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Funding Challenges Top Survey of IT Issues

Funding Challenges Top Survey of IT IssuesBy Ronald Roach WASHINGTONIn the fourth annual “Current IT Issues Survey,” EDUCAUSE, the leading association for information technology in higher education, reports that IT funding challenges have become the No. 1 issue on three of the four survey measures for 2003. Released last month, the survey is based on […]

June 18, 2003

Bill Supports Graduate Education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Bill Supports Graduate Education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions By Charles Dervarics New legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide funding for Hispanic-serving colleges and universities with graduate programs. HSI leaders have long identified a priority to obtain federal funding for graduate education. Colleges could use funds for the following: purchases of laboratory equipment; construction, […]

June 18, 2003

More Outreach Needed to Increase USDA Grant Funding, Report Says

More Outreach Needed to Increase USDA Grant Funding, Report Says By Charles Dervarics More outreach from the U.S. Department of Agriculture could help minority-serving colleges and universities better compete for grant funding, a federal watchdog agency says. In a new report, the U.S. General Accounting Office says minority-serving institutions (MSIs) received less than 2 percent […]

June 18, 2003

Lawmakers Link Affirmative Action, K-12 Funding Issues Race-conscious admissions help ‘right’ inequities in local school financing, coalition says

Lawmakers Link Affirmative Action, K-12 Funding Issues Race-conscious admissions help ‘right’ inequities in local school financing, coalition says By Charles Dervarics A congressional coalition is seeking to link two of the most contentious issues in education today — unequal K-12 funding and affirmative action in higher education. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., who is leading […]

June 4, 2003

Legislation Seeks to Broaden Access to HOPE Scholarship

Legislation Seeks to Broaden Access to HOPE ScholarshipBy Charles Dervarics A congressional coalition is seeking to link two of the most contentious issues in education today — unequal K-12 funding and affirmative action in higher education. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., who is leading the coalition, says unequal funding and affirmative action are directly related. […]

June 4, 2003

Community Colleges

California Puts Off Audit of Community Colleges’

California Puts Off Audit of Community Colleges’ Physical-Education ProgramsBy Marla Jo FisherSACRAMENTO, Calif.California officials are shifting gears on their previous plans to investigate physical-education programs for high-school students operated by the state’s 108 community colleges, some of which were operating illegally.California’s Department of Finance initially said it would audit the courses, called bridge programs, to […]

May 21, 2003

Recruitment & Retention

Higher Education’s Tough Economic Times Affect Recruitment, Studies Say

Higher Education’s Tough Economic Times Affect Recruitment, Studies Say RESTON, Va.The past year’s sagging economy has caused many schools to retool their recruiting tactics, according to findings in a new national survey released last month. A separate report, also released last month, predicts that the current financial problems facing higher education could last as long […]

April 9, 2003

Congress, Bush Finally Agree on 2003 Budget

Congress, Bush Finally Agree on 2003 BudgetMinority-serving institutions, TRIO, GEAR UP receive slight increasesBy Charles Dervarics After months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress and the White House finished work on a 2003 budget bill with a 5 percent increase for Black colleges and slightly higher Pell grants for needy students. Approval of the package ends […]

March 12, 2003

Minority-Serving Institutions Join Forces to Seek Change

Minority-Serving Institutions Join Forces to Seek ChangeBy Charles Dervarics In an effort to promote mutual goals, leaders of Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges are endorsing an ambitious agenda that includes a doubling of the maximum Pell grant and new incentives to promote student enrollment in math, science, teaching and other high-demand specialties. With […]

March 12, 2003

Do State Academic Merit Scholarships Discriminate Against African Americans?

Do State Academic Merit Scholarships Discriminate Against African Americans?By Kenneth E. Redd One of the biggest concerns for many families is how they are going to pay their children’s college expenses. In the academic year 2002-2003, the average cost of attendance at four-year public colleges and universities was more than $9,100, while the average price […]

February 26, 2003

Bush Budget Has Controversy, But Few Gains

Bush Budget Has Controversy, But Few GainsMany student aid programs face funding freezeBy Charles Dervarics The Bush administration is proposing a funding freeze for many student aid programs next year while cutting a variety of K-12 initiatives, including several projects to promote school reform. The top Pell grant for needy students would remain unchanged at […]

February 26, 2003

Bush Budget Will Have Small Increase for HBCUs

Bush Budget Will Have Small Increase for HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics President Bush will propose a 5 percent increase for historically Black and Hispanic-serving colleges in his 2004 budget plan in February. The White House made the announcement on the weekend of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, noting that the president has a five-year commitment […]

February 12, 2003

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