Black IssuesLatinxEducation Spending Tops Congress’ Fall AgendaEducation Spending Tops Congress’ Fall AgendaTeacher education, welfare reform are among other hot-button issues to be addressed By Charles Dervarics After months of disappointing efforts in seeking student-aid increases, education advocates are pinning their hopes on a U.S. Senate plan that will come up for debate in September.A coalition of senators, mostly Democrats, is seeking […]September 10, 2003HBCUsA Post-Sept. 11 Academic WorldA Post-Sept. 11 Academic WorldSo much has changed since Sept. 11, 2001. What we talk about and what we worry about were forever changed after the terrorist attacks.We live with Sept. 11 every day — when we go through airports, there’s heightened security; the massive power outages that blacked out Cleveland to New York recently […]September 10, 2003Community CollegesCommitted to Open AccessCommitted to Open Access By Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail The academic value of diversity has long been proven but is rarely given national attention other than in emotionally charged affirmative action debates. Such debates were at the heart of the wrangling over the University of Michigan admissions policies and the U.S. Supreme Court’s final ruling. […]August 27, 2003HomeGrants & AwardsEmory University’s School of Medicine (Ga.) received a $2 million donation from J.B. Fuqua, a philanthropist and Atlanta businessman. The gift will be used to fund a faculty chair position in late-life depression. The Houston Community College System received a $417,963 Skills Development Grant from the Texas Workforce Commission to train 290 new or upgraded […]August 27, 2003HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional Appointments Dr. Shari Clarke has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. Previously, she was associate to the president at the University of Nebraska. Clarke earned a bachelor’s from Lane College, a master’s from Bowling Green State University and a doctorate in educational leadership and higher education from the […]August 27, 2003StudentsExpanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher EducationExpanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher EducationAugust 27, 2003Leadership & PolicyThe Price of EducationThe Price of EducationBy Julianne Malveaux I can’t explain my eclectic reading habits, or my innate curiosity about all kinds of things. The combination of the two explains, perhaps, why I snatched Andrew Ward’s book about the Fisk Jubilee Singers off a sale table at a small bookstore, and devoured it on a cross-country flight […]August 27, 2003HomeTaming the Power of a PCTaming the Power of a PCBy Reid Goldsborough Like many machines, personal computers have the ability to both empower and alienate. Only they do it better. On the one hand, PCs enable you to accomplish several tasks — what previously took many people — boosting your productivity and freeing you from needing to work with […]August 27, 2003Community CollegesBaltimore Community College To Offer Online Law Enforcement DegreeBaltimore Community College To Offer Online Law Enforcement DegreeBy Ronald Roach BaltimoreBaltimore City Community College (BCCC) will offer an associate’s degree in law enforcement entirely online beginning this fall. Online courses will include Introduction to Criminal Justice, Fundamentals of Law Enforcement, People’s Law, Organizational Dynamics, and Investigative Principles and Concepts, and others. All course requirements, […]August 27, 2003Leadership & PolicyNew Web Site to Focus on the Business of Higher EducationNew Web Site to Focus on the Business of Higher EducationBy Ronald Roach NEW YORKLearningTimes LLC, a provider of online conference communities for education, and the Campus Computing Project, the largest ongoing study of information technology in American higher education, have announced the launch of MarketTimes, a Web-based information service focused on the postsecondary education […]August 27, 2003Previous PagePage 130 of 431Next Page
