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| Chronicle of Higher Education | 5 |
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Williams, Audrey Y. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes how the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund wants to attract more support for students at public black colleges, who are excluded from the successful United Negro College Fund. (EV)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Higher Education, Public Colleges
Hoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes how the Gates Millennium Scholars program uses nontraditional criteria to award grants to low-income minority students. Profiles the first three recipients. (EV)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Competitive Selection, Evaluation Criteria, Minority Groups
Pulley, John L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes how colleges and other nonprofit organizations are creating scholarship programs for the families of victims of the recent terrorist attacks. (EV)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Scholarship Funds
Pulley, John – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
Reviews the activities and research projects in education supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Foundation's current emphases are on the humanities, campus diversity, granting fellowships, and working with premier institutions. Recent publications by Mellon staff have increased the visibility of the Foundation's activities. (DB)
Descriptors: Awards, Donors, Educational Finance, Fellowships
McMillen, Liz – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
The American Indian College Fund has begun its first nationwide appeal for private donations, part of a 5-year effort to build a $10 million endowment for scholarships at 26 tribal colleges and to increase awareness of the colleges' existence. Foundations and corporations are responding. Sensitivity about the history and image of Indians has…
Descriptors: American Indians, Colleges, Community Colleges, Donors
