Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions of Higher Education Fis

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Federal Highway AdministrationOffice of
Civil Rights
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) and Other Minority Institutions of Higher
Education (MIHEs) Program
2004 AASHTO National Transportation Civil Rights
Conference San Diego, California September 6,
2004 Presented by Hattie H. Brown Linda J.
Williams Policy and Program Development
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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program
In this presentation, we will cover
Current Authorities Executive Orders Other
Authorities Non Executive Orders Program
Objective Level of Program Responsibility
Reporting Requirements Report(s) Preparation
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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program
Current Authorities
Executive Order 13256 Historically Black
Colleges and Universities
Executive Order 13230 - Educational Excellence
for Hispanic Americans
Executive Order 12928 Small Business Owned and
Controlled by Socially and Economically
Disadvantaged Individuals, HBCUs and Minority
Institutions
Executive Order 13270 Tribal Colleges and
Universities
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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program
Executive Order 13256 Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

• To provide a structured effort to help HBCUs
  access Federally-funded programs
• To strengthen the capacity of HBCUs to provide
  quality education
• To increase the participation of HBCUs in
  Federal programs and activities
• Set annual procurement goals for awarding
• Grants
• Contracts
• Co-op Agreements

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Executive Order 13230 Educational Excellence
for Hispanic Americans
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• To increase opportunities for Hispanic Americans
  to participate in and benefit from Federal
  educational programs
• To enhance the capacity of Hispanic Serving
  Institutions (HSI) to educate the Latino community

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Executive Order 13270 Tribal Colleges and
Universities (TCUs)
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• To ensure that TCUs are fully recognized
• To establish a mechanism for increasing TCUs
  access to Federal resources

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Executive Order 12928 Promoting Procurement
with Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged
Individuals, HBCUs and Minority Institutions
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• To establish HBCU and Other MIHE participation
  goals
• To develop and implement plans to fulfill the
  procurement participation goal

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Other Authorities Non-Executive Orders
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program
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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• HBCU/MIHE Goals Memorandum
• Dated - 7/10/98

• Accepted Recommendations of HBCU/MIHE National
  Task Force
• Established Agencys Research and Technology
  Goals
• FY 1999 3
• FY 2000 4
• FY 2001 5

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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program
Level of Program Responsibility
Office of Management and Budget
Department of Education
White House Initiative Offices
Department of Transportation - Office of Civil
Rights
Federal Highway Administration - Office of Civil
Rights
Division Offices
Resource Centers
Headquarters
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FHWA/HBCU/MIHE Program Objective
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• To increase the participation of HBCUs and Other
  MIHEs in all phases of FHWA Federal and
  Federal-aid Programs with special emphasis on
  Research and Technology Programs

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Reporting Requirements
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program
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Annual Federal Plan
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• HBCU/HSI
• Develop a strategic agency plan to implement
  Executive Order goals
• Description of measurable objective to fulfill
  proposed actions
• TCU
• 5-year plan

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Annual Performance Report
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• HBCU and Other MIHEs
• Prepared at end of fiscal year
• Provides analysis of agencys accomplishment of
  objectives presented in annual plan
• Includes comparative analysis of actual awards to
  HBCUs,TCUs, HSIs, and Non-minority IHEs

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Definition ofCategories
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program
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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• Research and Development Studies, observations,
  and other activities concerned with the
  identification, description, experimental
  investigation, and theoretical explanation of
  social, physical, and behavioral phenomena
• Program Evaluation Actions to assess the
  effectiveness of institutional programs and
  activities, as well as the effectiveness of
  Federal programs and activities
• Training Use of professional personnel (Federal
  and non-Federal) to gain or enhance knowledge or
  skills of professional staff and personnel at
  HBCUs and Other MIHEs

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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• Facilities and Equipment Structures, works,
  fixed equipment, major repairs, or alternations
  to structures, works, fixed equipment,
  facilities, or land for use by an IHE
• Fellowships, Internships, Recruitment,
  Traineeships, and Arrangements under the
  Intergovernmental Personnel Act Cooperative
  education, student and faculty internships,
  visiting professorships, and personnel and
  student recruitment at IHEs (i.e., Dwight David
  Eisenhower Fellowships)

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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• Student Tuition Assistance, Scholarships, and
  Other Aid Federal funds awarded to an IHE for
  students or awarded directly to students for
  payment of such charges as tuition and room and
  board
• Direct Institutional Subsidies Federal
  financial support to IHEs for education and
  general expenses where the Federal government
  either places no restrictions on the uses to
  which the funds may be put or provides a broad
  range of allowable activities within which the
  institution has discretion to use the funds

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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• Third-Party Awardees Organizations or other
  entities receiving Federal awards on behalf of
  one or more HBCU or Other MIHE
• Private Sector Involvement Includes
  public-private partnerships, alliances, joint
  ventures and activities of prime
  contractors/contracting with MIHEs
• Administrative Infrastructure Management and
  administrative framework of an institution of
  higher education (IHE)
• Other Awards to IHEs not identified in the
  above categories 

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Report(s) Preparation
Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program
Should Include
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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• 1. Executive Summary
• 1-2 page summary of planned awards or
  accomplishments
• State goals and measurable objectives
• 2. Awards Summary
• Planned awards or awards to all IHEs
• Planned awards or awards to Non-Minority, HBCUs,
  HSIs and TCUs

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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• 3. Planned Awards or Actual Awards to HBCUs/MIHEs
  by Category and MIHE
• Name of Institution
• Award Amount
• Detailed Description of Program or Activity

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Federal Highway Administration

HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program

• 4. Planned and Actual Activities and Outreach
  Efforts
• Partnership(s)
• National Summer Transportation Institutes
• Summer Transportation Internship for Diverse
  Groups
• Transportation and Technology Academy
• Transportation and Civil Engineering Careers
• Initiatives under/or Activities involving
  Hispanic, Native American and Alaska Native
  Communities
• Other Youth Initiatives