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Senate Rejects President’s Call to Cut Early College Awareness Programs

Advocates for minority-serving institutions and increased financial aid prevailed in one battle but lost another… Story:

April 20, 2005

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Senate Wants to Boost Pell Funding by 10 Percent for 2006

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April 6, 2005

Faculty & Staff

House and Senate Work to Keep Perkins Act Alive

Thumbs up for Perkins and thumbs down for the administration’s proposal to wipe it out. Story:

April 6, 2005

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Wiring Schools For Success

Wiring Schools For SuccessLawmakers revive bill to assist minority-serving  institutions in upgrading technology infrastructureBy Charles DervaricsIt is no secret that many historically Black colleges and universities are trailing behind TWIs (Traditional White Institutions) in the technology race. In fact, a 2000 study conducted by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) for […]

February 23, 2005

Community Colleges

The Promise of a Better Tomorrow

The Promise of a Better TomorrowDue to lack of funding, the percentage of inmates participating in education programs is declining, while the prison population continues to surgeBy Garry BoulardBLYTHE, Calif.Stretching across 1,700 acres in the middle of the desert near the California-Nevada border, the Ironwood State Prison may seem like a forbidding place, but for […]

February 23, 2005

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Bush Education Budget Includes Cuts to College Access Programs

Bush Education Budget IncludesCuts to College Access ProgramsGEAR UP, Upward Bound among programs slated for eliminationBy Charles DervaricsPresident Bush wants to terminate a variety of politically popular college access initiatives as part of an austere 2006 education budget plan with increases for a few high priorities but cuts or level funding for dozens of other […]

February 23, 2005

Community Colleges

Nevada’s College Funding Formula Under Attack

Nevada’s College Funding Formula Under Attack LAS VEGAS Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) President Richard Carpenter has criticized the state’s college funding formula, saying it penalizes southern Nevada students — particularly minorities.Carpenter said he hopes lawmakers will alter a complex equation that leads to a discrepancy in funding between CCSN and other institutions, including […]

February 9, 2005

Leadership & Policy

College Board Approves Ayers Funding

College Board Approves Ayers FundingJACKSON, Miss. The state College Board in November approved $59 million in funding for historically Black colleges, money that had been stalled pending an appeal of Mississippi’s college desegregation case. Board spokeswoman Sarah Nicholas said the proposal will be sent to lawmakers to consider during the 2005 Legislature. The money is […]

December 15, 2004

Students

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

Students

N.C. Central Restores Funding for Student Literary Magazine

N.C. Central Restores Funding for Student Literary MagazineDURHAM, N.C.The chancellor of North Carolina Central University restored the budget of the school’s literary magazine —  and gave it a little boost.Chancellor James H. Ammons said he didn’t realize that the 39-year-old Ex Umbra magazine had lost its $7,000 budget until he read about it in a […]

December 1, 2004

Community Colleges

Educators Say School-State Relations In Flux

Educators Say School-State Relations In FluxBy Garry BoulardAmerican higher education is burdened with challenges — everything from reduced state appropriations to increased competition to dramatic surges in student enrollment.But strength is often borne of adversity. Today many two- and four-year schools have taken new approaches to funding, and in the process have developed new and […]

November 17, 2004

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Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUs

Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics Calling current funding inadequate, the U.S. Senate is proposing moderate increases next year for both well-known and smaller federal programs serving Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions.While one plan would increase funds for the traditional Higher Education Act (HEA) Title III programs for HBCUs, another […]

November 3, 2004