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has awarded a $100 million unrestricted grant to support the United Negro College Fund’s capital campaign. The grant is the largest unrestricted private grant UNCF has ever received, according to UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L. The Lilly Endowment Inc. United Negro College Fund Inc.

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Department of Education has awarded more than $40 million in grant funding to help improve completion rates for underserved students. These awards will not only help find new ways to help students graduate; they will help change expectations.”

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NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. He envisions a collaborative space between departments and units where Native and Indigenous students can come to have their questions answered.

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UNCF recognized that these institutions need more than just emergency support or short-term grants. Originally designed as an annual conference for CPI institutions, UNITE quickly evolved into the premier space for HBCUs to gather, collaborate, and push the boundaries of what's possible. Innovation to us is collaboration.

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Each participating institution will receive a minimum grant of $20,000, along with resources and guidance to implement shortened courses across full programs. This collaborative approach will allow colleges to share experiences, challenges, and solutions as they work to expand shortened course offerings.

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The MCT Foundation, established to support underrepresented students in higher education, provides scholarships, grants, and professional development opportunities specifically targeting African American, Latinx, and other underrepresented groups. The scholars will present their preliminary findings in spring 2025.

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million National Institutes of Health grant has been awarded to researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico to explore the link between infertility and long-term health issues among Hispanic women of Mexican heritage.

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It was difficult for us to collaborate, present together, and align our thought processes at first, but we recognized the value in working together, said Saffold, who is currently an assistant professor of African American literature at the University of Delaware. From the start, BWSA sought collaboration rather than competition.

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million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. Radford received its hoped-for amount in the grant, said Trageser, as they carefully calculated what it would cost to hire and keep their student support advocates.

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Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. to bolster research on campus. “We

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million grant to NCCU’s Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences (DEEGS) , as part of the more than $7 million shared among the universities, each attracting different student bodies. Akinleye “This grant presents a great opportunity for the DEEGS,” said Chancellor Dr. Johnson O. Dr. Johnson O.

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There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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Although they still utilize grades, these initiatives grant high school students access to real college courses, helping them build early success and experience in higher education. Dual enrollment programs present another compelling solution. Rather than just assessing readiness, these programs help ensure it.

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Department of Energy and the State of Michigan have announced a collective award of cash incentives and grants totaling $75 million to build workforce development for Nel Hydrogen’s new factory to be built in Plymouth, Michigan.

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million Acceleration Grant from the National Institute for Student Success. Dr. Kara Turner The institute collaborates with colleges and universities to identify obstacles to degree completion and implement proven solutions for student success. Morgan State University has been awarded a $1.5

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I really enjoy meeting and collaborating with colleagues from across the campus, and it just gave me a much larger enterprise view of how education works and operates to support faculty, staff and students, she says. Through that internship, she got to work on senior level executive projects that supported the entire campus.

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Dr. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow, director of IBCS, acknowledged the deep collaboration between Xavier and Georgetown. Now that we have operational dollars and we're starting to give our grants to not just descendants, but also into transformation programs and truth-telling, we're going to continue to build our programs, Trusclair Maddox said.

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NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. He envisions a collaborative space between departments and units where Native and Indigenous students can come to have their questions answered.

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With the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students in July 2023, approximately 760,000 incarcerated people can have college dreams. Colleges looking to expand resources for formerly incarcerated students need to know that help is available and collaboration is essential.

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Tess Feldman Southwestern Law School is collaborating with the Los Angeles LGBT Center in launching the Asylum Law Clinic to better equip future lawyers in providing legal support to asylum seekers in the LGBTQIA+ community. Our curriculum emphasizes both the knowledge and compassion needed for impactful legal representation and advocacy."

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College Possible is renewing its collaboration with the NBA Foundation to help remove barriers to college access and entry for young people of color and students from low-income communities. The mission of the nonprofit is to boost college access and success by connecting high school and college students with near-peer coaches.

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The project is funded by grants from Ascendium Education Group, College Futures Foundation, and Trellis Foundation and is a result of more than two years of discovery and design work among 26 community colleges, four-year institutions, and regional systems.

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For years, advocates for higher education in prison programs worked to see Pell Grants reintroduced for incarcerated individuals. The report emphasizes that effective communication and collaboration within an institution and between institutions and organizations are essential to success. “If There is not a one-size-fits-all model.”

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His plans for the center include helping to advance African and African American studies as a discipline and to create a more substantial intellectual community through interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty, students, and the local community. “Dr. Darius Young is a transformational leader, thought partner, and historian.

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million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the BMRI amplifies collaborative thought leadership, and social justice and strives to counter conflicting narratives, distrust and ambiguity with a clear, authoritative voice on the experiences of Black men. Funded by a $1.4

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Partnership with Native Americans offers scholarships, college grants, emergency funding, college readiness camps, and literacy and school supplies through its American Indian Education Program to improve Native students’ access to higher education. Everyone at PWNA is sincerely grateful for this recent funding from Synchrony.

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Tuskegee and Auburn Universities have agreed to collaborate on partnership expansion between the schools and community outreach. As a land-grant institution, it is important to work to eliminate disparities that limit opportunities for those in underserved areas. Auburn President Dr. Christopher B.

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ELEVATE supports ongoing learning, training, and networking of early career MSI faculty by providing workshops, opportunities to network with peers, and a platform for collaboration. ELEVATE fellows develop skills through hands-on workshops on academic writing, grant writing, teaching, mentoring, and achieving tenure.

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million in grants for projects to shape career pathways for students. The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district.

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To adapt effectively, we need to rethink how we deliver the educational experience, which requires innovation and collaboration from everyone, regardless of whether you’re supporting an institution or working at one. As a grant recipient of this program, Lumen developed new courseware for Introduction to Statistics, built with equity in mind.

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Rhodes College joins the collective of 137 public and private colleges and universities nationwide who work collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented low- and moderate-income students. ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities.

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The lab will provide implementation grants of up to $50,000, funded by Ascendium Education Group. "By harnessing the power of these emerging learning models, we're embarking on a journey to design more equitable and career-driven routes to economic agility for rural learners nationwide."

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Additionally, the college received an Innovation Lounge Grant, during the 2024 Retool Your School Celebration hosted by Home Depot April 11 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The grant allows Livingstone College to enhance existing spaces on the campus where our students can gather, ideate, and collaborate.

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has awarded a grant worth nearly $1 million to the Howard University College of Medicine to promote HIV prevention among Black women and girls. million in grants to the medical school’s Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and 18 other organizations as part of its new Setting the P.A.C.E. “The Gilead Sciences Inc.

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Our mandate is to facilitate collaboration, learning, and growth across this field of reporting programs to ensure its sustainability in an otherwise volatile news industry.” Knight Foundation, a $500,000 grant from the John D. Richard Watts, director of the Center for Community News. and James L. and Catherine T.

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We are extremely grateful for this grant and for the support from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development,” said MassBay President Dr. David Podell. Collaborating with area workforce partners to fill the needs in MetroWest is a winning combination for the local economy.”

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The two-year project — supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation — builds on campus work initiated through AAC&U’s Curriculum-to-Career Innovations Institute. The University of Alaska Anchorage, the University of Colorado, and the University of Washington round out the project participants.

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