The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it will award a total of $75 million to 24 colleges to support innovations in higher education.
The Education Department chose the winners of the grant competition from a pool of nearly 500 applicants, officials said. The grants are going to 19 public and private four-year institutions and five community colleges. No for-profit institutions were eligible for the award.
Congress set aside $20 million of the $75 million for minority-serving institutions, and the Education Department awarded those funds to six institutions, including one historically black university.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/01/education-department-awards-75-million-innovation-grants-colleges