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	The Department will conduct the FY 2013 Higher Education Programs’ Project Directors' Meeting on March 26-28, 2013 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The FY 2013 Application to Request Designation as an Eligible Institution and Request for a Waiver of the Non-Federal Cost Share Requirement is available as of November 14, 2012.

FY 2013 Designation as an Eligible Institution Webinar Presentation for Title III and Title V HSI Programs: MS Powerpoint (438K) | PDF (509K)

Program Office: Institutional Service

CFDA Number: 84.031A
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants, Cooperative Agreements
Also Known As: Title III, Part A

Program Description

The program helps eligible IHEs to become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability of eligible institutions.

Types of Projects

Funds may be used for planning, faculty development, and establishing endowment funds. Administrative management, and the development and improvement of academic programs also are supported. Other projects include joint use of instructional facilities, construction and maintenance, and student service programs designed to improve academic success, including innovative, customized, instruction courses designed to help retain students and move the students rapidly into core courses and through program completion, which may include remedial education and English language instruction .

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Last Modified: 12/27/2012

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