; and (2) offers a postbaccalaureate certificate or postbaccalaureate degree granting program. 730A. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each of the 9 succeeding fiscal years. . 7002. Minority-serving institutions innovation fund Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1133 et seq.) is amended by inserting after part B the following: C Funding Innovations At Minority-Serving Institutions 751. Purpose It is the purpose of this part to assist minority-serving institutions in planning, developing, implementing, validating, and replicating innovations that provide solutions to persistent challenges in enabling economically and educationally disadvantaged students to enroll in, persist through, and graduate from college, including innovations designed to— (1) improve student achievement at minority-serving institutions; (2) increase the successful recruitment at minority-serving institutions of— (A) students from low-income families of all races; (B) adults; and (C) military-affiliated students; (3) increase the rate at which students enrolled in minority-serving institutions make adequate or accelerated progress toward graduation, and successfully graduate from such institutions; (4) increase the number of students pursuing and completing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at minority-serving institutions and pursuing graduate work in such fields, including through the establishment of innovation ecosystems on the campuses of such institutions; (5) redesign course offerings and other instructional strategies at minority-serving institutions to improve student outcomes and reduce postsecondary education costs; (6) enhance the quality and number of traditional and alternative route teacher preparation programs offered by minority-serving institutions; (7) expand the effective use of technology at minority-serving institutions