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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

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Grants & AwardsFlorida A&M University recently has received $3.27 million in grants, including: $1.77 million from Ford Motor Co. for student scholarships and $1.5 million from Eli Lilly and Co. to increase the company’s pool of African American interns and professional employees.The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School […]

January 19, 2000

Recruitment & Retention

New Plan, Named for UNCF Chief, Seeks Retention Funds

New Plan, Named for UNCF Chief, Seeks Retention FundsWASHINGTON — As a former congressman and current director of The College Fund, William H. Gray III has a lot of visibility. Now he may get legislation named after him as well, if Congressional Black Caucus members get their wish.For the William H. Gray III College Completion […]

January 5, 2000

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Grants & AwardsCity University of New York LaGuardia Community College has received a $7.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enable students and schools to benefit from teacher training programs and additional support services, helping students reach higher standards of academic performance.Meharry Medical College has been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant […]

January 5, 2000

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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

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California State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson, Calif., and El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., have received a joint, five-year, $2.15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to bolster teacher training.North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C., received a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop and enhance academic […]

November 24, 1999

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Washington Briefs

High Court Hears Controversial Fees CaseWASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month heard arguments in a case that may have major implications for campus-based organizations that represent students of color.The case focuses on the University of Wisconsin and its policy of collecting mandatory fees from students — money the university ultimately uses to […]

November 24, 1999

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Cuts Threaten Education Programs

Cuts Threaten Education ProgramsWASHINGTON — Across-the-board cuts in federal programs may hamper vital college programs, including the U.S. Department of Education’s ability to process student-aid applications for grants and loans, the Clinton administration warns.In the latest salvo over the 2000 federal budget, Democrats and agency officials complain that a 1 percent, across-the-board cut endorsed by […]

November 24, 1999

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Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the nation’s first research center specializing in preventative medicine for minorities.North Carolina A&T received a $3 million grant from the Ford Motor Company to support key educational initiatives and student resource facilities. The grant is […]

November 10, 1999

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Fighting for Scholarships in Oklahoma

Fighting for Scholarships in OklahomaFearing that the federal district court in Oklahoma City might shut down a state-financed merit scholarship program targeted by a discrimination lawsuit, Oklahoma State Rep. Opio Toure (D-Oklahoma City) and other Black Democratic legislators got a bill passed last spring to make the program race and gender neutral. Toure’s and his […]

November 10, 1999

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BI What’s New

The University of Missouri-Columbia has instituted a new Minority Biomedical Researchers Training Initiative designed to recruit and train underrepresented minority graduate students as researchers. The initiative is being funded by a four-year, $1.27 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.The program will provide fellowships for 20 non-degree graduate students, 20 graduate research assistants and […]

November 10, 1999

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Medical Research Grants Shortchange HBCUs, but Science Bill Looks Promising

Medical Research Grants Shortchange HBCUs, but Science Bill Looks PromisingWASHINGTON — Historically Black colleges are getting just a small piece of the medical research pie, says Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., who is trying to see that Congress takes some action on the issue this fall.HBCUs in 1997 received less than 1 percent of all higher […]

November 10, 1999