Waiting for Institutional Effectiveness In 2010, after completing a PhD in US History, I returned to college administration as a Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at a community college in Illinois. At the time, community colleges were aflutter over Obama’s college graduation goal to “once again have the highestContinue Reading
Disadvantaged Communities (%) by Chicago Neighborhood We previously posted on the disparities between neighborhoods in Chicago with respect to the the Justice40 initiative for disadvantaged communities. For the city as a whole, 59% of census tracts have been designated as disadvantaged communities. The legacy of redlining, disinvestment, and environmental injusticeContinue Reading
President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative for environmental justice is designed to allocate at least 40% of federal funding to disadvantaged communities. Disadvantaged communities are defined as populations in 2010 census tracts identified in the Climate and Economic Justice (CEJ) Screening Tool as “(1) at or above theContinue Reading
| Securing Funding for Chicago’s Residents | In March 2023, Historia Research LLC started a monthly digest of grant opportunities and news for Illinois. One of the main objectives for the news digest is to support an equitable distribution of funding from grants of significant size (award ceiling) and competitivenessContinue Reading
| Grant Opportunities and News with a Focus on Chicago and Illinois | Chicago, Ill. – Historia Research LLC is pleased to announce a new monthly news digest to disseminate grant opportunities and news of relevance to the City of Chicago and State of Illinois. The digest will feature federal,Continue Reading
