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Senate Bill Includes Small HBCU Increase

Senate Bill Includes Small HBCU IncreaseBy Charles Dervarics A Senate education spending bill for 2004 follows the Bush administration’s goal for a small increase for Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions next year. The bill approved in committee would provide a $10 million increase for the main federal HBCU program, for total funding of $224 million. […]

July 30, 2003

Students

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. […]

July 2, 2003

Native Americans

Federal Grant Puts Tribes on Track to Fast Internet Service

Federal Grant Puts Tribes on Track to Fast Internet Service By Ronald Roach WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last month a $20 million technology grant for American Indian tribes in rural areas to bring high-speed Internet connections to several communities. The grant is funded through the department’s Rural Utilities Division. The Coeur […]

July 2, 2003

Students

Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your Homework

Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your HomeworkSo you’ve gotten the good news: “Overproduction” of Ph.D.s is, by and large, a myth. Many fields are experiencing painful shortages of Ph.D.s. Bioinformatics is one, notes Peter Syverson, vice president of research for the Council of Graduate Schools. “We’re not producing any Ph.D.s in bioinformatics because, […]

July 2, 2003

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Hispanic Leaders Seek to Create ‘New Era’ of Higher Education Excellence

Hispanic Leaders Seek to Create ‘New Era’ of Higher Education ExcellenceBy Charles Dervarics An expanded Pell Grant and greater financial aid access to immigrant students are among the major themes of a new package of Higher Education Act improvements proposed by Hispanic higher education leaders. As the U.S. Congress prepares to review HEA, the plan […]

July 2, 2003

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Grants & Awards

A The American Indian College Fund received a $60,000 grant from the UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of the United Parcel Service. The grant will be used for scholarships for American Indian students attending tribal colleges across the United States. Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland received a $25 million gift from […]

June 18, 2003

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Toyota USA Foundation Announces Awards for Math, Science Teaching

Toyota USA Foundation Announces Awards for Math, Science Teaching By Ronald Roach NEW YORKThe Toyota USA Foundation has announced that it is awarding $695,965 in grants to four universities to support initiatives designed to enhance the teaching of K-12 math and science. Recipients of the awards are the University of Central Florida, Orlando; the University […]

June 18, 2003

MSIs

Senate ‘Digital Divide’ Bill Gains House Companion

Senate ‘Digital Divide’ Bill Gains House CompanionBy Charles Dervarics A bill to combat the digital divide at Black, Hispanic-serving and tribal colleges will get a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., proposed the bill as H.R. 2183. It is a companion to a Senate-approved plan from Sen. George Allen, R-Va. […]

June 18, 2003

MSIs

More Outreach Needed to Increase USDA Grant Funding, Report Says

More Outreach Needed to Increase USDA Grant Funding, Report Says By Charles Dervarics More outreach from the U.S. Department of Agriculture could help minority-serving colleges and universities better compete for grant funding, a federal watchdog agency says. In a new report, the U.S. General Accounting Office says minority-serving institutions (MSIs) received less than 2 percent […]

June 18, 2003

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Beacons of Hope

Beacons of HopeSECME Inc. partners with minority-serving institutions to create alternative high schools to increase high school, college completion ratesBy Phaedra Brotherton In 2000, only 18 percent of all African American and 10 percent of Hispanics completed a four-year degree by age 29, compared with 34 percent of Whites (total populations), according to the U.S. […]

June 4, 2003

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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsAlbany State University (Ga.) received a $500,000 grant from the Goizueta Foundation to establish a scholarship endowment in the College of Education. Colorado State University received a $1.5 million donation from the Bohemian Foundation of Fort Collins, a private family organization that supports community projects that help youth. The gift will endow a […]

May 21, 2003

HBCUs

Taking a Stand on the Movement

Taking a Stand on the MovementSome in HBCU Community Oppose Bachelor Degree Programs at Community Colleges, Others Say Wait and See As president of Jackson State University, Mississippi’s largest four-year historically Black university, Dr. Ronald Mason has a clear position on the prospect of the state’s community colleges offering four-year degree programs. While state officials […]

May 21, 2003