preservation of buildings on historically Black college campuses and increased financial aid for students were the main topics at a recent town hall meeting on the future of HBCUs.The meeting, held on the […]

September 10, 2003

Grants & Awards

Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) received a $48,746 grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) to conduct a GEAR UP Weekend Academy. This MHEC grant was made through its College Preparation Intervention Program (CPIP). BCCC will administer this project in collaboration with the Morgan State University ACE/GEAR UP Program. Hampton University (Va.) was awarded […]

August 27, 2003

Grants & Awards

Dillard University (La.) and the University of Colorado at Boulder received a $350,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to fund the second year of a unique partnership between the two universities that merges the institutions’ respective strengths in the humanities, mathematics, literature and information technology. North Carolina Central University received a $658,000 grant from […]

August 13, 2003

Front-Loading of Pell Grants for First Two Years of College Gains Momentum

Front-Loading of Pell Grants for First Two Years of College Gains MomentumBy Charles Dervarics House Republican leaders are reviving talk of “front-loading” Pell Grant assistance by providing higher levels of aid to students during their first two years of college. The idea, which traditionally comes up during Higher Education Act reauthorization, may have a strong […]

August 13, 2003

Grants & Awards

The American Association of Community Colleges has received a $1.9 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to develop a program that seeks to prepare a new generation of leaders for America’s largest higher education sector. In addition, the Kellogg Foundation awarded $2.4 million over six years to the American Dental Education Association “to promote […]

July 30, 2003

University of Iowa to Help African Schools With Internet

University of Iowa to Help African Schools With InternetBy Ronald Roach IOWA CITY, Iowa A University of Iowa project that recently got more than $225,000 in federal grants will help African universities expand their educational opportunities through Internet and satellite technology. U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, presented the WiderNet Project’s co-director, Cliff Missen, with about […]

July 30, 2003

University of Iowa Wins $1.8 Million For Minority Doctorates

University of Iowa Wins $1.8 Million For Minority DoctoratesIOWA CITY, Iowa The University of Iowa won more than $1.8 million in grants to increase the number of Black, Hispanic and American Indian doctoral candidates in engineering, math and chemistry, school officials announced this month. The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grants come […]

July 30, 2003

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