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Title III Program Overview

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, OHEP
DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (TITLE III)

PART A - Strengthening Institutions Program

Uses of Funds:

  • Faculty development
  • Funds and administrative management
  • Development and improvement of academic programs
  • Joint use of facilities
  • Student Services


PART B - Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program (undergraduate)

Uses of Funds:

  • Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes -- instructional and research
  • Construction, renovation, and maintenance of instructional facilities
  • Faculty development and exchanges
  • Academic instruction in disciplines where blacks are underrepresented

Purchase of educational materials

  • Student services
  • Funds and administrative management and acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening management
  • Joint use of facilities

PART B - Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions (HBGI) Program

Uses of Funds: "Support is... provided to sixteen graduate HBCUs that are making a substantial contribution to the legal, medical, dental veterinary, and other graduate education opportunities of black Americans."


PART C - Endowment Challenge Grant Program

Use of Funds: "...grants are awarded to eligible institutions of higher education to enable them to establish or increase endowment funds."