Black IssuesHBCUsHigher Education Digital Opportunity BillHigher Education Digital Opportunity Bill Faces Uncertain FutureLast summer, congressional legislation earmarking more than a billion dollars to minority-serving institutions to help them upgrade their computing and information infrastructures seemed to have sure prospects following its passage by the U.S. Senate and the House Science Committee. But since the fall, the legislation has languished in […]January 28, 2004StudentsKeeping Score on the AdministrationKeeping Score on the AdministrationEarlier this month President Bush went on the road to mark the second anniversary of his signing of the No Child Left Behind Act. Bush visited schools where the administration had deemed the law a success to congratulate students, staff and parents on improving test scores. And yet, the Washington Post […]January 28, 2004Home‘Imagining Myself and Others’: A Tribute To Today’s Outstanding Young Scholars‘Imagining Myself and Others’: A Tribute To Today’s Outstanding Young ScholarsEditor’s note: The following is excerpted from a speech delivered last spring to the Black Academic Surgeons Convention in Birmingham, Ala.Barreling toward the year 2004, no one can imagine me or you, very clearly. We are thought to represent something, and it is generally little […]January 14, 2004LatinxEventsEVENTSJANUARYJan. 25-27Second National Conference on Best Practices in Black Student AchievementThe Conference Center and Inn at Clemson UniversityClemson, S.C.Phone: (864) 656-2200Web: www.clemson.edu/bestpractices2FEBRUARYFeb. 2-4National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)2004 Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency–Capitol HillWashington, D.C. Contact: Tony Pals Phone: ( 202) 739-0474E-mail: tony@naicu.eduWeb: www.naicu.edu/meetings/index.shtmlFeb. 29-March 3League for Innovation in the Community College7th Annual Innovations […]January 14, 2004HealthGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsThe Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation awarded a total of $25 million in grants to eight U.S. universities that pledged to make entrepreneurship education available across campus. The selected universities receiving multi-million dollar grants are: Florida International University, $3 million; Howard University, $3.1 million; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, $4.5 million; University of North […]January 14, 2004HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional Appointments © Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.comJanuary 14, 2004HomeHow We Use Information TechnologyHow We Use Information TechnologySurveys can be tedious affirmations of what we already know. Sometimes survey authors extrapolate conclusions from raw data that you wouldn’t necessarily agree with.Yet at their best, surveys can reveal new or only partly recognized truths about our collective behavior, which can cause us to re-examine our individual behavior and possibly […]January 14, 2004HomeNational Bar Official to Run Online Law SchoolNational Bar Official to Run Online Law SchoolNEW YORKKaplan Higher Education officials have announced that Barry Currier, a senior official with the American Bar Association (ABA), has been named dean of the Concord Law School, the nation’s only online law school. The appointment is effective June 1. Currently, Currier serves as the senior deputy for […]January 14, 2004HomeAT&T, University Consortium to Advance Grid NetworkingAT&T, University Consortium to Advance Grid NetworkingWASHINGTONAT&T and the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) have collaborated to allow the nation’s research and education community to use AT&T’s newest national network infrastructure for experimental work on the next generation of networking technology and applications, known as grid networking. Among geographically dispersed schools and research centers, grid […]January 14, 2004African-AmericanAfrican American Online Guide Book ReleasedAfrican American Online Guide Book ReleasedTOLEDO, OhioFor those researching African American history and culture on the Internet, a recently published book may provide guidance as to how to get started. Dr. Abdul Alkalimat, a sociology and Africana studies professor at the University of Toledo has authored The African American Experience in Cyberspace: A Resource Guide […]January 14, 2004Previous PagePage 99 of 431Next Page
