GeerStreet LLC provides marketing services to educational institutions, non-profit organizations and private industry. We target new markets and growth opportunities in emerging businesses and industries. HBCU Webinar Launches Discussion on International Education Opportunities
GeerStreet LLC successfully hosted a live webinar on Tuesday, May 1 entitled: “America’s HBCUs and International Education: Opportunities in the Middle East.” Attendees included representatives from several prominent Historically Black Colleges and Universities as well as academics from Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
The Tragedy that Grips America
Trayvon Martin . . . George Zimmerman . . . A firestorm of indignation and shock bringing back memories of a time when killing a non-white person meant little or nothing.
America’s HBCUs and the Global Education Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities
Question: Why are America’s HBCUs significantly absent from participation in the global education marketplace?
We continue to read, listen and view commentary on the expanding global marketplace and the evolving “global village.” These terms have even more significance in a world that has become burdened by seemingly endless conflict and continuing strife. As opportunities dwindle for many around the world, many as well continue to seek options and alternatives to improve their potential for life.
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OBAMA SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER RECOGNIZING HBCU’s
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Biden and Duncan Push for Need to Keep College Affordable
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US News & World Report Annual Ranking HBCUs
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President to Seek $8-Billion for Job Training
February 13, 2012
President to Seek $8-Billion for Job-Training Partnerships Involving Community Colleges
By Kelly Field
Washington
In his budget for the 2013 fiscal year, due out today, President Obama will ask Congress to raise the maximum Pell Grant by $85, to $5,635, and provide $10-billion for job-training programs, according to the White House and sources briefed on Sunday.
The budget will include $30.7-billion for the National Institutes of Health, the same as the current year, but it will propose new grant-management policies that would increase the number of research grants by 7 percent. It would expand and make permanent the research-and-development tax credit. Learn more…