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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsClark Atlanta University received $500,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help support the university’s academic programs in the social sciences. The grant will provide for faculty career enhancement, graduate student research fellowships, seminars, workshops and the integration of information technology into research and teaching.Hampton University School of Nursing (Virginia) was recently […]

August 15, 2001

Latinx

Bill Targets Minority-Serving Institutions with Agriculture Programs

Bill Targets Minority-Serving Institutions with Agriculture ProgramsMinority-serving institutions could get federal funds for agriculture research projects to meet food needs in developing countries under legislation from Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus members.Historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all would be eligible for funds under the Biotechnology and Agriculture in […]

August 15, 2001

Students

Reform Plan Targets Student Repayments on Federal Grant Aid

Reform Plan Targets Student Repayments on Federal Grant AidNeedy students who drop out of college may face fewer responsibilities to pay back federal grant aid if a proposal from leading higher education groups becomes law.With support from more than a dozen other groups, the American Council on Education (ACE) is calling for major changes in […]

August 15, 2001

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Grants & AwardsCalifornia State University-Northridge’s National Center on Deafness received a $5 million five-year contract from the U.S. Department of Education to help deaf and hard-of-hearing students make the transition to college and then into the work force.Clark Atlanta University received a $100,000 grant from the Tull Charitable Foundation Inc., to help construct a state-of-the-art […]

August 1, 2001

Leadership & Policy

HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial Help

HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial HelpCongressional hearing draws 300 people to Wilberforce University in Ohio By Mark FisherWILBERFORCE, OhioHistorically Black colleges and universities need greater federal financial help to make college affordable for students and to install the technology necessary to best prepare those students, four college presidents told congressional leaders last month. […]

August 1, 2001

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Grants & AwardsColorado State University’s Occupational Therapy program has been awarded $1.6 million over a five-year period by the Colorado General Assembly. The funding will allow the program to enhance its community-based services and extend its resources to other departments. Morehouse College in Atlanta has received $5,000 to begin the first student chapter of the […]

July 18, 2001

Students

Mellon Makes its Mark

Mellon Makes its MarkOver the past 13 years, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has invested $50 million in doctoral programs. Their investment is now paying off as the program becomes one of the premier pipelines for producing minority doctorates. By Ronald Roach DURHAM, N.C.Sheldon Lyke had long harbored ambivalence about getting a doctorate to become […]

July 18, 2001

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Doctoral Dilemma

Doctoral DilemmaAs more African Americans earn their doctorates, a look behind the numbers reveals key areas of concern.By Kendra HamiltonDoctoral graduation rates among African Americans have risen for the sixth consecutive year. And that’s excellent news, say analysts and administrators toiling on the front lines of the battle to increase minority graduate and professional degree […]

July 18, 2001

Students

Why Xavier Remains No.1

Why Xavier Remains No.1Louisiana’s Xavier University maintains an enviable track record for sending more African American students to medical school than any other institution. How do they do it?By Pearl StewartNEW ORLEANSDuring his first year at Harvard Medical School, Keith Amos was more than popular — he was needed. Amos quickly became the histology guru […]

July 18, 2001

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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsSUNY College at Brockport alumna Vira Hladun-Goldmann has funded a $7,500 scholarship in her name, targeted to underrepresented minority students. One scholarship will be available for the fall 2001 semester and may grow to a total of four scholarships over four years, each renewable for up to four years of study.Florida A&M University’s […]

July 4, 2001

Community Colleges

Bring Back the Pell Grant for Inmate Higher Education

Bring Back the Pell Grant for Inmate Higher EducationCommunity colleges have a tremendous opportunity to serve thousands of new students. A tragic mistake of the early 1990s ended hundreds of excellent associate’s degree programs for incarcerated students throughout the United States. Now is the time to correct that error and begin again to serve a […]

July 4, 2001

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Capital Campaigns

Capital CampaignsAs competition grows for philanthropic dollars, and federal and state funding decreases, colleges and universities are launching record-breaking capital campaigns. But do HBCUs face different fund-raising challenges than their White counterparts?By Eleanor Lee YatesHampton University recently set a record among historically Black colleges and universities by raising $200 million in a capital campaign that […]

July 4, 2001