The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $207,271 Project Grant to North Carolina Central University (NCCU) under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (CFDA 84.325) program. The grant, titled "PROJECT ACES: ADVANCED COMPETENT EDUCATORS TO SERVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES", supports the development of degree programs, training initiatives, and applied...
This $3,301,645.00 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.031 - Higher Education Institutional Aid) to North Carolina Central University (NCCU) will enhance persistence, retention, and graduation rates for students at this Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The grant funding will support a range of activities to strengthen NCCU's institutional capacity, academic quality, and student support services, with a...
This $706,688 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program supports National University's "PROJECT DREAMS: DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT, EDUCATION, ADVANCEMENT, AND MENTORSHIP FOR SUCCESS" initiative. The program aims to enhance teacher preparation and development at minority-serving educational institutions, with a focus on recruiting, preparing, supporting, placing, and retaining...
The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) was awarded a $114,379 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The grant, titled "NCCU: RISE UP FOR VI", aims to rejuvenate inclusive specialists in education through undergraduate pathways for visual impairments. The project will be...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program (CFDA 84.428) provides $679,506 to East Central University's I-DREAM Center of Excellence in Educator Preparation. The funding supports the university's comprehensive efforts to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain diverse teachers for high-need local education agencies, with a focus on increasing teacher workforce diversity and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) provides $706,666 to the University of Colorado-Denver to enhance teacher preparation and development with a focus on increasing diversity, access, and equity in the teaching profession. The university will develop targeted initiatives such as bilingual teacher preparation, diversity...
This federal Project Grant award of $709,311 was made by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program (CFDA 84.428). The grant supports comprehensive initiatives to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain teachers for high-need local education agencies, with a focus on increasing teacher workforce diversity and closing student opportunity and achievement gaps. The award to the Regents of the University of...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development (CFDA 84.428) program provides $621,492 to Morehouse College Inc. to enhance teacher preparation and development efforts targeting high-need local education agencies. The award supports comprehensive initiatives to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain a diverse teacher workforce, with a focus on...
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was awarded a $611,349 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development (CFDA 84.428) program. The grant, titled "NVFORWARD: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS NEVADA'S TEACHER SHORTAGE," will support UNLV's comprehensive efforts to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain diverse teachers for high-need local...
This $277,741 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (CFDA 84.325 - Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities) was awarded to North Carolina Central University on September 1, 2024. The project, titled "TECHNOLOGY-INFUSED INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION IN ORIENTATION & MOBILITY", aims to enhance the preparation of personnel who work with infants,...