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

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The United Negro College Fund comprises 37 member colleges and universities in support of students’ education and development through scholarships and other programs. United Negro College Fund Inc.

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George Washington University Adjunct Faculty to Potentially Receive Raise and Base Salary Increase

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Per that agreement, GW part-time faculty may see their first contractual raise in four years and an increase in base salaries – from $4,467 to $5,000. The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) could give a 10% raise to all regular, or tenure-eligible, part-time faculty starting Spring 2023.

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Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora

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Dartmouth College has launched the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life (IBICL), a research center focused on the study of the Black diaspora. The institute is being launched with initial funding of $2.3 million that includes $1 million raised from alums, families, and friends through the Call to Lead campaign.

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National University Announced The Launch Of The Cause Research Institute

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National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

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These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies. “One Dr. Gresham D.

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Morehouse School of Medicine Looks to Disrupt Health Inequities

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Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As As a medical school, our first priority is to train physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals.

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New Report Offers Insight into HBCU ‘Secret Sauce’

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Now, a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit think tank, delves into the many advantages that HBCUs offer and what predominantly white institutions (PWIs) can learn from them when it comes to helping Black students. However, Palmer thinks that the paper could be helpful in raising money.