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What Are Minority Serving Institutions?

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What’s a Minority Serving Institution (MSI)? The History of Minority Serving Institutions Prior to the mid-1960s, the costs and entry requirements for higher education were often designed to serve rich or middle-class white individuals, and, as a result, excluded many historically marginalized groups. Learn more about MSIs below.

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N.C. A&T Wins $1.1M Grant for Special Education Teaching Program

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million grant will go toward recruiting and training students to become special education teachers. million grant for its special education teaching program. The grant funds will go toward Project EPIC: Exceptional Educators who are Proficient, Inclusive, and Culturally Competent. The Department of Education's $1.1

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NASA Awards $14M to Minority-Serving Community Colleges and Universities

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NASA awarded 14 minority-serving institutions (MSIs) with STEM-related and Artemis-mission-related funding. Prince George's Community College in Maryland will establish STEM majors through the grant. NASA also awarded five non-MSIs awards to test projects in Earth's low-orbit environment.

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Samuels & Associates Grants $1 Million to Fund Scholarships for Students pursuing Life Sciences Training

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In a first of its kind partnership, Samuels & Associates (S&A) is collaborating with Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (Franklin Cummings Tech), to establish a $1million scholarship fund and related programming to expand access to life sciences career paths. Learn more at www.samuelsre.com.

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HBCU Lincoln University Gets $2.9 Million Grant for Internet and Technology Accessibility

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Lincoln University will use the National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant for Chromebooks, mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, and classroom upgrades for distance learning. The Lincoln University grant project spans two years. The Connecting Minority Communities pilot program has awarded nearly $52 million to 19 schools.

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Strong Programs in Classics

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LEARN MORE STRONG PROGRAMS IN CLASSICS To learn more about strong academic programs in Classics (both Classical Languages and more interdisciplinary Classical Studies majors), check out these 10 schools: Amherst College Amherst offers four majors within the Classical Civilization program: Greek, Latin, Classics, and Classical Civilization.

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Emory, College of the Muscogee Nation Partner for $2.4M Grant

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The grant will support CMN's transition to a four-year institution. The Mvskoke language master-apprentice program will have nine cohorts and be 15 weeks of daily practice. million grant. The grant will fund a master-apprentice quality to the language program for nine cohorts at CMN.

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