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Washington Briefs

Pell Grant Debate Sours House Budget TalksWASHINGTON — Debate on a fiscal 2001 education funding bill has taken an increasingly bitter turn as House leaders recently rejected Democratic attempts to add more money for Pell grants, among other programs for needy students.Republican leaders labeled out of order an amendment that would have increased the maximum […]

July 5, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Unlikely Alliances: HBCU Officials Meet with GOP Leaders

Unlikely Alliances: HBCU Officials Meet with GOP LeadersWASHINGTON — To most outsiders, they seemed like strange bedfellows. Nonetheless, leaders from the GOP and historically Black colleges met here last month to hash out legislative funding and other concerns.The brainchild of Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., the first-ever Congressional House Majority HBCU Summit drew a who’s who […]

July 5, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Public Health Imperative: Prescription For Change

Public Health Imperative: Prescription For ChangeNew public-health schools at Black colleges offer chance to graduate more Black  studentsJACKSON, Miss. — Growing up in the Mississippi Delta, Rodrick Jordan saw firsthand how poverty and inadequate health care debilitated and diminished the lives of Black people he knew. That early exposure to deprivation and disease inspired Jordan […]

July 5, 2000

HBCUs

Washington Briefs

Pell Grants May Increase Next YearWASHINGTON — Education lobbyists are a step closer to their goal of a large increase in the maximum Pell grant — particularly if an aid-friendly Senate proposal takes effect.The Senate in mid-May proposed a $350 increase in the top Pell grant for the neediest students, which would push the maximum […]

June 7, 2000

Latinx

New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority Schools

New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority SchoolsWASHINGTON — In their rush to wrap up action in an election year, congressional leaders are proposing major funding increases for minority-serving colleges and universities next year.Historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all are due for major increases under new legislation being developed in the […]

June 7, 2000

HBCUs

Retilling The Field

Retilling The FieldHistorically Black land-grant institutions are growing agricultural programs despite a difficult climate.“As my mother used to say: ‘There’s more than one way to get in a house other than going in the front door.’” That piece of wisdom is offered by Dr. James H. Walker Jr., the senior associate research director of the […]

June 7, 2000

Students

Washington Briefs

Clinton Initiative Would Improve Access to ServicesWASHINGTON — A new initiative from the Clinton administration and several members of Congress may benefit Black colleges, two-year institutions and students of color in high-poverty areas of the South.The president’s New Markets initiative seeks to promote economic development and community improvements in several high-poverty areas nationwide. Following the […]

May 24, 2000

Latinx

Minority-Serving Institutions in Line For Funding Gains

Minority-Serving Institutions in Line For Funding GainsWASHINGTON — President Clinton’s final education budget plan would give student aid and Black college programs some substantial funding gains next year.Total funding for historically Black colleges and universities  would increase by $30 million, surpassing the $200 million barrier. The overall $209 million plan includes $169 million for the […]

March 1, 2000

Faculty & Staff

BI News Briefs

Just Missing Minority Hiring Goal May Not Prove Costly for Nebraska UniversityLINCOLN, Neb. — Even though the University of Nebraska system fell one person short of a state-required target for minority faculty members in 1999, it may not lose any state funding. Officials at the university say the three-year average for adding minorities meets the […]

February 2, 2000

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Though Poorer, Hispanics Less Likely to Get Financial Aid than WhitesWASHINGTON — Hispanic college students are less likely to get financial aid than Whites — though Hispanics are three times likelier to be poor, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau study. The study found that 59 percent of 6.8 million White full-time college students […]

January 19, 2000

African-American

BI News Briefs

Miss. HBCU Has New Competition for Students, Funds JACKSON, Miss. — In a ruling praised by education partisans on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a federal judge will allow a four-year college program to begin accepting students as early as next summer, if funding allows. Eight months after blocking college expansion plans on the Gulf Coast, […]

December 22, 1999

Latinx

Students of Color Win in Final Education Budget

Students of Color Win in Final Education BudgetWASHINGTON —  Postsecondary institutions serving students of color earned some hard-fought budget victories as Congress concluded its business for the year.Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all won funding increases in the final education budget bill for fiscal year 2000. HBCUs got a last-minute bonus when the […]

December 22, 1999