ED has done this at least twice before, so I don't think we should
interpret this year's cancellation of the competition as the death knell
for Title III. On the other hand, previous cancellations have occurred
every fourth year, when (for some reason I don't completely understand)
the funds allocated for new awards suffer a cyclic shrinkage.  This
year's cancellation, if I'm counting correctly, is only three years
since the last one. Besides that, ED has been pumping funds into the
targeted Title III and V competitions (for Hispanic-serving
institutions, HBCUs, American Indian and Pacific Islander serving
schools, etc.) for many years, I suspect at the expense of the
mainstream program.  So maybe the program will disappear.  I hope not,
it's an excellent program for schools that are eligible, one of my
favorites.

Regards, Bill

Bill Campbell
Director, Grants & Research
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
410 S. 3rd St.
River Falls, WI 54022
715/425-3195
FAX 715/425-0649

Mickie McCormic wrote:

> My university has been working for a while on a Strengthening
>Institutions grant through the Title III program, only to find out a
>couple of weeks ago that there will be no competition this year. My
>question is -- when the Department of Education issues "a notice of
>intent to fund down the grant slate" for a program, and that they will
>"select grantees in FY07 from the existing slate of applicants from
>FY06," is that a sign that the program is disappearing?  Just wondered
>if this has happened to other programs that then went on as usual, or
>ceased to exist. Thanks so much for any thoughts.
>
>Mickie McCormic
>Director of Grants Development
>Oregon Institute of Technology
>3201 Campus Drive
>Klamath Falls, OR 97601
>(541) 885-1135
>
>
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