# Presentation: 011855

## Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Other Minority Institutions of Higher Education (MIHEs) Program

**Federal Highway Administration****Office 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**

## In this presentation, we will cover:

**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**
** **

***Federal Highway Administration                                                                                      HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program***

## Current Authorities

**Executive Order 12928 – **
**Small Business Owned and **
**Controlled by Socially and **
**Economically Disadvantaged **
**Individuals, HBCUs and **
**Minority Institutions**

**Executive Order 13230 -**
**Educational Excellence for**
**Hispanic Americans**

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**Executive Order 13256 – **
**Historically Black Colleges**
** ****and Universities**

**Executive Order 13270 – **
**Tribal Colleges and  Universities**
** **

## 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

**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**

**Executive Order 13256 – Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)**

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## Executive Order 13230 – Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

**Executive Order 13230 – Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans**

- 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)

**Executive Order 13270 – Tribal Colleges**** and Universities (TCUs)**

- 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

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

- 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

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## Accepted Recommendations of HBCU/MIHE National Task Force
Established Agency’s Research and Technology Goals:
 FY 1999 – 3%
 FY 2000 – 4%
 FY 2001 – 5%

**Dated - 7/10/98**

- Accepted Recommendations of HBCU/MIHE National Task Force
- Established Agency’s Research and Technology Goals:
-  FY 1999 – 3%
-  FY 2000 – 4%
-  FY 2001 – 5%

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## Level of Program Responsibility

**Level of Program Responsibility**

**Department of Education**

**Office of Management**
**and Budget**

**White  House Initiative Offices**

**Department of Transportation - Office of Civil Rights**

**Federal Highway Administration - Office of Civil Rights**

**Resource **
**Centers**

**Division **
**Offices**

**Headquarters**

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## FHWA/HBCU/MIHE Program Objective

**FHWA/HBCU/MIHE ****Program Objective**

- 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

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## Annual Federal Plan

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

***Federal Highway Administration                                                                                      HBCUs and Other MIHEs Program***

## Annual Performance Report

**HBCU and Other MIHEs**
- Prepared at end of fiscal year
- Provides analysis of agency’s 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 ofCategories

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## 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 

**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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## 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)

**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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## 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

**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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## 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 

**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

***Should Include:***

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## 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

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

- Name of Institution
- Award Amount
- Detailed Description of Program or Activity

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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

**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

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