Paige Announces $27.2 Million in Grants to Improve College Programs for Disadvantaged and Minority Students
U.S. Secretary
of Education Rod Paige today announced that 102 colleges and universities that
serve a significant number of disadvantaged or minority students will receive
grants from the U.S. Department of Education. The awards will provide $27.2
million to improve academic programs, including engineering and science studies,
facilities, fiscal management and planning, and student services.
"President
Bush is committed to seeing that all students have an equal opportunity to receive
a quality education," Paige said. "Enriched college programs can help
create a better, brighter future for these students and make it possible for
more minority students to pursue engineering and science degrees 3? fields
where they are underrepresented."
Awards announced
today are being made under two programs authorized by the Higher Education Act:
Title III, Part A, the Strengthening Institutions Program, and Part E, the Minority
Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP).
The Strengthening
Institutions Program helps eligible schools increase their self-sufficiency
by attracting and retaining students through better programs and facilities.
Separate competitions were held for Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities
and for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions.
Fifty institutions
were awarded $22.2 million for development grants to carry out a variety of
activities that aim to improve programs, update technology, increase student
achievement, and offer faculty development. Some $5 million of the total grant
amount will be used for construction. Eleven grants will specifically benefit
tribally controlled colleges and one aims to improve the programs and facilities
at an institution that primarily serves an Alaska Native population. An additional
15 colleges will receive some $498,000 for planning grants to assess needs and
take steps to prepare a development grant application for the following year.
One of these is a tribally controlled college.
To be eligible,
all colleges must have a significant percentage of financially needy students
and have lower budgets than other comparable colleges. Development grants are
for five years; funding amounts listed are for the first year only. Planning
grants are for one year.
An example of
a Title III project:
At Salish Kootenai
College, on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Pablo, Mont., the grant will
be used for a variety of activities that aim to increase Indian student enrollment.
A bachelor of science degree in elementary education will be created and delivered
via the Internet to prepare Indian teacher aides for careers as professional
teachers. The degree will be concentrated in five majors: special education,
language arts, computer science, Native American studies, and early childhood
education. In-service training courses will be created and delivered —
also through distance education — to certified teachers on the reservation.
And part of the grant will be used to add 10 classrooms to the college’s new
science facility.
Under the MSEIP,
38 grants for $4.5 million are awarded to increase the number of qualified ethnic
minorities, especially minority women, in the fields of science and technical
careers by supporting long-range improvements in engineering and science disciplines
at predominantly minority institutions (more than 50 percent minority enrollment).
Thirty-six of these grants are development grants, funded for three-to-five
years, and two are one-year planning grants.
An example of
an MSEIP grant:
A project at
Texas Southern University in Houston is designed to improve mathematics and
science instruction through the use of technology. Training will be provided
for mathematics and science faculty in the development of instructional materials
and use of technology to improve minority student success rates in science
and mathematics.
Some $74 million
in continuation grants for both programs will be awarded later this summer.
In June, the department announced the award of 45 new grants totaling $19.4
million to Hispanic Serving Institutions. Part B grants totaling $230 million
to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Graduate Schools will be
awarded in the near future.
Strengthening
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| State | City,
Grant Recipient, Contact, Phone, |
Amount |
| AK– |
Anchorage, Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage-Kodiak Coll, Douglas E. Hammer, 907-486-1220,
|
$345,519 |
| AL — | Muscle
Shoals, Northwest-Shoals Cmty College, Anita Rhodes, 256-331-6237, |
$349,050 |
| AL
— |
Dothan, Troy State University at Dothan, Elizabeth Van Loo, 334-983-6556,
|
$349,172 |
| AR — | Melbourne,
Ozarka College, Diane Tebbetts, 870-368-7371, |
$356,757 |
| AR
— |
Hope, Univ. of Arkansas Cmty Coll. at Hope, Jana Crank, 870-777-5722,
|
$364,987 |
| FL — | Orlando,
Valencia Cmty College-East Branch, Melissa Pedone, 407-299-5000, |
$364,919 |
| IA
— |
Dubuque, Clarke College, Margaret Feldner, 563-588-6406, |
$350,000 |
| IL — | Chicago,
East-West University, Madhu Jain, 312-939-0111, |
$350,000 |
| IL
— |
Romeoville, Lewis University, Marcia Nackers, 815-836-5813, |
$359,420 |
| IL — | Palos Hills,
Moraine Valley Cmty College, Sharon Katterman, 708-974-5768, |
$350,000 |
| KS
— |
Arkansas City, Cowley County Cmty College, Maggie Picking, 316-441-5289,
|
$349,904 |
| KS — | Hutchinson,
Hutchinson Community College, Janet Hamilton, 620-665-3302, |
$350,000 |
| MD
— |
Baltimore, Cmty College of Baltimore County, Henry F. Linck, 410-869-1258,
|
$344,550 |
| MI — | Sault Ste.
