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Community Colleges

Budget Cuts Leave U.S. Out of Global Progress

Budget Cuts Leave U.S. Out of Global ProgressBy Karen JenkinsThe United Nations launched its “Decade of Education for Sustainable Development” in January. The purpose of the “Decade” is to promote viable and just societies for all people. All over the world, educational institutions are being encouraged to move beyond teaching about the environment and implement […]

March 23, 2005

Grants & Awards

The American Association of Community Colleges has received a $1.9 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to develop a program that seeks to prepare a new generation of leaders for America’s largest higher education sector. In addition, the Kellogg Foundation awarded $2.4 million over six years to the American Dental Education Association “to promote […]

July 30, 2003

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

Microsoft Expands Support of UNCF

Microsoft Expands Support of UNCF NEW ORLEANSMicrosoft Corp., chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates has announced that his company is expanding its support of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Inc., with a $25 million software grant. Gates made the announcement last month at Xavier University, a UNCF school in New Orleans.In addition to […]

August 14, 2002

African-American

The ‘Rite’ Intervene

The ‘Rite’ InterveneLane Community College program helps African American students connect to their heritage, community and to collegeBy Chris CunninghamEUGENE, Ore.Given MTV’s powerful influence in shaping self-image, the value of helping African American youth develop a deep understanding of their roots can’t be overemphasized, says Greg Evans, coordinator of Lane Community College’s African American Rites […]

July 3, 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

Seton Hall Reaches Low-Income Residents With Digital Divide Effort

Seton Hall Reaches Low-Income Residents With Digital Divide EffortSOUTH ORANGE, N.JInner-city students and their parents are getting exposure and training on computers and the Internet through Seton Hall University’s Project SHUTTLE. “Like the space shuttle, Project SHUTTLE takes people to places they have never been before,” says Willie Francine Brown, associate director of technology and […]

January 16, 2002

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