Programs

Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Division: Title III, Parts B, E, and F Programs

• Augustus F. Hawkins Center of Excellence (Hawkins) Program
• Title III Part B Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Title III Part B Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions
• Minority Science and Engineering Improvement
• Master’s Degree Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Master’s Degree Programs at Predominantly Black Institutions
• Predominantly Black Institutions - Competitive Grants
• Predominantly Black Institutions - Formula Grants
• Minorities and Retirement Security Program

Strengthening Institutions Division: Title III, Parts A and F Programs

• Strengthening Institutions
• American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities
• Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
• Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions
• Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Division: Title V and Title III Part F Programs

• Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program
• Hispanic-Serving Institutions - Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics and Articulation Programs
• Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)

• Basic Needs Program
• Center for Education Excellence for Black Teachers Program at HBCUs
• Center for the Study of Distance Education and Technological Advancement
• Center for Best Practices to Support Single Parent Students
• Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success
• Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot
• First in the World
• Modeling and Simulation Program
• National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities
• Open Textbooks Pilot Program
• Pilot Program for Cybersecurity Education Technological Upgrades for Community Colleges
• Postsecondary Earmarks
• Postsecondary Student Success Program
• Research and Development Infrastructure (RDI) Program
• Rural Postsecondary Education Program
• Training for Realtime Writers
• Transitioning Gang-Involved Youth to Higher Education Program

Institutional Programs Development Division:

• Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education
• Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow
• Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
• Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Coordinating Center

Other Programs and Activities

• Historically Black College and University Capital Financing
• College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans
• Endowment Challenge Grant Activities
• Annual Interest Subsidy Grants (Title VII, Higher Education Act, as amended, Title V Housing Act of 1950)
• The Secretary’s Annual Report on Teacher Quality
• Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing

About the Institutional Service

Institutional Service (IS) administers programs authorized under Title III, Title V, and Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

The Aid for Institutional Development programs (commonly referred to as the Title III programs) support improvements in educational quality, management and financial stability at qualifying postsecondary institutions. Funding is focused on institutions that enroll large proportions of minority and financially disadvantaged students with low per-student expenditures. From its inception, one of the primary missions of the Title III programs has been to support the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Title III programs have been expanded to support American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, as well as other minority-serving institutions. The Title III programs also include the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program.

The Title V programs strengthen institutions serving Hispanic and other low-income students. The Title V programs, as well as the Title III programs, provide financial assistance to help institutions solve problems that threaten their ability to survive, to improve their management and fiscal operations, and to build endowments.

Title VII, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), supports the implementation of innovative educational reform ideas, evaluates how well they work, and shares findings with the larger education community.

U.S. Department of Education
Office of Postsecondary Education
Higher Education Programs, Institutional Service
Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Building
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20202

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