[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6577-6578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02264]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, President's Board of Advisors on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Board).
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. The notice also describes the functions of the Board.
Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of its
opportunity to attend.
DATES: Tuesday, February 25, 2014.
Time: 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. (CST).
ADDRESSES: J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College, S.C.
O'Neal, Sr. Library and Technology Center, 3421 Meridian Street, North
Huntsville, AL 35811, 256-551-3117.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sedika Franklin, Program Specialist,
White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20204; telephone: (202) 453-
5634 or (202) 453-5630, fax: (202) 453-5632.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Board of Advisors on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (the Board) is established
by Executive Order 13532 (February 26, 2010). The Board is governed by
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L.
92-463; as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix 2) which sets forth standards
for the formation and use of advisory committees. The purpose of the
Board is to advise the President and the Secretary of Education
(Secretary) on all matters pertaining to strengthening the educational
capacity of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The Board shall advise the President and the Secretary in the
following areas: (i) Improving the identity, visibility, and
distinctive capabilities and overall competitiveness of HBCUs; (ii)
engaging the philanthropic, business, government, military, homeland-
security, and education communities in a national dialogue regarding
new HBCU programs and initiatives; (iii) improving the ability of HBCUs
to remain fiscally secure institutions that can assist the nation in
reaching its goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates
by 2020; (iv) elevating the public awareness of HBCUs; and (v)
encouraging public-private investments in HBCUs.
Agenda
The Board will receive updates from the Chairman of the President's
Board of Advisors on HBCUs, the Board's subcommittees (Black Males,
Strategy, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM),
Community Colleges and Aspirational Support) and the Executive Director
of the White House Initiative on HBCUs on their respective activities,
thus far, during Fiscal Year 2014 including activities that have
occurred since the Board's last meeting, which was held on September
25, 2013. In addition, the Board will discuss possible strategies to
meet its duties under its charter, Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director of
the White House Initiative on HBCUs will discuss federal initiatives
supporting the educational pipeline from high school to college, and a
representative from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
will present on health disparities among students at HBCUs.
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 Sedika
Franklin, White House Initiative on HBCUs, at (202) 453-5630, no later
than Friday, February 7, 2014. We will attempt to meet requests for
such accommodations after this date, but cannot guarantee their
availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
An opportunity for public comment is available on Tuesday, February
25, 2014, from 1:30 p.m.-2:00 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 them to the attention of Sedika Franklin, White House
Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202,
by Friday, February 21, 2014.
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, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20202, Monday
through Friday (excluding federal holidays) during the hours of 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Electronic Access to the 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: www.ed.gov/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 1-866-512-1830; or in
the Washington, DC, area at 202-512-0000.
Dated: January 17, 2014.
Jamienne S. Studley,
Acting Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-02264 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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