Terri Hudkins	
Headquarters, Washington, DC               April 12, 1995
(Phone:  202/358-1977)

RELEASE:  95-48

NASA AWARDS EDUCATION GRANTS TO MINORITY UNIVERSITIES

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced the 
selection of eight universities to receive three-year 
Precollege Awards for Excellence in Mathematics, Science, 
Engineering, and Technology (PACE/MSET) grants for 
educational outreach projects.

     Each university will receive up to $300,000 over the 
three years of the grant based on performance and 
availability of funds under the Precollege (PACE/MSET) 
program.

     The grants are intended to help students who have 
historically been underrepresented in college-preparatory 
mathematics and science classes and who graduate from high 
school with the skills and interests necessary to pursue 
science, engineering and related fields in college.

The universities selected to receive grants are:
-	Lincoln University, Philadelphia, PA
-	Bennett College, Greensboro, NC
-	Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL
-	Jackson State University, MS
-	Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, TX
-	University of Texas at El Paso
-	National Hispanic University, San Jose, CA
-	Fort Belknap College, Harlem, MT

      The PACE/MSET grant program is sponsored by the Office 
of Equal Opportunity Programs, Washington, DC.

      The grant program targets institutions of higher education,
especially Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic 
Serving Institutions that meet the eligibility criteria 
outlined in Public Law 102-325 in the higher education 
amendments of 1992, as well as Tribal Colleges and other 
minority universities whose student enrollment of 
underrepresented minorities exceeds 50 percent.

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