Black IssuesHomeGrants & AwardsBowie State University (Md.) was recently awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation as part of the university’s initiative to increase the percentage of underrepresented minority science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors. San Francisco State University recently received a five-year $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health-funded Research in Training […]September 8, 2004HomeStopping Web Plagiarists From Stealing Your ContentStopping Web Plagiarists From Stealing Your ContentHow do you stop people from lifting content from your site and using it at their site? You can use a Web search service such as Google, searching for unique strings of text at your site to uncover other sites with the same content. Alternatively, you can buy a […]September 8, 2004HomeNova Southeastern Teams With AssociationNova Southeastern Teams With Association On Training Distance Education Managers FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.The U.S. Distance Learning Association has teamed up with Florida-based Nova Southastern University to launch a certificate program to help institutional managers integrate electronic education practices into their business processes. Debuting Oct. 8-9, the “Distance Learning Leaders” certificate program requires two on-site days […]September 8, 2004HomeUSC Launches New Center for Communication TechnologyUSC Launches New Center for Communication TechnologyLOS ANGELESThe University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication has announced that Dr. Jeffrey Cole and his staff at the Center for Communication Policy, formerly based at UCLA, will lead the newly established Center for the Digital Future, a policy and research center devoted to the study of […]September 8, 2004HomeInternet Exerts Significant Influence on Users, Survey SaysInternet Exerts Significant Influence on Users, Survey SaysWASHINGTONMost Internet users in the United States say the Internet plays a significant role in their daily lives, according to a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. For example, 64 percent of Internet users say their daily routines and activities would be affected if […]September 8, 2004HomeKnow Your Enemy: The Assault on DiversityKnow Your Enemy: The Assault on DiversityWhile policy-makers and educational administrators decry the underrepresentation of African American students in institutions of higher education, groups like the Center for Individual Rights (CIR) work to limit African American presence on campuses even more. While innovative programmers build programs that will attract African American students to their campuses, […]September 8, 2004HBCUsInvesting in HBCU LeadershipInvesting in HBCU LeadershipSouthern Education Foundation creates three-year initiative to facilitate HBCU accreditationBy Crystal L. KeelsKnoxville College, Morris Brown College and Barber Scotia College. These institutions are just some of the recent victims of lost accreditation — and there are others. Many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have either teetered on the brink, suffered […]September 8, 2004HomeThe Citadel: Facts and MilestonesThe Citadel: Facts and Milestones1822: Amid the panic that following the Denmark Vessey slave rebellion, the South Carolina Legislature passes an “An Act to Establish a Competent Force to act as a Municipal Guard for the Protection of the City of Charleston and Vicinity.” The building, completed in 1829, was known as The Citadel and […]September 8, 2004African-AmericanThe African American Studies MinorThe African American Studies MinorThe African American studies minor at The Citadel consists of five courses or 15 credit hours. Introduction to African American studies is a required course. Students are also required to take two electives in core courses in African American literature, African American history and the modern civil rights movement. And the […]September 8, 2004HBCUsTMSF President, Veteran Journalist ChronicleTMSF President, Veteran Journalist Chronicle History of Black Colleges in New BookTrying to gain a better understanding of historically Black colleges and universities when he became president of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund in 1999, Dwayne Ashley couldn’t find anything that had been written about HBCUs that was comprehensive. “You’ve got all these scholarly books […]September 8, 2004Previous PagePage 48 of 431Next Page
