According to our Aid for Education Report, the Education Dept. is considering whether to broaden guidelines for the FY 2002 Comprehensive Program.
Proposals are very much at the preliminary stage.
The advisory board for Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education often tosses around dozen of ideas with DoEd officials, and then the agency works to narrow the proposals to the most beneficial. Some of the idea board members have discussed include changing the focus from small innovation grants to larger, systematic grants for consortia of institutions, or perhaps even institution-wide grants involving all campus departments. Other areas that are potential funding priorities include the role of for-profit service providers, globalization and improving accountability in higher education.