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Microsoft Showcases Higher Education Initiatives
Microsoft Showcases Higher Education Initiatives REDMOND, Wash.  At the third annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, company Chairman Bill Gates announced the formation of the Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board. Speaking to 325 faculty researchers from institutions worldwide, Gates stressed the importance of finding innovative ways to foster a safer, more private and more reliable computing […]
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Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: ‘Plugged in’ in the Piedmont
‘Plugged in’ in the PiedmontDr. Dorothy Cowser YancyJohnson C. Smith UniversityIt takes a lot of personal energy to be a college president, especially when one’s goal is to achieve more than the status quo. Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy has always been known as someone with energy to spare. As the president of Johnson C. Smith University, […]
Students
National Survey Seeks To Improve Retention, Graduation Rates
National Survey Seeks To Improve Retention, Graduation RatesBLOOMINGTON,  Ind.Too many college students leave college before finishing; only about half earn a baccalaureate degree within six years; and many of those who stay in school don’t learn as much as they should. But a new project, based at Indiana University in Bloomington, aims to reverse these […]
Faculty & Staff
Wait Until This Year
Wait Until This YearThe enduring quality of higher education is that each year about this time, as we kick off the academic season, we all get a chance to start over again. Whether it be the freshman who got into college by the skin of his or her teeth, the seasoned faculty sage or the […]
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Carnegie Mellon Collaborates With Minority-Serving Institutions on Internet Security
Carnegie Mellon Collaborates With Minority-Serving Institutions on Internet Security A collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University and minority-serving institutions may prove instrumental in preparing a generation of Black and Latino computer professionals who are highly skilled in Internet security. This summer, the Pittsburgh-based research university began working with historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions […]
Students
Cultural Immersion
Cultural ImmersionBlack Issues associate editor experiences first-hand the benefits of studying abroad during a weeklong trip to Strasbourg, FranceKnowing what I know now, there is no way I would have finished my undergraduate degree without studying abroad for some period of time during those four years — a semester, a year, or even two weeks […]
Faculty & Staff
Just Call Them Courageous
Just Call Them CourageousSix young men from the “Call Me Mister” program stopped by the offices of Black Issues late last month, and you can call us “impressed.” For those of you not familiar with “Call Me Mister,” the project’s mission is to recruit and train Black males as elementary teachers in South Carolina’s public […]
Faculty & Staff
Bush Names 14 to Tribal College Board
Bush Names 14 to Tribal College BoardWASHINGTONPresident Bush last month appointed 14 individuals to serve on the President’s Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities.Authorized under an executive order, the board is charged with ensuring that tribal colleges and universities have full access to federal and private programs and funds that benefit other higher […]
Faculty & Staff
Fired Athletic Director, Connecticut College Reach Settlement
Fired Athletic Director, Connecticut College Reach SettlementNEW LONDON, Conn.Connecticut College has reached a settlement with a former athletic director who had accused college administrators of racial discrimination. In March, the college decided not to reappoint Kenneth McBryde, 49, who was hired as athletic director and an adjunct professor in 1997.McBryde, who is Black, claimed in […]
Faculty & Staff
Ohio State to Lay Off 119 Workers, Cut Hundreds of Positions
Ohio State to Lay Off 119 Workers, Cut Hundreds of PositionsCOLUMBUS, OhioOhio State University said last month it is laying off 119 employees and cutting hundreds of other positions because of cuts in state funding. The university says the layoffs are needed because of a $28 million reduction it received after a state budget cut […]
Students
Filling the Budget GAP
Filling the Budget GAPUniversity administrators face tough choices as states cut deep into higher education budgetsBy Page Boinest Melton Norfolk State University President Marie McDemmond hoped this year to tackle the university’s student space shortage. Troubled that financial aid students spill out the doors of the administration building, and that admissions officers interview prospective students […]
Students
Research & Reality
Research & RealityMorgan State takes two-prong approach to stemming educational leadership deficit.BALTIMOREJuanita Eagleson, a former associate dean at Southeastern University in Washington, was in the midst of a  “career doldrums” when she heard that Dr. Howard Simmons, the former executive director of the Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, was […]
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