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Banks to Postpone, Reduce College Loan Payments

Banks to Postpone, Reduce College Loan Payments For Victims of Terrorist AttacksWASHINGTONPeople affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be able to postpone or reduce payments on federal college loans under an agreement between banks and the U.S. Department of Education. “It will take some time for people to return to their jobs and […]

October 10, 2001

UAB Partners with Tuskegee, Morehouse in Cancer Research for Blacks

UAB Partners with Tuskegee, Morehouse in Cancer Research for BlacksBirmingham, Ala.The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center is joining with Tuskegee University and Atlanta’s Morehouse College to form a “research triangle” in the South that will attack disparate rates of cancer mortality of African Americans.The partnerships between UAB and the two prominent […]

August 29, 2001

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Offers Proposals On College-School PartnershipsBut initiatives focus almost exclusively on elementary and secondary educationPresident Bush’s new education reform plan is drawing cautious support across the political spectrum except for one provision with political dynamite — vouchers for poor children.Late last month Bush outlined a series of initiatives, including substantial funding increases […]

February 14, 2001

Politicians Hail Increases in Education Budget

Politicians Hail Increases in Education BudgetNeedy students of color will have a chance to obtain larger Pell Grants for college under new legislation President Clinton signed in December. The top federal Pell Grant will increase to $3,750 next year, up $450 from current funding as a result of the new bipartisan budget agreement between Congress […]

January 17, 2001

Federal Funding for Minority-Serving Colleges Increases Under Final Budget Agreement

Federal Funding for Minority-Serving Colleges Increases Under Final Budget AgreementBy Charles DervaricsFederal funding for minority-serving colleges, including historically Black colleges and universities, will increase significantly under the final 2001 budget agreement between the White House and Congress.Nearly three months into the new fiscal year, the two sides finally came together on an agreement just before […]

January 17, 2001

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

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

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

Presidential Candidates Make Higher Education Rounds

Presidential Candidates Make Higher Education RoundsBy Jamilah Evelyn Higher education finally took center stage in the presidential election last month when Republican nominee George W. Bush made a campaign stop at historically Black Dillard University and Democratic nominee Al Gore visited the University of Maryland.Setting his sights on pulling Louisiana back into the Republican fold […]

September 13, 2000

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

Arkansas Administrator Keeping Title, Salary

Arkansas Administrator Keeping Title, SalaryFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A University of Arkansas administrator will retain his title and salary as he takes on new duties, though controversy about the job change has not died down. When the university moved toward making Assistant Vice Chancellor Lonnie Williams director of the school’s Multicultural Center, an Arkansas Court of […]

July 19, 2000

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

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