Grants

• Texas Southern University, the historically black educational institution in Houston, received a $235,994 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. The program provides academic counseling, financial aid, mentoring, tutoring, and summer internships for minority students who are preparing for doctoral study.

• Tougaloo College, the historically black educational institution in Mississippi, received a $698,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The grant will be used to fund a program to prevent violence against women.

• Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, received a $100,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The grant will be used to start a scholarship fund for low-income students.

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