The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education received a $200,000 grant from the Bell Atlantic Foundation to train faculty and staff at all 14 state-run universities to use a new multipoint video network to enhance distance education efforts.
City College of New York received a $153,350 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help liberal arts faculty involved in teacher preparation to integrate the latest technology into teaching training.
Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Fla., received a two-year, $140,678 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Mich., to establish a leadership development institute open to young adults interested in learning about the leadership philosophy and style of college founder Mary McLeod Bethune.
— Compiled by Scott W. Wright
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