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Native Americans

Education Department Offers New Funds to HSIs, Tribal Colleges

Education Department Offers New Funds to HSIs, Tribal CollegesThe U.S. Dept. of Education is offering new grants to support improvements at Hispanic-serving colleges and universities and tribal institutions.The Education Department made applications available Nov. 30 for new grants under the Title V HSI grant program and the Title III Higher Education Act program for tribal […]

December 20, 2000

Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students

Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate StudentsSan Antonio, TexasDr. Martin C. Jischke, president of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., last month challenged America’s universities to establish fellowships to increase the numbers of minority graduate students preparing to be the faculty of the future.Speaking at the annual meeting of the National […]

December 6, 2000

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO Programs

College Leaders Hope to Keep Up Government Support of TRIO ProgramsWith the Clinton administration in its final months, college outreach specialists meeting in Washington in September focused on the issue of continuity — seeking to build on gains made during the past eight years regardless of which party claims the White House in November.Those attending […]

October 11, 2000

Campuses Move Toward Wireless Computing

Campuses Move Toward Wireless ComputingWASHINGTONStudents arriving at Howard University this fall will find one of the latest information technology amenities available to them in their dormitory rooms — the ability to access the campus computer network through a wireless connection.Students, faculty and staff will, with the aid of special modems, have wireless access to Howard’s […]

August 30, 2000

Native Americans

Survey Confirms Tribal College Role in Alleviating Unemployment

Survey Confirms Tribal College Role in Alleviating UnemploymentWASHINGTON — A new national survey reveals that tribal college graduates do very well in the workplace, offering new hope that higher education can be a big boost to one of the nation’s poorest and most undereducated minority groups.The study, Creating Role Models for Change: A Survey of […]

June 21, 2000

Native Americans

Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher Training

Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher TrainingBILLINGS, Mont. — One thousand new American Indian teachers will be trained over the next five years, thanks to a $10 million congressional appropriation, the American Indian College Fund announced late last month. The money will create the American Indian Corps of Teachers, part of President Clinton’s initiative […]

January 19, 2000

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

Tribal College Students Petition Congress for More Financial Help

Tribal College Students Petition Congress for More Financial HelpSANTA FE, N.M. — Students at the Institute of American Indian Arts have started a letter-writing campaign to Congress and are seeking help from their tribes, saying the school needs more support than it’s getting. Under a compromise version of funding for the school, the institute is […]

November 24, 1999

Native Americans

American Indian Colleges Get $30M

American Indian Colleges Get $30MWASHINGTON — Tribal colleges struggling on campuses cobbled together from old Army barracks, double-wide trailers or decommissioned high schools are getting a $30 million donation to help with construction and renovation.“We’re aware of the conditions at these tribal colleges, and felt that since we had the resources, we’d like to be […]

October 13, 1999

Native Americans

Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting

Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting WASHINGTON — Agendas were set and board members were sworn in as 13 of the 15 members of the President’s Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities gathered here in July for the group’s inaugural meeting.Carrie L. Billy, executive director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges […]

September 1, 1999

BI What’s New

The state’s five tribal colleges are collaborating with North Dakota State University to boost interest among American Indian students in math, science, and engineering. The program is designed to motivate Indian children to pursue careers in those fields and then nurture them during their studies at tribal colleges and ultimately NDSU, says G. Padmanabhan, the […]

August 18, 1999

Faculty & Staff

United We Stand

United We StandNAFEO, HACU, and AIHEC have formed a new alliance to improve support for students of colorWASHINGTON — The old divide-and-conquer ploy may be harder to execute on future racial politics of higher education now that a new alliance has been formed between three of the largest organizations serving the needs of minority students.In […]

August 4, 1999