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Education Department Announces Grants for Initiatives to Support Native Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) has announced more than $8 million in available grants to fund initiatives for Native students. million); the first-ever Native American Teacher Retention Initiative competition to help address the shortage of Native American educators ($2.75 Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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$25M Foundation Grant Promotes Internships Among Humanities Majors

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Mellon Foundation has awarded a total $25 million in grant funding to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. To those ends, the humanities internship grants aim to make internship participation more widely available for humanities majors.

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Education Department Announces $63 Million in Grants to Support Community Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) has announced $63 million in grants to support 42 organizations and higher ed institutions working to expand existing community schools or establish new programs in eight states and territories. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Lilly Endowment Awards $100M Grant to United Negro College Fund

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has awarded a $100 million unrestricted grant to support the United Negro College Fund’s capital campaign. The United Negro College Fund comprises 37 member colleges and universities in support of students’ education and development through scholarships and other programs. The Lilly Endowment Inc. United Negro College Fund Inc.

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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. It secures its place in federal education policy, making it less susceptible to annual budget fluctuations or shifts in administrative priorities.”

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Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women have been making crucial contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since long before STEM was an educational buzzword. Even accounting for differences in education, career attainment, family responsibilities, or work effort, men in STEM are given more chances to advance and to receive awards.

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AAUP Receives Mellon Grant for Academic Freedom Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Irene Mulvey The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has received a grant of over $1.5 million from the Mellon Foundation to examine and confront the surge of political and ideological hostilities against higher education. The organization announced receipt of the grant Feb.

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