Tag: Humanities Students

HBCUs

Mellon Foundation Donates $600,000 Grant to Winston-Salem to Support Humanities Programs

Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) was recently given a $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support its humanities programs. The university is one of only five University of North Carolina System schools, and one of the few public historically Black colleges and universities in the country to receive a grant during the foundation’s 50-year […]

January 10, 2019

Community Colleges

CUNY Researchers to Study Community College to 4-Year Institution Transfer

Researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) have received a $550,000 award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to study what factors help or deter community college students who are interested in the humanities, transfer to four-year institutions.

January 6, 2019