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Albany, NY – THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009:
WINNERS OF EDUCATION DOLLARS -
The nearly 800-billion dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has now moved to the implementation stage.
U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, believe "the Act" provides an immediate stimulus to the economy by saving or creating hundreds of thousands of early childhood, K - 12, and higher education jobs that are at risk of state and local budget cuts.
The Department of Education is posting guidelines and rolling out timetables for each funding stream in the Act. These include 5-billion dollars for early childhood, 40-billion in state stabilization funds, 12-billion for IDEA, 13 billion in Title I, and some 32-billion in college affordability funds.
Secretary Duncan provides TBOOK details.
Glenn Busby reports. (6:55)
**(Attention Listeners and Program Directors. You can see updated information and fully itemized breakdowns of the education dollar allocations by going directly to the Department of Education website at www.ed.gov .)**
NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
THE HAMILTON COLLEGE ACCESS PROJECT -
As in our last story, we often talk about college access and affordability here on TBOOK. So when we found out about The Access Project at Hamilton College, we wanted to share their program with a broader national audience to let you hear about its success at providing a new pathway to college for students who would not otherwise be able to attend. The majority of participants are women.
The Access Project began as a demonstration educational, social service, and career program to assist profoundly low-income parents in central New York.
Among its goals, to move parents from welfare and low-wage work, to meaningful and secure career employment through higher education.
The Access Project supports this "at-risk" population through an intensive and fully supported introduction to liberal arts education, combined with comprehensive social service, family and career supports. This is their remarkable story.
TBOOK speaks with Founder and Director, Dr. Vivyan Adair. She's also a Professor of Women's Studies at Hamilton College. Dr. Adair has been honored by being named The New York State Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Institute.
Glenn Busby reports. (9:16)
**(To learn more about The Access Project at Hamilton College, here is a direct link: www.hamilton.edu/college/access/ )**
NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROFILES
GRACE HOPPER -
Because this is Women's History Month, we're featuring stories about important women in history on our shows all month long.
This week, a word about the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference. This year's theme is "Creating Technology for Social Good." It's a program of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
The event offers women the opportunity to learn about new technologies, to build networks, and advance their careers in both industry and academia.
Last year's Grace Hopper Conference was a complete sell-out with nearly 1,500 attendees. They represented over 100 companies, 200 academic institutions, government agencies, and 22 countries.
To learn more of how Grace Hopper inspired this legacy and remains such a prominent figure in computer science today, we've prepared this profile.
Actress Kate Mulgrew narrates. (2:00)
**(Attention Listeners and Program Directors. To read more about Grace Hopper's amazing career and achievements, her website is: www.gracehopper.org
And if you would like to hear more of these profiles for Women's History Month (there is a new one for each day this month), just go to our exclusive place on the web: www.womeninscience.org and click on The Sounds of Progress button. The series is also downloadable as a Podcast.)**