Grantees

Outcomes and Assessment

November 2005

• Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Associated Colleges of the South, and the Great Lakes College Association (More details)
  $300,000 over 36 months for an assessment of study abroad programs.

• Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media (More details)
  $40,000 over 12 months for a primer on the importance of value-added assessment for higher education.

May 2005

• Value-Added Assessment Collaboratives (More details)
  Six grants of $300,000 over 36 months for faculty-driven assessment projects.

• First-Step Value-Added Assessment Collaboratives (More details)
  Five grants of $25,000 over 12 months for beginning work in this area and planning for larger, faculty-driven projects. 

• Wabash College (More details)
  $50,000 over 12 months for the assessment of general liberal education outcomes.

• Northwestern University (More details)
  $25,000 over 12 months for the development and testing of a discipline-specific assessment instrument.

Fresh Thinking

November 2005

• College-Based Working Groups (More details)
  Five grants of up to $100,000 over 21 months.

College-Community Connections

June 2005

• College-Community Connections, Pilots
  The Foundation supported ten partnerships in a pilot of the CCC program from 2005-2008. An evaluation conducted by Metis Associates revealed that the partnerships had a positive impact on the high school students, community-based organizations, and colleges. Metis Associates also compiled a list of promising practices and common challenges.

February 2005

• New York City Community-Based Organizations
  Seven grants of $40,000 over 12 months for college preparatory programming.
  • The Boys' Club of New York
  • East Harlem Tutorial Program (EHTP)
  • Groundwork
  • Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF)
  • Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA)
  • Prep for Prep
  • Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)

• New York City Community-Based Organizations
  Six grants of $10,000 over 12 months for unrestricted use.
  • Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
  • Community for Education Foundation / Overcoming Obstacles
  • East Side House Settlement
  • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House
  • Project Reach Youth (PRY)
  • Union Settlement House

Special Grants

November 2005

• Dillard University and Tulane University (More details)
  A $600,000 grant to assist in hurricane recovery efforts in New Orleans: $500,000 will go to Dillard to help students return to New Orleans and to their studies, and $100,000 will go to Tulane to support their partnership with Dillard and two other New Orleans institutions.