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The Alliance—which includes the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education—represents more than 320 colleges and universities that educate one-third of all African American, Hispanic, and American Indian students nationwide, some 1.6 million students.
The statement lauds President Clinton’s unprecedented proposals to invest in minority communities and institutions, describing them as “long-overdue but welcomed first steps.” It urges broad support for reducing the competitive gaps that minority students and institutions face, including the significant “technology gap” for both students and institutions, and the “performance gap”—teacher preparation, remedial education, first-generation status, and testing.
The Alliance proposes full funding of several programs targeted to minority-serving colleges, including the Developing Institutions (Title III & V) programs in the Department of Education, and major increases for the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology Program ($75 million increase) and the Technology Opportunities Program ($45 million).
Alliance member colleges operate with 36% less revenue per student than other U.S. colleges, according to recent research. Meanwhile enrollments of people of color in higher education are projected to soar: by 2015, Hispanic student enrollments will jump by 73%, and African American enrollments will increase by 20%, while enrollments of white students will rise by 5%.
Minority-serving institutions, the Alliance states, provide greater access to low-income and underserved populations and have higher student success rates than mainstream colleges, despite underfunding. Surveys also show that students are more satisfied with their education than their minority counterparts at mainstream institutions.
The statement commends the President’s Budget for its attempts to break the cycles of poverty through improved access to college. It calls for increasing support for the Pell Grant Program, the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program, and the Federal Work-Study Program, including funding of the Pell Grant at the authorized maximum award of $5,100 annually.
Initiatives that seek to help educationally disadvantaged students become better prepared for college are also applauded, including substantial funding increases for the Department of Education’s TRIO ($80 million) and GEAR UP ($125 million) programs to promote academic development, mentoring, and other support.
The Alliance for Equity in Higher Education is supported in part by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which also supports Alliance member institutions through targeted grant programs for Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other predominantly Black institutions.
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The Alliance for Equity in Higher Education is coordinated by The Institute for Higher Education Policy, a Washington, DC-based non-profit education group. Additional information about the Alliance may be obtained at www.ihep.com/alliance. "
- Alliance Urges Major Increases for Technology, Teacher Education, Institutional Development
- Immediate Investment is Needed to Address Funding Disparities, Economic and Social Growth
The Alliance—which includes the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education—represents more than 320 colleges and universities that educate one-third of all African American, Hispanic, and American Indian students nationwide, some 1.6 million students.
The statement lauds President Clinton’s unprecedented proposals to invest in minority communities and institutions, describing them as “long-overdue but welcomed first steps.” It urges broad support for reducing the competitive gaps that minority students and institutions face, including the significant “technology gap” for both students and institutions, and the “performance gap”—teacher preparation, remedial education, first-generation status, and testing.
The Alliance proposes full funding of several programs targeted to minority-serving colleges, including the Developing Institutions (Title III & V) programs in the Department of Education, and major increases for the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology Program ($75 million increase) and the Technology Opportunities Program ($45 million).
Alliance member colleges operate with 36% less revenue per student than other U.S. colleges, according to recent research. Meanwhile enrollments of people of color in higher education are projected to soar: by 2015, Hispanic student enrollments will jump by 73%, and African American enrollments will increase by 20%, while enrollments of white students will rise by 5%.
Minority-serving institutions, the Alliance states, provide greater access to low-income and underserved populations and have higher student success rates than mainstream colleges, despite underfunding. Surveys also show that students are more satisfied with their education than their minority counterparts at mainstream institutions.
The statement commends the President’s Budget for its attempts to break the cycles of poverty through improved access to college. It calls for increasing support for the Pell Grant Program, the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program, and the Federal Work-Study Program, including funding of the Pell Grant at the authorized maximum award of $5,100 annually.
Initiatives that seek to help educationally disadvantaged students become better prepared for college are also applauded, including substantial funding increases for the Department of Education’s TRIO ($80 million) and GEAR UP ($125 million) programs to promote academic development, mentoring, and other support.
The Alliance for Equity in Higher Education is supported in part by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which also supports Alliance member institutions through targeted grant programs for Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other predominantly Black institutions.
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The Alliance for Equity in Higher Education is coordinated by The Institute for Higher Education Policy, a Washington, DC-based non-profit education group. Additional information about the Alliance may be obtained at www.ihep.com/alliance. "