Marie, Lake Superior State University, Kay Floyd, 906-636-2722, |
$266,790 |
| MO
— |
St. Louis, Webster University, James Staley, 314-968-6910, |
$350,000 |
| MS — | Hattiesburg,
University of Southern Mississippi, Eddie A. Williams, 601-266-6633, |
$322,669 |
| NC
— |
Washington, Beaufort County Cmty College, Doreen Richter, 252-946-6194,
|
$347,359 |
| ND — | Bismarck,
University of Mary, Cheryl Kalberer, 701-255-7500, |
$342,726 |
| NJ
— |
Vineland, Cumberland County College, Mrs. Patricia Labonne, 856-691-8600,
|
$350,000 |
| NY — | Brooklyn,
Cuny – Brooklyn College, Elizabeth Beaujour, 718-951-5864, |
$350,000 |
| NY
— |
Watertown, Jefferson Community College, Sarah H. Baldwin, 315-786-2485,
|
$346,975 |
| NY — | Valhalla,
Suny – Westchester Cmty College, Lucinda Fleming, 914-785-6827, |
$344,006 |
| OH
— |
Marietta, Marietta College, Sue Dewine, 740-376-4814, |
$349,900 |
| OH — | Zanesville,
Muskingum Area Technical College, Pamela Jira, 740-588-1242, |
$350,000 |
| OH
— |
Rio Grande, University of Rio Grande, Kent Williams, 740-245-7272, |
$341,164 |
| OK — | Ada, East
Central University, Duane Anderson, 580-332-8000, |
$352,025 |
| PA
— |
Harrisburg, Harrisburg Area Cmty College, Lawrence Grulick, 717-780-2657,
|
$325,918 |
| PA — | Latrobe,
Saint Vincent College, Rita Catalano, 724-537-4562, |
$351,045 |
| SC– |
Charleston, Charleston Southern University, Mary Gene Ryan, 843-863-7170,
|
$349,863 |
| SD — | Aberdeen,
Northern State University, Robert Lehr, 605-626-7789, |
$365,000 |
| TX
— |
Weatherford, Weatherford College, Shirley Chenault, 817-598-6337, |
$350,541 |
| VA — | Dublin,
New River Cmty College, Mark Rowh, 540-674-3617, |
$349,989 |
| WA
— |
Lacey, Saint Martin’s College, Jacqueline Johnson, 360-438-4310, |
$364,988 |
| WI — | Depere,
St. Norbert College, Robert Rutter, 920-403-3090, |
$365,000 |
| WI
— |
Fennimore, Sw Wisconsin Technical College, Ellen J. Lueck, 608-822-3262,
|
$350,000 |
| WV — | Wheeling,
W. Virginia Northern Cmty College, Garnet Persinger, 304-233-5900, |
$349,650 |
Cooperative
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| IL — | Olney,
Il Eastern Cc/Olney Central, Chris Cantwell, 618-393-2982, |
$364,372 |
Strengthening
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| State | City,
Grant Recipient, Contact, Phone, |
Amount |
| AL
— |
Pheonix City, Chattahoochee Vall Comm Coll, Johnny Mcmoy, 334-291-4939,
|
$24,092 |
| FL — | Dayton
Beach, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ, Peter S. Quigley, 520-708-6954,
|
$34,659 |
| IL — | Decatur,
Millikin University, Thomas Flynn, 217-424-6208, |
$35,000 |
| ME — | Augusta,
University of Maine, Thomas E. Abbott, 207-621-3342, |
$34,990 |
| NC — | Albemarle,
Stanly Community College, Charlotte Morris, 704-991-0250, |
$34,586 |
| NE — | Wayne,
Wayne State College, David G. Fuller, 402-375-7208, |
$34,998 |
| NM — | Gallup,
University of New Mexico, Robert Carlson, 505-863-7501, |
$33,990 |
| OH — | Cleveland,
Cleveland State University, Marie Zeglen, 216-687-7402, |
$34,440 |
| PA — | Media,
Pa Institute of Technology, Craig Jacobs, 610-892-1504, |
$24,295 |
| SC — | Kingstree,
Williamsburg Technical College, Gloria S. Burns, 843-355-4121, |
$34,900 |
| SD — | Brookings,
South Dakota State University, Carol J. Peterson, 605-688-4173, |
$35,000 |
| TN — | Harriman,
Roane State Community College, Karen L. Brunner, 865-882-4606, |
$31,819 |
| TX — | Amarillo,
Amarillo College, Kay Henard, 806-371-5426, |
$35,000 |
| WI — | Milwaukee,
Milwaukee Inst of Art & Design, Steven Kapelke, 414-276-7889, |
$35,000 |
Alaska
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| AK — | Valdez,
Prince William Sound Community College, Betty Rogers, 907-834-1660, |
$204,498 |
Tribally
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| CA — | Davis,
D-Q University, Morgan Otis, 530-758-0407, |
$347,080 |
| MT — | Lame Deer,
Dull Knife Memorial College, Brooke Gondara, 406-477-6215, |
$252,520 |
| MT — | Poplar,
*Fort Peck Community College, Warren Means, 406-768-5555, |
$1,505,000 |
| MT — | Pablo,
Salish Kootenai College, Michael O’donnell, 406-675-4800, |
$378,798 |
| NE — | Macy, *Nebraska
Indian Community College, Ross Primm, 402-837-5078, |
$1,387,572 |
| ND — | New Town,
Fort Berthold Community College, Liz Demaray, 701-627-4738, |
$378,945 |
| ND — | Belcourt,
*Turtle Mountain College, Larry Gorospe, 701-477-7862, |
$1,505,000 |
| NM — | Albuquerque,
*Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Rita N. Scala, 505-346-2335,
|
$1,504,735 |
| SD — | Kyle, Oglala
Lakota College, Dowel Caselli-Smith, 605-455-2321, |
$365,819 |
| SD
— |
Eagle Butte, Si Tanka College, Keith Jewett, 605-964-6045, |
$383,320 |
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