ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSIT Y
TITLE III STRENGTHENING GRANTS PROGRAM
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Title III Staff
D r. A n d r e a
C u n n i n g h a m , P h .D
D i r e c to r o f T i t l e I I I
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
WORKSHOP
APRIL 28, 2016
Omar Murraine
B u d g et A n a l ys t
To r i n M a l o n e
Grants Specialist
U r s ul a B r o o k s
Te c h n i c a l A s s i s t a n t
PURPOSE OF TITLE III FUNDING
 The funding provides financial assistance to establish or
strengthen the physical plants, financial management, and
academic resources and endowments of undergraduate
HBCUs.
 Funds may be used for the following:
 purchase, rental or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment
 for educational purposes—instructional and research;
 construction, maintenance, and renovation of instructional
facilities
PURPOSE OF TITLE III FUNDING (CONT’D)
faculty development and exchanges
purchase of educational materials
funds and administrative management and
acquisition of equipment for use in
strengthening management.
ACTIVIT Y DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
 Including, but not limited to the following:
Overall Management of the Activity
Fiscal and Programmatic Management
Track and maintain Activity Equipment Inventory
listing
Requisitions and Compliance of University Policies
and Procedures
ACTIVIT Y DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
(CONT’D)
 Internal/External Evaluation of Project Objectives
 Maintain appropriate data (to be reviewed annually
by external evaluator)
 Submit Progress of Objective Attainment for Annual
Performance Report (and Interim Performance
Report after first 6 months of grant cycle) to be
submitted to the Department of Education by the
deadline.
HBCU TITLE III
PHASE I FORMULA GRANT
• Number of Pell Grant recipients attending the applicant
institution during the school year immediately preceding the
beginning of the fiscal year in which the applicant applies for a
grant.
• Number of graduates of the applicant institution during the
school year immediately preceding the beginning of the fiscal
year in which the applicant applies for a grant. (34 CFR Section
608.4 defines “graduates” as a student who has attended an
institution for at least three semesters and fulfilled academic
requirements for undergraduate studies in not more than five
consecutive school years.)
• This calculation includes the previous four years.
HBCU TITLE III
PHASE I FORMULA GRANT
In order for the Department of Education to determine
the level of funding for an institution, the following
information is required . (Program Regulations 34 CFR §608.31)
 Total number of graduates (undergrad)
 Number of Graduate Students in underrepresented
degree programs of study
 Number of Pell Grant recipients
ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES
•
Suppor t of faculty exchanges, faculty development and faculty
fellowships to assist these faculty members in attaining advanced
degrees in their fields of instruction
•
Academic instruction in disciplines in which Black Americans are
underrepresented
•
Purchase of librar y books, periodicals, microfilm, and other
educational materials, including telecommunications program
materials
•
Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laborator y equipment for
educational purposes, including instructional or research purposes
34CFR Section 608.10
ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES
• Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in
classroom, library, laboratory, and other instructional facilities,
including purchase or rental of telecommunications, technology,
equipment or services
• Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to
improve academic success
• Funds and administrative management, and acquisition of
equipment for use in strengthening funds management
• Joint use of facilities, such as laboratories and libraries
• Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen or
improve contributions from alumni and the private sector
34CFR Section 608.10
ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES
•
Establishing or enhancing a program of teacher education
designed to qualify students to teach in a public elementar y or
secondar y school in the State that shall include, as part of the
program, preparation for teacher certification
•
Establishing community outreach programs that will encourage
elementar y and secondary students to develop the academic
skills and the interest to pursue postsecondary education
•
Other activities that it proposes in its application that
contribute to carr ying out the purpose of this part and are
approved by the Secretar y as part of the review and acceptance
of the application
34CFR Section 608.10
HBCU SPECIFIC TITLE III FUNDING
BETWEEN FY 08-FY 15
POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Handbook Updates…..
For travel reimbursements, you now have 14
days, instead of 7 to submit documentation.
Students must be enrolled in 6 credit hours, in
accordance with the Graduate School for fulltime enrollment, for the summer semester, to
be eligible for Title III support.
QUESTIONS????
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSIT Y
TITLE III STRENGTHENING GRANTS PROGRAM
___________________________________________
Title III Staff
D r. A n d r e a
C u n n i n g h a m , P h .D
D i r e c to r o f T i t l e I I I
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
WORKSHOP
APRIL 28, 2016
Omar Murraine
B u d g et A n a l ys t
To r i n M a l o n e
Grants Specialist
U r s ul a B r o o k s
Te c h n i c a l A s s i s t a n t