Black IssuesStudentsFlorida State Showcases Student Films on InternetFlorida State Showcases Student Films on InternetTallahassee, Fla.Florida State University has a special Web site to enable the general public to view the work of its student filmmakers. Through RealPlayer or QuickTime, FSU’s School of Motion Picture, Tele-vision and Recording Arts’ Web site is showcasing 30 films. University officials say the digital movies range from […]December 19, 2001LatinxIT Networks Going Wireless at Tribal CollegesIT Networks Going Wireless at Tribal CollegesIt’s not surprising that Turtle Mountain Community College’s president, Dr. Gerald E. Monette, wants to use technology to alleviate the isolation experienced by the North Dakota-based tribal college. Located a few miles from the Canadian border, the Turtle Mountain campus sits on a Chippewa Indian reservation in an area […]December 19, 2001Latinx2001 A Year in Review2001 A Year in Review2001 is a year most Americans will not forget. The year the United States experienced its worst act of domestic terrorism, claiming the lives of approximately 4,000 to 5,000 people. Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, college communities across the country united to understand the national tragedy. On the heels […]December 19, 2001StudentsHoward Symposium HighlightsHoward Symposium Highlights Scholarship of Teaching, LearningWASHINGTONA lecture by Dr. Lee S. Shulman on the scholarship of teaching and learning attracted an enthusiastic audience of more than 150 Howard University faculty members and graduate students to a half-day symposium on improving doctoral education. With as many faculty members as graduate students in attendance, Shulman, president […]December 19, 2001Leadership & PolicyRoxbury President Resigns After AuditRoxbury President Resigns After Audit Shows Millions MismanagedBOSTONThe embattled president of Roxbury Community College, who had been accused by state auditors of mismanaging $3.5 million in financial aid, has resigned. But her downfall has apparently brought to light an even bigger financial mess than auditors had expected. Two days after school President Grace C. Brown […]December 19, 2001Faculty & StaffNorth Carolina Central Employees Give University Early Christmas PresentNorth Carolina Central Employees Give University Early Christmas PresentSixty-six professors and administrators from North Carolina Central University in Durham have given their institution an early Christmas present: They gave back their salary increases in November to help the school deal with a reversion crisis that threatens to swamp all North Carolina campuses.The amount of the […]December 19, 2001HomeMLA PreviewMLA PreviewGwendolyn Brooks Panel, Callaloo Anniversary — Just a Few Highlights of the Conference. While everyone else is making Christmas lists and checking them twice, language and literature professors from around the country are planning for their annual post-Yule ritual — the Modern Languages Association conference — a huge annual gathering of scholars, job-seeking graduate […]December 19, 2001Faculty & Staff(Re)Tracing(Re)Tracing Oral History in InkAfter years of teaching, researching and writing about literature of the African Diaspora, several English professors have turned their focus toward a more personal nature. By Robin V. SmilesGrowing up in Charles City County, Va., Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance and her family did not know the story of their great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother Elizabeth […]December 19, 2001African-AmericanNew NAFEO Leader Proposes Ambitious AgendaNew NAFEO Leader Proposes Ambitious AgendaWASHINGTONThe National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education put lawmakers and higher education leaders on notice earlier this month, when its new president announced that his priority will be seeing to it that more historically Black institutions are given the support and resources they need to become comprehensive research […]December 19, 2001Leadership & PolicyDelaware, Spelman Sign Historic Partnership AgreementDelaware, Spelman Sign Historic Partnership AgreementATLANTAThe University of Delaware and Spelman College in Atlanta signed an historic partnership agreement to create educational opportunities for students and faculty in conjunction with the Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art, a premier compilation that was presented to the University of Delaware early this year (see Black […]December 19, 2001Previous PagePage 261 of 431Next Page
