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Recruitment & Retention

Eager to Jump on the Gravy Train, Campus Officials Wonder

Eager to Jump on the Gravy Train, Campus Officials Wonder, How Far Will New Retention Legislation Really Go?UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Though a federal proposal to create a new national retention program is still under debate, Dr. Audrey Kharem already has a good idea as to how Pennsylvania State University could spend the money if […]

March 29, 2000

Students

The William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant Program

The William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant ProgramCongress makes the following findings:1. Students from low-income families are significantly more likely to leave a four-year institution of higher education without a baccalaureate degree than are students with higher incomes.2. Even among students with above-average grades, low-income students are still more likely to leave a […]

March 29, 2000

Recruitment & Retention

Fortifying The Federal Presence in Retention

Fortifying The Federal Presence in RetentionWith New Legislation on the Table, Observers are Anxiously Watching to See if Federal Backing Can Help Higher Education Retain its Most Vulnerable Students By Charles Dervarics and Ronald RoachWASHINGTON — By and large, the statistics are downright depressing. A look at data from Black Issues’ annual Top 100 degree […]

March 29, 2000

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Senators Question College Costs

Senators Question College CostsWASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much, but members of both parties struck a unified theme at a recent U.S. Senate hearing: College costs are rising too high, and no one knows what to do about it.“The most puzzling thing about this problem — astronomically rising tuition —  is that […]

March 15, 2000

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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsThe City College of New York/CUNY has received a $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to boost research in the realm of nanotechnology hybrid molecular/solid systems. Nanotechnology involves building things one atom or molecule at a time with programmed nanoscopic robot arms. A nanometer is three or four atoms wide.Claremont Graduate […]

March 15, 2000

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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

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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsThe City College of New York/CUNY has received a $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to boost research in the realm of nanotechnology hybrid molecular/solid systems. Nanotechnology involves building things one atom or molecule at a time with programmed nanoscopic robot arms. A nanometer is three or four atoms wide.Claremont Graduate […]

March 1, 2000

Students

BI News Briefs

Super Quarterbacks Produced by HBCUsATLANTA — Although Steve McNair came up just short in his attempt to lead the Tennessee Titans to the National Football League Championship last month, the second African American to quarterback a team in the Super Bowl will go down in the records books nonetheless.McNair guided a heart-stopping comeback by […]

February 16, 2000

Disabilties

Washington Briefs

White House Plans New Education Tax BreakWASHINGTON — The Clinton administration again is touting new tax benefits for higher education, though its ideas may not fare as well as they did back in 1997.That year, Congress approved two new tax credit programs — the HOPE Scholarship and the lifelong learning credit. HOPE provides up to […]

February 16, 2000

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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsThe City University of New York-City College has received a $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to boost research in the realm of nanotechnology hybrid molecular solid systems and to support the establishment of a new Ph.D. program in chemistry in the subdiscipline of nanoscale devices.Creighton University will use a $1 […]

February 16, 2000

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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsThe State University of New York — Albany has received a four-year, $760,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for the Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The program encourages historically underrepresented students to pursue Ph.D. degrees in the fields of science and technology.Howard University has been awarded a $359,970 grant from the […]

February 2, 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