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Nov 21 2024

Grants eventually totaling $85.5 million are made to benefit black colleges and students.

The grants aim to: (1) recruit black students for college, including a program to enable leading private Southern universities to recruit black students for the first time in their history; …

Nov 21 2024

Now in its 50th year, the Foundation reorganizes its programs under five headings: Conquest of Hunger; Population and Health; Education for Development; Equal Opportunity; and Arts, Humanities and Cultural Values.

Nov 21 2024

The Foundation launches its 20-year University Development (later Education for Development) program, designed to create new leadership in developing countries by aiding a few selected universities.

The $125 million program emphasizes departments of agriculture, public health, medicine and social sciences. Universities are aided in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Indonesia, Nigeria, Sudan, Thailand, the Philippines …

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