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Abdul-Alim, Jamaal – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
When the W.K. Kellogg Foundation first approached a group of tribal college presidents in 1994 with a $23 million grant for a handful of their institutions, the tribal college leaders did not exactly trip over themselves to get the money. They wanted it to be split among all of them, and the foundation honored the tribal college leaders' wish.…
Descriptors: Grants, Minority Groups, Private Financial Support, Philanthropic Foundations
Wolfe, Barbara; Fletcher, Jason – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2013
One of the continuing areas of controversy surrounding higher education is affirmative action. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear "Fisher v. Texas," and their ruling may well influence universities' diversity initiatives, especially if they overturn "Grutter v. Bollinger" and rule that diversity is no longer a…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Educational Benefits, College Outcomes Assessment, Racial Composition