H.R. 3091 would establish the Patsy T. Mink Graduate Fellow program.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inPatsy T. Mink Fellowship Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to editestablish the wikiPatsy T. Mink Fellowship program.

Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to award fellowships to minorities and bewomen seeking terminal master's degrees or doctorate degrees in academic areas in which such individuals are underrepresented for the firstpurpose of entering the higher education professoriate.

Requires fellowship recipients to provideteach, for a detailed summaryperiod equivalent to their fellowship period, at IHEs with graduate programs.

Directs the Secretary, to the extent practical, to provide at least 50% of the bill!)grant funds to minority-serving IHEs or consortia that include such IHEs.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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(Log inLatest Major Action: 9/11/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to edit the wikiSubcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and be the first to update the status of the bill!)Secondary Education.
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