Title III Programs
Title III Part B, Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Program Description
Title III-B authorizes the Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program award grants to eligible institutions to assist them in strengthening their academic, administrative, and fiscal capabilities. These programs are typically funded through annual discretionary appropriations; and with additional annual mandatory appropriations provided through the FUTURE Act, which extended mandatory funding beyond fiscal year 2019.
Activity 1 |
Focus Areas |
Enhancing the University’s Endowment |
Fiscal Stability Student Services and Outcomes |
Strengthening Student Leadership Capacity through Training, Preparation and Exposure |
Student Services and Outcomes |
Activity 2 |
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Strengthening Student Success through Expanded University College |
Academic Support, Advising and Student Mentoring Program |
Developing the University to Work Pipelines through Career Development |
Student Services and Outcomes |
Counseling Center and Innovation Lab |
Student Services and Outcomes |
Activity 3 |
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Expanding Faculty Development for Greater Student Success |
Academic Quality Student Services and Outcomes |
Master’s Degree Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Program Description
With the enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008, 18 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will receive funding to improve graduate education opportunities at the master’s level in mathematics, engineering, physical or natural sciences, computer science, information technology, nursing, allied health or other scientific disciplines where African American students are underrepresented.
Activity 3 |
Focus Area |
HBCU Master’s (STEM) Program |
Academic Quality Student Services and Outcomes |
Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act
Program Description
Title III-F authorizes the Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program award grants to eligible institutions to assist them in strengthening their academic, administrative, and fiscal capabilities. These programs are typically funded through annual discretionary appropriations; and with additional annual mandatory appropriations provided through the FUTURE Act, which extended mandatory funding beyond fiscal year 2019.
Activity 3 |
Focus Areas |
Strengthening the Nursing Program |
Academic Quality Student Services and Outcomes |
Activity 4 |
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Enhancing the University’s Technology Infrastructure |
Institutional Management |
Enhancing the University’s Self-Sustaining Capacity by Upgrading Outreach Database Management |
Institutional Management |