Ford's gift to higher education.THE FORD FOUNDATION IS PROMPTing higher ed to take on difficult subjects: prejudice, religious conflict, injustice. The foundation gave a total of $2.7 million to colleges and universities earlier this year as part of its Difficult Dialogues initiative. Ford's effort is meant to stem the "curbing of academic freedom," and what it perceives as growing intolerance on America's college campuses. In all, 27 IHEs were awarded $100,000 each as part of Ford's program to promote academic freedom in higher ed; 675 applied for the money. All will use the grants in different ways. The University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as will start new courses and roundtables on religion. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Queens College will develop curriculum about the conflict in the Middle East. In a separate act of largess lar·gess also lar·gesse n. 1. a. Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner. b. Money or gifts bestowed. 2. Generosity of spirit or attitude. , Henry Ford's only granddaughter, Josephine, 81, left $50 million to Detroit's College for Creative Studies when she died in June. The college went public with the news only this year, at--where else?--the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. International Auto Show. The college will use the money to build its endowment and help underprivileged students. |
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