Black IssuesLatinxSenate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUsSenate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics Calling current funding inadequate, the U.S. Senate is proposing moderate increases next year for both well-known and smaller federal programs serving Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions.While one plan would increase funds for the traditional Higher Education Act (HEA) Title III programs for HBCUs, another […]November 3, 2004InternationalPushing the Walls of the Classroom AsidePushing the Walls of the Classroom AsideWe talk about being a part of the “global community” and how our country is “so diverse” so much that I wonder if we truly comprehend indeed how much our world is changing and what it all portends. The increasing diversity on our college campuses really hit me when […]November 3, 2004Home© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.comOctober 20, 2004HomeGrants & AwardsCampbellsville University (Ky.) received a $150,000 grant from Toyota USA Foundation to expand the Science Connections Initiative, a science partnership project. The Connecticut Community College System’s College of Technology will receive a four-year $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an Advanced Technology Education Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing. El Camino […]October 20, 2004HomeMaking Sense of Optical StorageMaking Sense of Optical StorageComputer manufacturers have always loved their acronyms, and this has never been so evident as in the world of computer optical storage. It’s an alphabet soup: DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, CD-R, and CD-ROM. It sometimes seems you need a Ph.D. to make sense of it all.While computer hard […]October 20, 2004HomeCollegiate Programmers to Participate in ‘Tech Olympics’Collegiate Programmers to Participate in ‘Tech Olympics’WACO, TexasThousands of collegiate programmers are expected to participate in the international “Tech Olympics,” also known as the 2004-2005 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Sponsored by IBM, the contest allows programmers to work with Linux and Eclipse languages. This year, IBM will expose the […]October 20, 2004DisabiltiesUniversity of Illinois Unveils World’s Most Powerful MRIUniversity of Illinois Unveils World’s Most Powerful MRICHICAGOThe University of Illinois at Chicago has introduced the world’s most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine for human studies, capable of imaging not just the anatomy but the metabolism within the brain.This advanced technology brings in a new age of metabolic imaging that will help researchers understand […]October 20, 2004HomeDocumentary on Community Radio Format Getting TV Broadcast TimeDocumentary on Community Radio Format Getting TV Broadcast TimeNEW YORK “LPFM: The People’s Choice,” a documentary on low power FM radio, tells the story of how the community-oriented radio format is “bringing diverse peoples closer together and giving new life to declining communities, new strength to neighborhoods and new voices in the marketplace of ideas,” […]October 20, 2004HomeSurvey Reveals 10 Biggest Trends in Internet UseSurvey Reveals 10 Biggest Trends in Internet Use New digital divides emerging, credibility of Internet dropping LOS ANGELESA decade after the World Wide Web opened up convenient Internet use to millions of Americans, 10 major trends have emerged to reveal how the Internet most affects its users, according to a comprehensive study of online technology […]October 20, 2004StudentsIs it Time to Disband Black Fraternities and Sororities?Is it Time to Disband Black Fraternities and Sororities?A couple of weeks ago, one of my favorite former students — now an administrator at Fisk University — called to inquire how quickly I could get Fisk on my speaking schedule. He informed me that my fraternity brothers on the campus had become the latest victimizers […]October 20, 2004Previous PagePage 38 of 431Next Page