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Events

OCTOBER Oct. 13-16Robotic Institute’s 25th Anniversary Celebration“Robots and Thought”Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghWeb: www.ri.cmu.eduOct. 14-16American Association of University Professors (AAUP)Fifth Annual Conference on Governance“Degrees of Quality”The Marriott DowntownMemphis, Tenn.Web: www.aaup.orgOct. 27-31National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)2004 Conference Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of EducationHyatt Regency Crown CenterKansas City, Mo. E-mail: [email protected]: www.nameorg.orgNOVEMBER Nov. 1-5Association […]

September 22, 2004

NAFEO Outlines New Policies to Congress

NAFEO Outlines New Policies to CongressAdvocacy group seeks $30 million program for predominantly Black collegesBy Charles DervaricsA leading advocacy group is asking Congress to create a $30 million program for “predominantly” Black colleges, or urban institutions that lack the history of HBCUs but face many of the same challenges.“Many of these schools are located in […]

April 21, 2004

Community Colleges

Accountability Plan for Higher Education Would Be a Mistake, Report Says

Accountability Plan for Higher Education Would Be a Mistake, Report SaysThe Bush administration’s plan for imposing accountability measures — similar to those in the No Child Left Behind Act — on higher education is wrongheaded, according to a new report by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).Lawrence N. Gold, the AFT’s higher education director, said […]

April 7, 2004

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

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

Tennessee State Honors Million-Dollar Researchers

Tennessee State Honors Million-Dollar Researchers By Ronald Roach NASHVILLE, TENN. Tennessee State University’s Office of Sponsored Research has inaugurated a Million Dollar Research Club, inducting 14 members. The elite grouping celebrates scientists and other researchers at the historically Black university who have secured research projects amounting to $1 million or more. The purpose of the […]

April 9, 2003

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

Upward Bound Gains New Funding

Upward Bound Gains New FundingBy Charles Dervarics The federal government plans to make nearly 800 new awards under Upward Bound, a federal TRIO program designed to help students succeed in post-high school endeavors. Application deadline is Dec. 13 for a Department of Education competition that has $264 million available. Colleges and universities, community organizations and […]

November 6, 2002

Senate Spending Bill Calls for $100 Pell Increase

Senate Spending Bill Calls for $100 Pell IncreaseThe maximum Pell Grant for needy students would increase by $100 next year under a new Senate proposal that is drawing both praise and criticism among advocates.If enacted into law, the bill would fund a Pell Grant of $4,100 next year, another new record for the program. While […]

August 14, 2002

Budget, Evaluations Pose Challenges for TRIO

Budget, Evaluations Pose Challenges for TRIOBush budget labels Upward Bound program as ‘ineffective’National TRIO advocates came before a House of Representatives panel recently to seek more funding for 2003 and to clarify what it terms as misleading information about one of their core activities — the Upward Bound program.In its fiscal 2003 budget request, the […]

June 5, 2002

University of Maryland-Based Trio Program

University of Maryland-Based Trio Program Tackles Digital DivideCollege Park, Md. Traditionally, programs falling under the TRIO umbrella of federally funded college prep initiatives for disadvantaged students have not been known to focus on the digital divide. Nevertheless, an initiative based at the University of Maryland at College Park titled ProjectLINKS may signal a new day for […]

May 8, 2002

Former HBCU Dean Named To Postsecondary Education Post

Former HBCU Dean Named To Postsecondary Education PostAn HBCU graduate and former dean of a Black college is joining the upper ranks of the Bush administration’s Education Department team.Wilbert Bryant was named deputy assistant secretary in the Education Department’s Office of Postsecondary Education, which oversees student financial aid programs, student loans, TRIO programs and Title […]

January 2, 2002

State Postsecondary Education Research

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