Ford Foundation Plans Big Increase in Grants to Higher Education.

Desruisseaux, Paul; McMillen, Liz

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Publication Date: 1988

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Ford Foundation Plans Big Increase in Grants to Higher Education.

Desruisseaux, Paul; McMillen, Liz

Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n34 pA1,26 May 4 1988

The Ford Foundation's increase, by almost one-fourth, of support to higher education is intended to reinvigorate college teaching, especially in the social sciences, and to improve opportunities for minority group faculty. Other new foundation efforts include support of a program to assist victims of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). (MSE)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, College Faculty, College Instruction, Communicable Diseases, Economic Change, Fellowships, Grants, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Minority Groups, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support, Social Sciences, Trend Analysis

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Language: English

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