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The Republican Sweep And Higher Education

The Republican Sweep And Higher Education By Julianne Malveaux A full month after the November debacle, political pundits are still deconstructing the Democrat’s embarrassing loss at the polls. While the Republican “sweep” could hardly be called a mandate (some Senate races were decided by fractions of a percentage point), the outcome is that the Republicans […]

December 18, 2002

‘Anchors In the Community’

‘Anchors In the Community’No longer self-enclosed enclaves, universities join hands with residents, government and organizations to create safer, better neighborhoods By Lydia Lum Ten years ago, Myrtle Gordon and her neighbors feared turning their lights on because it was likely to attract a drive-by shooting of their homes, in Columbia, S.C. Stepping out, they could […]

December 18, 2002

Budget, Grant Issues Still in Limbo

Budget, Grant Issues Still in LimboBy Charles Dervarics The U.S. Congress adjourned for the year without debating critical budget and student aid issues originally scheduled for approval in October. Pell Grants, college work-study, TRIO programs and aid to HBCUs will continue to receive only temporary funding for fiscal 2003, which began in October, due to […]

December 18, 2002

Community Colleges

Grants & Awards

Bronx Community College’s Mathematics and Computer Science Program received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the number of well-prepared mathematics, computer science, engineering or engineering technology majors who will continue in a four-year college or will join the high-technology work force. Central Community College (Neb.) has received a $1.9 million grant […]

December 4, 2002

Grants & Awards

Morgan State University (Md.) received a $600,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to establish the National Center for Health Behavioral Change. The grant will fund research to improve public health curricula, practice competence and community health status.Rice University’s (Texas) School of Continuing Studies received $700,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop an online […]

November 20, 2002

N.C., Maryland Schools to Create Health Disparities Research Centers

N.C., Maryland Schools to Create Health Disparities Research Centers CHAPEL HILL, N.C.Researchers from three North Carolina universities have received grants totaling $1.5 million from the National Institute of Nursing Research to create a Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research. The National Institutes of Health agency funded three related grants to support the new center, […]

November 20, 2002

Bush’s HBCU Increase: Enough or Too Little?

Bush’s HBCU Increase: Enough or Too Little?By Charles Dervarics With the House of Representatives and the Senate mired in a budget dispute, not even a simple resolution honoring Black colleges can get through without partisan differences. While lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a recent resolution honoring HBCUs, Democrats used floor time before the vote to criticize Bush […]

November 20, 2002

HBCUs Win USDA Funds

HBCUs Win USDA FundsBy Charles Dervarics Eleven historically Black colleges will divide a new $1.5 million allotment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to promote employment and new business development in rural communities. The funds are made through cooperative agreements with the 11 institutions, which are 1890 land-grant colleges and universities. Each college and university […]

November 20, 2002

Grants & Awards

Chicago State University has been awarded a $1.2 million technology grant from the state of Illinois to provide new education advances in classrooms and upgrade existing computer systems. The Fashion Institute of Technology (N.Y.) has received software valued at $588,732 from Microsoft as part of Microsoft’s philanthropic Working Connections program. Lorain County Community College (Ohio) […]

November 6, 2002

Colleges Win Grants to Promote Nursing Education

Colleges Win Grants to Promote Nursing EducationBy Charles Dervarics Black colleges are among 34 winners of new federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services to promote nursing education, particularly among students of color. The $8.4 million in grants cover two categories — basic nursing education grants and grants to promote diversity in […]

November 6, 2002

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsAuburn University (Ala.) received $20,000 from Willie T. Grant, a Birmingham civil engineer, to provide an annual scholarship to minority students majoring in engineering at the university. California State University-San Bernardino received $10,813 from Louis Lauer, founder of the realty firm in Redlands that bears her name, to create an endowed scholarship for […]

October 23, 2002

Digital Divide Grants Awarded to Nonprofits, Universities

Digital Divide Grants Awarded to Nonprofits, UniversitiesWASHINGTONIn late September, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the award of $12.4 million in Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) grants to 25 nonprofit organizations, including state and local governments and universities, in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Universities receiving TOP awards […]

October 23, 2002

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