Multicultural Alliances
Overview
The Multicultural Alliances (MA) section within the CSREES
Science and Education Resource Development (SERD) unit manages
programs and activities that specifically target historically
black land-grant universities (1890 institutions), land-grant
tribal colleges (1994 institutions), Alaska native-serving,
native Hawaiian-serving, and Hispanic-serving institutions.
MA programs are designed to build research, extension, and
education capacity at these institutions and increase their
competitiveness and representation in agency and departmental
programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Additionally,
MA supports programs at other partner institutions that serve
minority communities.
In Focus
Funding
Events
- 2007 Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 6-9, 2007.
- 53rd Annual North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Conference, “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning”, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, IL, June 20-22, 2007.
- 6th Annual AgrowKnowledge Conference, Springfield, IL, July 9-10, 2007.
- Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, December 10, 2007.
Selected Results and Impacts
Resources
Contacts
P.S.
Benepal, Director, Multicultural Alliances |