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No Pell Grant Increase In Senate Budget

Plans to increase the maximum Pell Grant for needy students hit a snag in the U.S. Senate this week, as members of a powerful committee voted to freeze the top grant again in 2007.

July 18, 2006

Congress Considers Pell Grant Increase

For years, education advocates looked to a more moderate U.S. Senate to push for funding increases…

June 27, 2006

Pell Grant Increase Considered

U.S. House Republican leaders are proposing a $100 increase in the maximum Pell Grant next year, a move that may pave the way for the first increase in program funding since 2003.

June 7, 2006

Senate-Approved Plan May Lead

Offering some hope to an increasingly gloomy budget picture, the Senate in late March voted to add $7 billion to education and other domestic programs next year…

April 19, 2006

Number of Black Students at Southeast Missouri State Up Sharply

A decade-long effort to attract and retain more Black students to Southeast Missouri State University is paying off…

November 7, 2005

An Obligation to Give Back

Advocates for college access are celebrating a big anniversary this month

September 21, 2005

Events

SEPTEMBER Sept. 16-17 National Black MBA Association 27th Annual Conference and Exposition “Leading With Passion, Purpose and Power” Ernest N. Morial Convention CenterNew OrleansWeb: www.nbmbaa.org/annual_conference.cfm Sept. 16-17Hip Hop Journalism Summit Black Press All-Star Awards and Onsite Media ClinicChicagoWeb: www.hiphopjournalists.com Sept. 18-21Council for Opportunity in Education 24th Annual Conference“Higher Education Act of 1965 & The Federal […]

September 7, 2005

Events

August 24, 2005

Reauthorization: Substance or Smokescreen?

This summer, the national press corps has been focused on the Supreme Court nomination of John Roberts, Karl Rove’s role in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame and Story:

August 24, 2005

Events

August 10, 2005

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill Minority-serving colleges gain small increasesBy Charles DervaricsCollege access programs and minority-serving colleges would gain small increases while Pell Grants may face more uncertainty under a long-awaited 2005 education budget bill that will become law soon.Part of a $388-billion omnibus spending bill for more than a dozen federal agencies, […]

December 15, 2004

Pursuing the Professoriate

Pursuing the ProfessoriateInstitute offers minority scholars tips, survival strategies for navigating graduate processBy Robin V. SmilesATLANTAAfter 40 years of affirmative action, still only 5 percent of faculty are African American; 3 percent are Latino or Hispanic; 2½ percent are Asian American and less than 1 percent are American Indian, according to Dr. Orlando Taylor, vice […]

November 17, 2004

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