A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Biennial Evaluation Report - FY 93-94

Chapter 531

Women and Minority Participation in Graduate Education

(CFDA No. 84.202)

I. Program Profile

Legislation: Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, Title IX, Part A, Sections 911-915, as amended by P.L. 102-325 (U.S.C. 1134a-1134c-2) (expires September 30, 1997).

Purpose: To provide opportunities to participate in research and scholarly activities to talented undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need and are individuals from minority groups underrepresented in graduate education, or are women underrepresented in fields of study in graduate education, such as the field of science and mathematics. Such opportunities must be designed to prepare those students for graduate study.

Funding History

Fiscal Year	Appropriation
1988	$3,351,000
1989	3,476,000
1990	3,547,000
1991	5,953,000
1992	5,953,000
1993	5,846,000
1994	5,846,000

II. Program Information and Analysis

Population Targeting

In FY 1993, 136 applications for awards were received and 71 were funded. Fifteen applications were received from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), five of which were funded. Of the remaining awards, 53 went to other public institutions and 13 to other private institutions (Table 1).

Table 1

FY 1993 Application and Award Data

	Applications	Awards
HBCUs	15	5
Other Public	85	53
Other Private	36	13
Total	136	71

Of the 71 awards made in FY 1993, 18 were made to institutions proposing to serve exclusively blacks; 34 serving blacks and Hispanics; 17 serving Hispanics and Native Americans; 9 serving blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders; 1 serving blacks and Native Americans; and 3 serving all eligible minority groups, including those named above in addition to Alaskan Natives. All of the grantees proposed to serve women in their projects; none were focused exclusively on women.

Services

Institutions of higher education compete for grants under this program. Such grants support direct fellowship aid including need-based stipends, room and board costs, transportation costs, and tuition for summer research internships and seminars for which credit is given by the institution to participating talented, minority, and female undergraduate students. In reauthorizing the program in 1992, Congress added women studying in fields in which women are underrepresented in graduate education as recipients of program funds.

As shown in Table 2, in FY 1993, the program served 1,405 students in 71 projects. This reflects an expansion of the program from FY 1992, when 1,257 students were served in 73 projects.

Table 2

Program Data, Fiscal Years 1990-1993

Fiscal Year	1990	1991	1992	1993
Number of Students	1,034	1,750	1,257	1,405
Number of Projects	49	72	73	71
Average Expenditure Per Student	$3,430	$3,467	$3,477	$3,589

Program Administration

Projects can be funded for 2 years, and have a maximum award of $100,000 per year. The Department of Education has adopted a policy that expenditures per student may not exceed $5,000. This policy was adopted to ensure that a maximum number of students will be served.

III. Sources of Information

Program files.

IV. Planned Studies

None.

V. Contacts for Further Information

Program Operations:: Vicki V. Payne, (202) 260-3291
Program Studies:: Gregory Henschel, (202) 401-0182

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