[Federal Register: November 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 227)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting
of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities. This notice also describes the functions of the Board.
Notice of this meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of its
opportunity to attend.
DATES: Saturday, December 8, 2007.
TIME: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Board will meet at the Xavier University of Louisiana,
University Center Building, Suite 308, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA
70125, Phone: 504-520-7904, Fax: 504-520-7904.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Leonard L. Haynes III, Executive
Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006; telephone:
(202) 502-7549, fax: 202-502-7852.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Board of Advisors on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities is established under
Executive Order 13256, dated February 12, 2002 and Executive Order
13316 dated September 17, 2003. The Board is established (a) to report
to the President annually on the results of the participation of
historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in federal
programs, including recommendations on how to increase the private
sector role in strengthening these institutions, with particular
emphasis given to enhancing institutional planning and development;
strengthening fiscal stability and financial management; and improving
institutional infrastructure, including the use of technology, to
ensure the long-term viability and enhancement of these institutions;
(b) to advise the President and the Secretary of Education (Secretary)
on the needs of HBCUs in the areas of infrastructure, academic
programs, and faculty and institutional development; (c) to advise the
Secretary in the preparation of an annual Federal plan for assistance
to HBCUs in increasing their capacity to participate in Federal
programs; (d) to provide the President with an annual progress report
on enhancing the capacity of HBCUs to serve their students; and (e) to
develop, in consultation with the Department of Education and other
Federal agencies, a private sector strategy to assist HBCUs.
Agenda: The purpose of the meeting is to receive and deliberate on
policy issues pertinent to the Board and the nation's HBCUs and to
discuss relevant issues to be addressed in the Board's annual report.
This meeting will also provide the Board with a forum to vote and
approve action items regarding implementation of Presidential Executive
Order 13256.
Additional Information: Individuals who will need accommodations
for a disability in order to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting
services, assistive listening devices, or material in alternative
format) should notify ReShone Moore at (202) 502-7893, no later than
Thursday, December 6, 2007. We will attempt to meet requests for
accommodations after this date, but, cannot guarantee availability. The
meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
An opportunity for public comment is available on Saturday,
December 8, 2007, between 2:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Individuals who wish to
provide comments will be allowed three to five minutes to speak. Those
members of the public interested in submitting written comments may do
so by submitting it to the attention of Leonard L. Haynes, 1990 K
Street NW., Washington, DC., by Thursday, December 6, 2007.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for
public inspection at the office of the White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006, Monday-Friday
during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Electronic Access to this Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/index.html.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF,
call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-888-293-
6498; or in the Washington, DC area at 202-512-1530.
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Dated: November 16, 2007.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Postsecondary Education.
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