Word: granting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...resigning his post this summer in order to go back to full-time teaching as a professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, also gave full approval to a third recommendation of the Committee: a small discretionary fund at the disposal of each department for use as a grant-in-aid to graduate students for certain out-of-pocket expense involved in their research. As an example, Rogers cited the cost of micro-filming manuscripts, or travel
...crowd into the nation's colleges. If mass education is not to slip into the chasm which many experts foresee, the continued high quality of these graduate students is more important than ever before. Obviously, there is no simple solution to these two types of problems. A Rockefeller could grant $20 million to divinity schools--but the ministry is a comparatively small profession, and each grant has results which are far more immediate than the same amount given towards general graduate education...
...Rockefeller Foundation has presented the donation to a subsidiary group, the Sealantic Fund, which, in turn, will make the final allocation of the funds. "This," according to Williams, "ensures an orderly and strategic use of this tremendous fund, so that even schools which are not direct recipients of a grant will benefit greatly in the comprehensive program envisaged...
Under the grant the University will also expand its research facilities along with physical improvements. Professors will be able to get University funds for specialized projects such as preparing course material. Until now most of the International Studies research has been done for outside agencies, using funds from these agencies...
...This grant fits into the rapid expansion all over the country of International Legal Studies since the war," King said. Simultaneously with Harvard's grant, the Ford Foundation gave Columbia, Stanford and Michigan $2,600,000 for similar projects...