March 28, 2003

Senate Panel Approves Technology Program for Colleges That Serve Minority Students

By DAN CARNEVALE

A committee of the U.S. Senate has approved a bill that would create a $250-million grant program to help minority-serving colleges develop digital and wireless technologies.

The bill, S 196, passed by voice vote in the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation this month.

Sen. George Allen, a Virginia Republican, sponsored the legislation. He said it would help institutions with predominantly minority populations to improve their technology infrastructures (The

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