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Faculty & Staff

Louisiana’s Last-Place Finish Bayou State continues to fall short when it comes to spending on higher education.

Louisiana’s Last-Place Finish Bayou State continues to fall short when it comes to spending on higher education.By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.Nobody knows better than Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster about the Bayou State’s tradition of skimping when it comes to state spending on higher education. Foster has spent most of his six years as governor trying […]

August 29, 2001

Higher Education Suffers as Tennesseans Say ‘No’ to New Taxes

Higher Education Suffers as Tennesseans Say ‘No’ to New TaxesBy David HefnerNASHVILLE, Tenn.For the last three years, Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist has been in intense bouts with the state Legislature over his plan of increasing taxes as a way to better fund Tennessee’s 24 public colleges and universities. And each year, the Republican governor has […]

August 29, 2001

Leadership & Policy

HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial Help

HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial HelpCongressional hearing draws 300 people to Wilberforce University in Ohio By Mark FisherWILBERFORCE, OhioHistorically Black colleges and universities need greater federal financial help to make college affordable for students and to install the technology necessary to best prepare those students, four college presidents told congressional leaders last month. […]

August 1, 2001

Community Colleges

Bring Back the Pell Grant for Inmate Higher Education

Bring Back the Pell Grant for Inmate Higher EducationCommunity colleges have a tremendous opportunity to serve thousands of new students. A tragic mistake of the early 1990s ended hundreds of excellent associate’s degree programs for incarcerated students throughout the United States. Now is the time to correct that error and begin again to serve a […]

July 4, 2001

Amendment Seeks ‘Comparable’ Education for Rich, Poor Students

Amendment Seeks ‘Comparable’ Education for Rich, Poor Students Connecticut senator’s plan focuses on education funding inequitiesFor many civil rights advocates, debate on the Bush education reform plan has boiled down to one central issue — whether all children, rich and poor, within a state can have equal educational opportunity.The issue appears simple on the surface […]

July 4, 2001

HBCUs Propose Increasing Title III Grants

HBCUs Propose Increasing Title III Grants A new proposal before Congress would ensure that individual historically Black colleges and universities receive at least $1 million each for undergraduate programs under Title III of the Higher Education Act.The plan is part of a series of increases HBCUs are recommending to Congress for fiscal 2002, which begins […]

May 23, 2001

Democrats Raise Stakes in Education Debate

Democrats Raise Stakes in Education DebateEducating minority students from underserved communities tops agendaIncreasing federal support across the education spectrum — from dropout prevention to teacher preparation at Black colleges — is the aim of a new package of aid touted by Democrats and Congressional Black Caucus members.“The Democratic Party has sent a clear signal to […]

April 25, 2001

In the Academic and Think Tank World, Pondering Achievement-Gap Remedies Takes Center Stage

In the Academic and Think Tank World, Pondering Achievement-Gap Remedies Takes Center Stage WashingtonAfter 30 years of continuous research, widespread intervention and frustrating results, the prospects for closing the achievement gap between Black, Latino and White students remain viable, scholars concluded at a recent conference in Washington, D.C. Analysis and remedies of the academic achievement […]

February 28, 2001

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals On College-School PartnershipsBut initiatives focus almost exclusively on elementary and secondary educationPresident Bush’s new education reform plan is drawing cautious support across the political spectrum except for one provision with political dynamite — vouchers for poor children.Late last month Bush outlined a series of initiatives, including substantial funding increases […]

February 14, 2001

Politicians Hail Increases in Education Budget

Politicians Hail Increases in Education BudgetNeedy students of color will have a chance to obtain larger Pell Grants for college under new legislation President Clinton signed in December. The top federal Pell Grant will increase to $3,750 next year, up $450 from current funding as a result of the new bipartisan budget agreement between Congress […]

January 17, 2001

Federal Funding for Minority-Serving Colleges Increases Under Final Budget Agreement

Federal Funding for Minority-Serving Colleges Increases Under Final Budget AgreementBy Charles DervaricsFederal funding for minority-serving colleges, including historically Black colleges and universities, will increase significantly under the final 2001 budget agreement between the White House and Congress.Nearly three months into the new fiscal year, the two sides finally came together on an agreement just before […]

January 17, 2001

HBCUs Gain Funding in Grant Program

HBCUs Gain Funding in Grant ProgramEight historically Black colleges and universities are planning major new initiatives to train future workers thanks to U.S. Labor Department grants.Awards announced this fall will help colleges work with businesses to close skill gaps and create jobs. Along with the eight HBCUs, the program also will reach six tribal and […]

January 3, 2001

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