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New Grants Promote Community Outreach

New Grants Promote Community OutreachBy Charles Dervarics Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are eligible for new grants to promote outreach to their local communities. Black colleges and universities can apply for $9.9 million in federal dollars to address poverty and economic development needs in or near their campuses. About $6.6 million is available for previously […]

May 21, 2003

Grants & Awards

The Art Center College of Design (Calif.) received a $1 million endowed gift from Wallis Annenberg, vice president of the Annenberg Foundation, to establish the Wallis Annenberg Legacy Scholarship for Photography to encourage and recognize students of exceptional talent. Clark University (Mass.), received a $1.5 million donation from Dr. Mary Despina Lekas, a 1949 graduate […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Finding the ‘Right’ Research Mix

Finding the ‘Right’ Research MixSticking to what they know and love helps some scholars chart successful research careersBy Kendra Hamilton The research enterprise is the cornerstone of the modern academy. It is so much a feature of the landscape that perhaps it’s not surprising that no aspect of the scholarly condition has been subject to […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Teaming Up for Success

Teaming Up for SuccessPartnerships, collaborations help Tennessee State meet the challenges of securing research fundingBy Phaedra Brotherton For researchers, getting a single grant or award of at least $1 million takes skill and dedication, not to mention commitment to the university, students and to scholarship, says JoVita Wells, associate director of the Office of Sponsored […]

May 7, 2003

Congress Cuts Portion of Pell’s Budget Pie

Congress Cuts Portion of Pell’s Budget PieBy Charles Dervarics Congress continues to shift gears on legislation that may determine whether the maximum Pell Grant will increase this year. The latest evidence is in a new House/Senate budget agreement that largely reflects the White House plan, which calls for a program increase only to cover current […]

May 7, 2003

University of Arkansas Earmarks $64 Million For Doctoral Fellowships

University of Arkansas Earmarks $64 Million For Doctoral Fellowships FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Academic departments at the University of Arkansas celebrated spring with the bloom of $64 million in new funding for graduate fellowships. The money is part of a $300 million gift the school received last year from the Walton Family Foundation, $100 million of which […]

April 23, 2003

FAMU Wins 5th National Title in Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

FAMU Wins 5th National Title in Honda Campus All-Star Challenge ORLANDO, Fla.The Florida A&M University Rattlers slithered past the competition here last month to clinch the 5th national championship at the 2003 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), an academic competition for the best and brightest students at historically Black colleges and universities. Nearly 100 HBCU […]

April 23, 2003

U.S. Senate Supports Increase in Pell Grant Amount

U.S. Senate Supports Increase in Pell Grant Amount By Charles Dervarics The U.S. House and Senate are taking different approaches to the 2004 budget battle, with the Senate coming down on the side of increased financial aid funds. A Senate-approved budget for 2004 includes a $450 increase in the maximum Pell Grant. The top grant […]

April 23, 2003

Pell Grant Amount Not Keeping Pace With Rising Demand

Pell Grant Amount Not Keeping Pace With Rising DemandBy Charles Dervarics New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows the rising demand for Pell grants and the quickly growing shortfall in the nation’s main grant aid program for college. The number of Pell grant recipients increased nearly 25 percent during the past two years, […]

April 9, 2003

Living Out a Dream — Abroad

Living Out a Dream — Abroad Law professor Catherine Powell takes interest in human rights to Israel By Kendra Hamilton The faint of heart might think Catherine Powell, professor of law at New York’s Fordham University and former executive director of Columbia University’s Human Rights Institute, has chosen an odd location to bear her first […]

March 26, 2003

Microsoft Aids Black Public College Technology Program

Microsoft Aids Black Public College Technology ProgramBy Ronald Roach WASHINGTON, D.C.Microsoft has announced a $15 million software grant to the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF) technology initiative, which is a multi-year effort to raise more than $100 million to upgrade technology at public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The software grant will be distributed […]

March 26, 2003

Following the Indian Model of Higher Education

Following the Indian Model of Higher Education Higher education in India has evolved in divergent and distinct streams with each stream monitored by an apex body, indirectly controlled by the Ministry of Human Resources. The universities are funded by the state governments. However, there are 12 central universities that are maintained by the federal government […]

March 26, 2003

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