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Students
Florida, Michigan, California Colleges Have Yet to Agree to D.C. Tuition Plan
Florida, Michigan, California Colleges Have Yet to Agree to D.C. Tuition PlanThe District of Columbia’s new tuition assistance program, which gives the city’s high school graduates up to $10,000 a year to attend public colleges and universities across the country, is being criticized by a handful of schools who are refusing to participate. Calling some […]
September 27, 2000
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Hampton University Receives $4 Million Grant
Hampton University Receives $4 Million GrantHAMPTON, Va.Hampton University has been awarded a $4 million grant by the Scripps Howard Foundation for construction of a journalism building.The gift to the historically Black university is intended to promote diversity in America’s newsrooms, says foundation president and CEO Judith G. Clabes. Plans for the new Scripps Howard Center […]
September 13, 2000
Community Colleges
NAACP Wants WEST VIRGINIA State to be granted University status
NAACP Wants WEST VIRGINIA State to be granted University statusCHARLESTON, W.Va. The state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants historically Black West Virginia State College to become a university, which a leading legislator says is part of a logical next step to improving higher education. “There is lots of […]
September 13, 2000
Students
California Agrees to Grow Need-Based Student-Aid Program
California Agrees to Grow Need-Based Student-Aid ProgramSACRAMENTO, Calif.California Gov. Gray Davis and state legislators have agreed to nearly double the size of the state’s need-based student-aid program, increasing spending on it to nearly $1.2 billion a year. The agreement came after lawmakers decided to support the governor’s proposal to put an additional $118 million toward […]
September 13, 2000
Faculty & Staff
Grants & Awards
Grants & AwardsFlorida Memorial College recently received a $500,000 grant from the Florida Department of State’s Division of Cultural Affairs. The grant was awarded to enhance the future Florida Memorial College Performing Arts Center, specifically Phase I of the project, which includes construction of an orchestra pit and increased seating capacity.Morgan State University has received […]
September 13, 2000
Community Colleges
Grants Lure D.C. Kids To Va., Md. Schools
Grants Lure D.C. Kids To Va., Md. SchoolsColleges and universities in Maryland and Virginia are favored by high school graduates here benefiting from a new federal grant program that offers cheaper rates at all public and a few private institutions in the nation. The program’s officials and educators say the grant, coupled with heavy recruiting […]
August 30, 2000
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Grants & Awards
Grants & AwardsThe College Fund/UNCF has received $96,415 from the estate of James W. Norwood, a retired assistant curator with the Smithsonian Institution. The gift will provide scholarships for students to attend UNCF member institutions.CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY’s School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions has received a $1 million grant from the Institute for the Advancement […]
August 30, 2000
HBCUs
House Republican-HBCU Summit Leaders Announce Task Force
House Republican-HBCU  Summit Leaders Announce Task ForceRep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and some of his colleagues announced the formation of a task force to follow up on the first House Republican Historically Black Colleges Summit on Capitol Hill earlier this summer (see Black Issues, July 6).The task force, which Watts says will convene at least three […]
August 30, 2000
Students
GEAR UP Facing Criticism
GEAR UP Facing CriticismCongressional sponsors of the 2-year-old Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs have beaten back attempts to terminate the initiative, but prospects for future funding growth may be dimming.House and Senate negotiators in late July rejected White House recommendations to increase funding for the program from $200 million to $325 million. […]
August 30, 2000
Latinx
Black, Hispanic, American Indian Colleges May Reap Gains From New Grant Program
Black, Hispanic, American Indian Colleges May Reap Gains From New Grant ProgramBy Charles DervaricsHistorically Black colleges and other institutions with a history of serving minority students stand to benefit from a new U.S. Department of Labor program to improve the skills of tomorrow’s work force.The department is looking for HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges […]
August 30, 2000
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Grants & Awards
Grants & AwardsAlcorn State University received $272,053.02 from the Tom Joyner Foundation. The funds will go toward scholarships for ASU students. The university was featured during the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” in February.The American Council on Education has received a $100,000 grant from the Metropolitan Life Foundation to help underwrite the outreach activities associated with […]
August 16, 2000
Community Colleges
Community College Education…
Community College Education…he telephone calls, letters and e-mail requests pour in from the four corners of the Earth — from countries where government coffers are flush with oil money, as well as from those that can barely afford to feed their populace. These days, the foreign dignitaries and education ministry bureaucrats that contact American community […]
August 16, 2000
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