One HBCU Will Win $1.5M Grant for Rocketry Program

While a number of historically Black colleges and universities are likely to enter a competition for a seven-figure grant to develop a rocketry program, a professor at Tuskegee University is letting it be known that his Alabama school has a distinct edge. In an initiative that will be announced in m...

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Published in:Diverse issues in higher education 2018-07, Vol.35 (13), p.7-7
Main Author: Burns, Dominique
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace Education
Aerospace engineering
African Americans
Black Colleges
College Students
Commercial space ventures
Competition
Engineering Education
Grants
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Human Capital
Labor Force
Students
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Summary:While a number of historically Black colleges and universities are likely to enter a competition for a seven-figure grant to develop a rocketry program, a professor at Tuskegee University is letting it be known that his Alabama school has a distinct edge. In an initiative that will be announced in more detail in coming days, Base 11 of Costa Mesa, Calif., will award a $1.5 million grant to one HBCU to develop a hands-on, experiential liquid-fuel rocketry la
ISSN:1557-5411
2163-5862