MOLIS Mission
Statement
Utilizing appropriate
technology, the Minority On-Line Information Service
(MOLIS) provides value-added services that promote education, research, and diversity
on a national level for Minority Institutions in partnership with government,
industry and other sectors.
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MOLIS Goals
I. Develop and maintain
complete and current educational, research, and other relevant information on
Minority Institutions.
II. Increase the opportunities that benefit the minority education and research
communities.
III.Increase the competitiveness of Minority Institutions in obtaining extramural
support.
IV. Help diversify and support Minority Institutions.
MOLIS has added a new web application called the On-Line Research Information
System (ORIS). ORIS allows you to enter researcher, award, and research center
information for MOLIS from your campus through the World Wide Web. For information
concerning ORIS, please call the MOLIS Support Center @ (301) 549-1404
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Frequently Asked
Questions
- What
are the origins of the MOLIS?
- Why
aren't all minority institutions in the United States represented in MOLIS?
- What
defines an institution as a Minority Institution?
- I'm
a faculty member of a MOLIS institution and I noticed that my personnel profile
is inaccurate or out of date, how can I make sure the information is corrected?
- How
do I find a MOLIS institution's official home page?
- How
do I find other types of scholarship/fellowship information not included in
MOLIS?
1.
What are the origins of the MOLIS?
In 1990, FIE developed
the Minority On-Line Information System to provide a free, comprehensive research
and institutional capabilities database on Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)
and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). MOLIS also provides
information on current educational and research programs and profiles on over 25,000 faculty
members at Minority Institutions (MIs). The extraordinary
success of MOLIS is due to the real world value of its institutional data to
government and industry and its opportunities data to minority campuses. This
effort was funded by a consortium of federal agencies. Currently MOLIS houses
comprehensive research and institutional capabilities on over 260 Hispanic Serving
Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority
Postsecondary Institutions (MPIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs),
and other MIs. FIE's trained staff visit minority campuses throughout the academic
year to train faculty, administrators and students to utilize its on-line system
and to gather capabilities data.
2.
Why aren't all minority institutions in the United States represented in MOLIS?
Many factors have
shaped MOLIS as you see it today. Primary among those is the level and nature
of Federal Government funding we receive. Thanks to a grant from DoD we were
recently able to add almost all of the Predominantly Black Colleges and Universities
and all Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities. Under this grant with
DoD we will be adding an additional 150 schools over the next three years. Our
vision of the future is one that includes comprehensive minority representation
on MOLIS. Non-inclusion of certain Federal Government recognized MIs on MOLIS
at this time in no way implies that those MIs are not important, or that they
are less in need of representation. We are working on collecting the information
from more minority institutions to provide their information on-line. We encourage
participating MIs to submit current information on their institutions to the
MOLIS team as soon as it becomes available. We also encourage and welcome any
and all feedback (info@iam-molis.org) from users of the MOLIS system.
3.
What defines an institution as a Minority Institution?
The U.S. Department
of Education can only classify an institution as a Minority Institution. Identification
of minority institutions by OCR pursuant to 1135d-5(3), Education Amendments
of 1986 to the Higher Education Act of 1965. The 2000 United States Department
of Education U.S. Accredited Postsecondary Minority Institutions list can be
found at: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/minorityinst.html.
4.
I'm a faculty member of a MOLIS institution and I noticed that my personnel
profile is inaccurate or out of date, how can I make sure the information is
corrected?
Faculty members
and administrators can keep their data current by using the On-Line
Research Information System (ORIS). This web application allows individual
faculty members (or the Sponsored Research liason)to log on to MOLIS and make any necessary changes to their faculty's profiles.
The system is password protected and safe to use. For information concerning
ORIS, please call Robin at (301) 549-1404.
5.
How do I find a MOLIS institution's official home page?
Homepages for
the MIs can be found in the "Minority Institution Information" section
of MOLIS under "Other Minority Institution Information" and can be
accessed by selecting the "Links to Minority Institution Homepages"
link.
The URLs (Universal Resource Locators) can also be found at the main page (Minority
Institution Data) of each MI.
6.
How do I find other types of scholarship/fellowship information not included
in MOLIS?
For more information
on scholarships/fellowships available to ALL students contact:
NOTE: We welcome and encourage your comments and questions. So that
we can provide you with complete and accurate assistance, please be as specific
as possible when submitting questions. Thank you for your interest in MOLIS.
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