| FOR RELEASE: August 29, 2008 |
Contact: David Thomas (202) 401-1576 |
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of $6.7 million in grants to 23 higher education organizations to help them develop pilot projects for students with disabilities.
The three-year grants support projects that provide technical assistance and professional development to faculty and administrators who teach and counsel students with disabilities at institutions of higher education. The grants help to ensure that these students receive a quality education, improve student achievement and increase their completion rates.
Some of the activities include distance learning; summer institutes; in-service training; assistive and educational technology; and conducting research on accommodating and teaching postsecondary students with disabilities.
Following is a list of grantees and their first-year funding amounts:
| San Diego State University Research Foundation | $300,194 |
| University of Hawaii | $349,342 |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $298,103 |
| Texas A&M University | $322,926 |
| The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System (UW-Milwaukee) | $334,821 |
| Temple University-Of the Commonwealth of Higher Education (Pa.) | $290,255 |
| The University of Iowa | $117,093 |
| Sonoma State University (Calif.) | $338,174 |
| Longwood University (Va.) | $148,380 |
| National-Louis University (Ill.) | $318,833 |
| The University of Texas Pan American | $349,342 |
| Northampton County Area Community College (Pa.) | $124,710 |
| Ball State University (Ind.) | $113,257 |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $345,453 |
| Eastern Washington University | $327,825 |
| Lane Community College (Ore.) | $340,402 |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | $238,536 |
| The University of Massachusetts Boston | $349,342 |
| Colorado State University | $325,361 |
| University of Connecticut | $329,903 |
| South Carolina State University | $335,559 |
| University of Oregon | $308,467 |
| Board of Regents, University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | $323,238 |
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