Strengthening academic programs to improve retention, persistence, and graduation

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Huston-Tillotson University one million dollars on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to strengthen academic programs and improve retention, persistence, and graduation outcomes.

Huston-Tillotson University, a historically Black college and university located in Austin, Texas, is the recipient. The award supports the institution's efforts to enhance academic quality and strengthen management and fiscal operations through planned, developed, or implemented activities that may include endowment building. The funding period runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Austin, Texas.

The Higher Education Institutional Aid program assists eligible colleges and universities to strengthen their management and fiscal operations and to plan, develop, or implement activities that enhance institutional quality. Eligible institutions under the program include HBCUs established prior to 1964 whose principal mission is the education of African Americans, among other institution types. Awards to HBCUs are made based on a statutory formula.