[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54571-54572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21853]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities

AGENCY: President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities (Board), U.S. Department of Education.

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: Thursday, September 27, 2012.
    Time: 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Grand Hyatt Washington, Lafayette Park and Farragut Square 
Rooms, 1000 H Street NW., Washington, DC 20001, 202-582-1234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., Executive 
Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20204; telephone: 
(202) 453-5634, fax: (202) 453-5632.

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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 and the executive 
director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs on their respective 
activities, thus far, during Fiscal Year 2012 including activities that 
have occurred since the Board's last meeting, which was held on June 6, 
2012. In addition, the Board will discuss possible strategies to meet 
its duties under its charter.
    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 John P. 
Brown, Deputy Director, White House Initiative on HBCUs, at (202) 453-
5645, no later than Friday, September 21, 2012. 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 Thursday, 
September 27, 2012, 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 John S. Wilson, Jr., White 
House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202, 
by Friday, September 21, 2012.
    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: August 29, 2012.
Martha J. Kanter,
Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
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