Tag: Funding: Page 63

Leadership & Policy

Classes could start in 2009 at new Idaho university branch

SANDPOINT Idaho The founder of retailer Coldwater Creek has increased the amount he will spend to bring a University of Idaho branch campus to this resort town, and classes are scheduled to start in 2009.

August 12, 2007

Students

CareerTech funding not enough to meet student demand

TULSA Okla. Student demand for enrollment in programs offered by Oklahoma’s career and technology agency is more than the agency can afford to meet.

July 28, 2007

Home

College tuition rising in spite of higher public investment

OKLAHOMA CITY Students at Oklahoma colleges and universities are having to dig deeper into their pockets to pay ever-increasing tuition costs although state officials say public funding of higher education is at an all-time high.

July 28, 2007

Health

OSU seeking to increase med students to meet rural MD demand

STILLWATER Okla. Regents governing Oklahoma State University plan to seek state funding to increase the number of students attending the OSU medical school to help ease an expected rural doctor shortage.

July 27, 2007

Community Colleges

Dewhurst makes plea for community colleges solution

AUSTIN Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made a public plea Wednesday for state leaders to find a way to reallocate $154 million in vetoed funds for community college health insurance.

July 26, 2007

Health

Minority Doctor-training Programs To Get Federal Funding Under Proposed Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to increase the funding for two federally funded programs aimed at training minority health professionals throughout the nation.

July 24, 2007

Latinx

House Approves Major Funding Increase For HBCUs

Citing the need for a dramatic funding increase, the House of Representatives has approved a plan to raise Black college funding by $125 million next year – 40 percent more than the current budget.

July 18, 2007

Latinx

Just the Stats: How to Increase Minority Presence in STEM Fields at Your Institution

A few weeks ago, I started to look at the programs that work to boost minority participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, specifically Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. The Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) is another successful program that focuses on helping STEM students by providing long-term institutional funding to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, and tribal colleges and universities. The National Science Foundation provides funding for both programs.

July 18, 2007

Students

In Education We Trust – The Education Trust

Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, has released a new report full of data that she hopes will support efforts to improve the quality of public education.

July 14, 2007

Students

Washington Update

Student-Aid Program Begins New Era

July 14, 2007

Home

Planning for Technology

New guide offers a model for information technology planning that is tailored to the needs of HBCUs

July 14, 2007

Students

Washington Update

HBCU, HSI Funds Clear Congress

July 14, 2007