Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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Session 3

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Open Forum
• Joel V. Harrell, Director
• Special Initiative Service

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Who are we?
Within the School Services and Training Channel,
the Special Initiative Service unit strives to
proactively identify the unique needs of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
Hispanic Serving institutions, and Tribally
controlled colleges.
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Examples of Services Provided

• Technical assistance in programmatic and
  administrative areas.
• Provide customized training that is developed to
  meet the unique needs of the institution
• Assists institutions in performing on/off campus
  assessments and if warranted, the development of
  corrective action plans

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Basic Guiding Principles of Assistance

• We are here to help!
• We are not program reviewers or auditors
• Our emphasis is self initiated institutional self
  improvement

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Special Initiative Service

• We appreciate your feedback and comments.
• We can be reached at
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email joel.harrell_at_ed.gov