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Thursday, March 25, 2004
Technology Grants for Underserved Communities!
2004 TOP Grants AvailableTechnology grants available for underserved communities
Courtesy Mark Struckman
Mar 18 2004
The Commerce Department's Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) has approximately $12.9 million available for grants in 2004. TOP provides matching funds for programs that bring technology to underserved communities.
The Application Kit for FY04, including the Announcement and Guidelines, provides information on the program, rules for applying, suggestions for preparing an application and the standard forms you need to prepare a TOP application.
The deadline for applications is April 27, 2004. Grant applications and guidelines are available at the Department of Commerce Web site.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Low Income...No Problem, Send Your Children to Harvard Free!
HARVARD UNIVERSITY LOW-INCOME TUITION GRANTSSubmitted by Manuel Lopes
If you know anyone/family earning less than $40K with a brilliant child near ready for college, please pass this along.
Harvard's Tuition Announcement Highlights Failure of Prestigious Universities to Enroll Low-Income Students
March 1, 2004
Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay NO TUITION!!!
In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only 10 percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in lower half the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution."
This initiative puts severe pressure on other well-endowed colleges and universities to adopt similar measures. Some commentators believe that Harvard's announcement was made in response to Princeton University's decision six years ago to eliminate all tuition charges for families earning less than $40,000 (adjusted annually to take inflation into account) and its subsequent decision three years later to substitute all student loans with outright grants.
The Harvard announcement indicates that the Princeton plan has had some success in drawing to Princeton some of the high-achieving, low-income students who typically went to Harvard.
For more information and details on how to apply, please see: Harvard
