Black IssuesStudentsNew Program to Fund Graduate Research in EducationNew Program to Fund Graduate Research in EducationThe U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) recently announced a new program to fund graduate training programs in the education sciences. These programs will train a new generation of education researchers capable of producing scientific evidence to guide education policy and classroom practice. Such evidence […]March 10, 2004StudentsSen. Clinton Unveils Plan to Help Nontraditional StudentsSen. Clinton Unveils Plan to Help Nontraditional StudentsNontraditional students trying to get their college degrees tend to get short shrift, according to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., who recently proposed legislation to help improve graduation rates among these students and tear down some of the barriers they face.Clinton announced the measure, known as the Non-Traditional […]March 10, 2004HomeTechnology’s Pros and ConsTechnology’s Pros and ConsAdmit it. Go ahead. Don’t be ashamed. Names like Kazaa, Morpheus, Napster and Gnutella perhaps mean little, if anything, to you. But to Internet-savvy college students and frustrated university officials, such names are at the center of an ongoing conflict involving both the economics and the ethics of illegal downloading (or pirating) […]March 10, 2004StudentsPlacing Diversity at the Core Of Institutional ExcellencePlacing Diversity at the Core Of Institutional ExcellenceIn its Oct. 23, 2003, publication, Black Issues In Higher Education identified the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as one of a group of universities that have made progress in recruiting and retaining ethnically diverse faculty. As gratifying as that recognition is, it speaks to only part of […]February 25, 2004HomeProfessional Appointments© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.comFebruary 25, 2004HomeEventsEventsFEBRUARYFeb. 28-March 2American Council on Education86th Annual MeetingFontainebleau Hilton, Miami Beach, Fla.E-mail: annualmeeting@ace.nche.eduWeb: www.acenet.eduMARCHMarch 19-22Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)59th Annual Conference and Exhibit Show“Face of Education: Courageous Actions, Powerful Stories” Morial Convention CenterNew Orleans, La. Web: www.ascd.org/cms/ index.cfm?TheViewID=2228APRILApril 14-16University Continuing Education Association (UCEA)89th Annual Conference“The New Majority” San Antonio, TexasWeb: www.ucea.edu/2004confmain.htm April 15-17Educational […]February 25, 2004HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsCalifornia State University-Northridge received a state-of-the-art parts manufacturing system from Chatsworth-based Fadal Center Machining, Inc. valued at $106,000 for the manufacturing systems engineering and management department. The department intends to incorporate the machine into the curriculum of several courses, including senior design capstone course, manufacturing systems engineering senior design, fundamentals of computer-aided manufacturing, […]February 25, 2004HomeComputer Problems Can Infuriate Even the Most Tech SavvyComputer Problems Can Infuriate Even the Most Tech SavvyWhich high-tech products give you the most grief? Surprisingly, more people singled out TiVo and replay digital recording systems than personal computers, according to a recent survey by Best Buy .Nine percent of people said they found these TV devices difficult to use. The same percentage found […]February 25, 2004StudentsPittsburgh Site Chosen for Urban Land Institute Design CompetitionPittsburgh Site Chosen for Urban Land Institute Design CompetitionPITTSBURGHAn underutilized parcel of commercial property in Pittsburgh’s Strip District has been chosen as the site for the second annual ULI (Urban Land Institute) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The competition for graduate students was created to honor the legacy of urban development pioneer Gerald […]February 25, 2004HomeWeb Site Highlights Paul Laurence Dunbar’s PoetryWeb Site Highlights Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Poetry DAYTON, OhioNearly 100 years after his death in 1906, Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first African Americans to gain national prominence as a poet, is reaching a new, large and appreciative audience because of the Internet. The Paul Laurence Dunbar Web site, sponsored by the University of […]February 25, 2004Previous PagePage 91 of 431Next Page