May 16, 2003

Senate Backs Bill to Establish Technology Grants

By DAN CARNEVALE

The U.S. Senate passed a bill late last month that would create a $250-million grant program to help minority-serving institutions install digital and wireless technologies on their campuses. The vote in favor of the bill was 97 to 0.

Sen. George Allen, a Virginia Republican, sponsored the legislation, S 196. He has said it would help historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges to improve their technology infrastructures (The

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