The National Science Foundation annually collects statistical data from the 15 federal agencies that accounted for an estimated 95 percent of total obligations (for both science/engineering (S/E) and non-S/E activities) to academic institutions and for over 98 percent of all support for S/E research and development at these institutions. This…

The Black College Act rewrites Title III specifically to strengthen historically black colleges and universities. The act does the following: (1) establishes direct 10-year grant, facilities, equipment, and instruction and assistance programs; (2) authorizes monies to help small schools build endowments; and (3) aids "priority…

Undergraduate science education at liberal arts colleges and historically Black institutions will be the focus of a program of grants given by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Colleges were invited to submit proposals to strengthen their biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics programs. (MLW)