Black IssuesHomeTeaching Du Bois at the Right MomentTeaching Du Bois at the Right MomentBy Dr. Caroline MaunThis has been a deliberate semester. I teach an honors freshman English course at Morgan State University in Baltimore, where there has been a semester-long celebration of W.E.B. Du Bois’ seminal work The Souls of Black Folk. The text is an outstanding choice for this class […]June 18, 2003HomeGrants & AwardsA The American Indian College Fund received a $60,000 grant from the UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of the United Parcel Service. The grant will be used for scholarships for American Indian students attending tribal colleges across the United States. Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland received a $25 million gift from […]June 18, 2003HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional Appointments Dr. M. Christopher Brown II has been named executive director and chief research scientist of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute of the United Negro College Fund. Brown earned a bachelor’s from South Carolina State University, a master’s from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate in higher education from Penn State University.Vielka […]June 18, 2003HomeDiversity and Motivation:Diversity and Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching By Raymond J. Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg John Wiley & Sons, Jan. 2003 (second edition), 384 pp., $27.00 paperback, ISBN 0-7879-6742-4 Many of my colleagues and I have been teaching for at least 20 years. We have adjusted to larger classes, and to more foreign students with […]June 18, 2003HomeLearning the Lingo of the Electronic AgeLearning the Lingo of the Electronic AgeBy Reid Goldsborough As if the world of computers and the Internet isn’t difficult enough, it also comes with its own vocabulary. Just as with any other field, you can’t walk the walk unless you talk the talk. Acronyms, jargon and buzzwords serve several purposes. They condense complicated concepts […]June 18, 2003HomeMagic Johnson Foundation, HP Open Tech Center in MichiganMagic Johnson Foundation, HP Open Tech Center in MichiganBy Ronald Roach LANSING, Mich.Aiming to push community-based technology as a means to bridge the digital divide, the Hewlett-Packard company and the Magic Johnson Foundation have opened the 11th Magic Johnson HP Inventor Center at the Black Child and Family Institute in Lansing. The center offers training […]June 18, 2003HomeNew Association to Set Digital Teaching StandardsNew Association to Set Digital Teaching StandardsBy Ronald Roach MUNCIE, Ind. Sixteen universities and colleges have formed the International Digital Media and Arts Association, which will provide research, organizational and teaching assistance in creating standards for evolving digital media curriculum. The group, which was formed in March, will also work to establish best practices, certification […]June 18, 2003HomeFunding Challenges Top Survey of IT IssuesFunding Challenges Top Survey of IT IssuesBy Ronald Roach WASHINGTONIn the fourth annual “Current IT Issues Survey,” EDUCAUSE, the leading association for information technology in higher education, reports that IT funding challenges have become the No. 1 issue on three of the four survey measures for 2003. Released last month, the survey is based on […]June 18, 2003HomeMinority Women See Advancement Through Information TechnologyMinority Women See Advancement Through Information TechnologyBy Ronald Roach University Park, Pa.When compared to middle class and professional minority women, poor minority women have higher expectations for social and economic advancement through opportunities in information technology (IT), including escaping poverty as a step to upward mobility, according to a researcher at Penn State University. A […]June 18, 2003HomeToyota USA Foundation Announces Awards for Math, Science TeachingToyota USA Foundation Announces Awards for Math, Science Teaching By Ronald Roach NEW YORKThe Toyota USA Foundation has announced that it is awarding $695,965 in grants to four universities to support initiatives designed to enhance the teaching of K-12 math and science. Recipients of the awards are the University of Central Florida, Orlando; the University […]June 18, 2003Previous PagePage 142 of 431Next Page