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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsDuke University in North Carolina received $1 million from NBA player and former Duke basketball star Grant Hill and his wife, Tamia, to establish an endowment fund for athletic scholarship support at the university. The Hills’ gift is the largest to the university from a former basketball player and will create the Grant […]

October 25, 2000

Grant Will Allow Students to Work with NASA

Grant Will Allow Students to Work with NASA LOS ANGELES Following the high-profile failure of its Mars probes, NASA has developed a $2 million, four-year grant that will employ college students in a search for ways to keep computer equipment safe in space. NASA will hire 12 students from California State University Northridge to study […]

October 25, 2000

Federal GEAR UP Program May Need Bailing Out

Federal GEAR UP Program May Need Bailing OutT he federal GEAR UP project may need a quick infusion of money if it wants to meet its grant obligations, say advocates seeking more funds for the two-year-old project. The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs effort needs at least $229 million to cover all […]

October 25, 2000

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic Students

HACU, Education Department Agreement Will Aid Hispanic StudentsH ispanic-serving colleges and universities will benefit from a new memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Education that was announced late last month.“By working together, we can make the most of research and grant opportunities, internships, fellowships and other opportunities benefiting Hispanic colleges and Hispanic American […]

October 25, 2000

Recruitment & Retention

College Retention and Completion Program Hits Snag in Congress’ Final Days

College Retention and Completion Program Hits Snag in Congress’ Final Days Despite facing gridlock on other education issues, Congress was nearing a final agreement earlier this month to expand federal TRIO programs with targeted funds in support of college retention and completion. But final approval posed a challenge that had not been met at Black Issues […]

October 25, 2000

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsAlabama A&M University’s State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum received a two-year $332,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The grant will be used to enhance and expand museum operations and program capabilities at the campus facility.Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., received a $2 million grant from […]

October 11, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned By Kendra HamiltonThere may be no sweeter words to a faculty member’s ears than “release time.” Try saying them out loud: “RELEASE TIME.” Notice how they trip off of the tongue, evoking visions of articles or even books completed, of new directions in research explored, of […]

October 11, 2000

Competing for Credit: DemoCrat Clyburn Says, ‘watch how they vote’

Competing for Credit: DemoCrat Clyburn Says, ‘watch how they vote’WASHINGTONRep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has been a longtime friend to minorities and initiatives that strengthen their access and opportunities where higher education is concerned. His track record is long. A champion of historic building preservation on Black college campuses, Clyburn has worked to help Black […]

October 11, 2000

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant Competition

Black Colleges Gain Status in GEAR UP Grant CompetitionBlack colleges fared somewhat better in the 2000 Gaining Early Access and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant competition than they did in the program’s inaugural competition last year.Some HBCU leaders were critical of the first grant awards under GEAR UP, a new federal program that promotes college […]

October 11, 2000

HBCUs Eligible for New Special Ed Grant

HBCUs Eligible for New Special Ed GrantHistorically Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions are eligible for a new U.S. Department of Education grant competition in special education.The department is offering funds to projects that help prepare personnel to work with disabled children and youth, from infancy through the teen-age years. Projects may support field training […]

October 11, 2000

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsHampton University’s School of Nursing received two awards totaling $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. One grant for $478,811, will be used to initiate the women’s health nurse practitioner specialty. A separate $627,941 award will fund the Pre-Entry Program, which increases opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds to […]

September 27, 2000

Legislature to Look at Education Budget Bill

Legislature to Look at Education Budget BillA major education-funding bill and plans to tinker with the Higher Education Act were awaiting Congress when it returned to work this month.An education budget bill was the top item on the agenda for most lawmakers and advocates. The House and Senate both approved an education-spending bill with a […]

September 27, 2000

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