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Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell Grants

Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell GrantsHistorically Black colleges and universities, along with Hispanic-serving institutions, are in line for moderate funding gains under President Bush’s education budget for 2002.A bare-bones budget plan for the Department of Education calls for a 6.4 percent increase for these minority-serving institutions next year. While specific funding allotments were […]

March 28, 2001

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Grants & AwardsCalifornia State University Northridge’s Center for Community-Service Learning received a $10,000 grant from the Starbucks Foundation for child literacy programs.Indiana University in Bloomington received a Shared University Research grant for $1 million from International Business Machines (IBM). The grant will provide an upgrade to the university’s IBM RS/6000 Research SP supercomputer.Jackson State University’s […]

February 28, 2001

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Virginia Tech Offers Scholarships

Virginia Tech Offers Scholarships In Attempt to Diversify Student BodyBlacksburg, Va.Virginia’s largest university, Virginia Tech, will offer 27 undergraduate scholarships and three graduate fellowships to attract more minority students beginning this fall. “This is a concrete step with dollars attached, something that will be sustained and will grow,” says Dr. Benjamin Dixon, vice president for […]

February 28, 2001

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Grants & AwardsBerry College in Rome, Ga., received $9.4 million from the Ford Motor Co. Fund to renovate its Ford Complex, a group of Gothic Stone buildings built for the school by Henry Ford more than 70 years ago.Elmhurst College in Illinois received a $50,000 grant through the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research Inc., for […]

February 14, 2001

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Grants & AwardsCedar Crest College in Allentown, Pa., received $5 million from the Arcadia Foundation. It is the largest single gift in the 134-year history of the college.Indiana University in Bloomington has received a $105 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to conduct research in the field of genomics research under the Indiana Genomics Initiative. […]

January 31, 2001

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Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New HopeBy Eleanor Lee YatesNASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse learning environment. “This really gives TSU the chance to be the best […]

January 31, 2001

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Massachusetts Announces Grants for Foster Children Attending College

Massachusetts Announces Grants for Foster Children Attending CollegeBOSTON Foster children attending college will be eligible for up to $6,000 a year in state grants to help pay for books, meals and housing under a program unveiled recently.  The $1.2 million grant program targets students who have left the foster care system at 18 without being […]

January 31, 2001

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Grants & AwardsFEBRUARY Feb. 1-4American Association of Higher Education9th Annual Conference“The Changing Professoriate: New Technology, New Generation”Tampa Waterside MarriottTampa, Fla.Contact: Kathleen WertPhone: (202) 293-6440, ext. 770Fax: (202) 293-0073E-mail: [email protected]: www.aahe.orgFeb. 7-11National Association of Student Affairs Professionals4th Annual Convention“Explore the Diversity of Higher Education”Charleston, W.Va.Contact: Dr. Ervin V. Griffin Sr.Phone: (304) 766-3140Fax: (304) 766-4158Web: www.angelfire.com/ga/nasapFeb. 8-11American […]

January 17, 2001

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Grants & AwardsClark Atlanta University received $1 million from The Goizueta Foundation to establish and endow The Goizueta Foundation Scholars Fund for Teacher Preparation.Grambling University in Louisiana received $40,000 from Dr. Lucy McIntosh, professor of sociology emeritus, toward creating the William McIntosh Endowed Professorship. The professorship is in honor of her late husband, Dr. William […]

January 17, 2001

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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

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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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Pell Grant Increase Is Major Victory for College Lobbyists

Pell Grant Increase Is Major Victory for College LobbyistsWith the presidential race now settled, congressional Republicans and President Clinton reached agreement on a federal education budget for fiscal 2001 that includes more money for Pell Grants and many other education programs.But education advocates did not get all they wanted. In fact, the overall package is […]

January 3, 2001