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Lumina Foundation For Education Awards $81.5 Million in Grants in ... - Inside INdiana Business (press release)
Among the Indiana recipients was Ivy Tech State College, which received nearly $2 million to meet its needs as a two-year academic college and provider of workforce and skills training. Source: Inside INdiana Business Press Release Indianapolis – Lumina Foundation for Education approved 203 grants in 2005, totaling $81.5 million to organizations across the country to expand college access and student success. "The Foundation continues to address the multiple barriers that impede access to and success in postsecondary education, particularly among traditionally underserved groups," said Martha D. Lamkin, president and chief executive officer of the Indianapolis-based Foundation. "The Foundation supports research, programs, policy work and professional leadership aimed at expanding access to education beyond high school." Listed below are the 113 grants totaling $55.25 million approved in the third and fourth quarters and grouped by the Foundation’s major priorities (first and second quarter grants previously announced). Access Academy for Educational Development (Washington, DC) – $205,085 to develop capacity to collect and analyze information about the postsecondary needs of underserved populations. Advertising Council, Inc. (New York, NY) – $2,000,000 to produce and disseminate a national public awareness campaign to promote greater college access for low-income students. American Council on Education (Washington, - more available