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Rhetoric vs. Reality
Rhetoric vs. RealityColleges confront quagmire of issues associated with remediation.  By Kendra HamiltonThere’s no getting around it. Remedial education — also called developmental education — suffers from an image problem. The fact is all too evident at the macro level — the California State University (CSU) System, for example, expelled 2,009 students in January for […]
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Professors Receive National Award
Professors Receive National AwardWashingtonFor dance professor Cornelius Carter, being named 2001 U.S. Professor of the Year last month was not just a personal triumph or a victory for his institution, the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), but a milestone for the field of dance as well.“I felt so proud that dance was viewed with the same […]
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‘Reality-Based Education’
‘Reality-Based Education’Webster University’s agGressive marketing and flexible scheduling leads to a large enrollment, but accreditation questions persist. By Pearl StewartTwenty-one years ago Brenda Newberry had just given birth to her first child, a girl, in a St. Louis hospital. The next day, she had a visitor, one of her professors from Webster University where she […]
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Harvard University Asks Faculty to Reevaluate Their Grading
Harvard University Asks Faculty to Reevaluate Their GradingCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Weeks after allegations of rampant grade inflation, Harvard University professors are being asked to justify the grades they give students. Dean of undergraduate education Susan Pedersen announced at a recent faculty meeting that faculty members will have until January to provide written explanations of their grading systems. […]
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Colleges Provide Testing Ground for E-Book Innovations
Colleges Provide Testing Ground for E-Book InnovationsWhen librarians at Robert Morris College in Moon Township, Penn., sought volunteers for a research study on using e-books in an undergraduate class, Ashley Hamilton eagerly volunteered to experience what she considers to be an inevitable wave of academic technology. This semester, Hamilton, a sophomore elementary education major from […]
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Standing Up for Diversity
Standing Up for DiversityAs a university established  for deaf students, Gallaudet’s diversity initiatives seek to further empower and enlighten its community.By Phaedra BrothertonWASHINGTONWhen Jerry C. Lee, former president of Gallaudet University — the Washington, D.C.-based university established for deaf and hard of hearing students — resigned in 1987, students rallied on campus for the board […]
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Changing of the Guard
Changing of the GuardAs we completed the previous edition of Black Issues, we were all still coming to grips with the terrorist attacks that hit this country. With so much going on, I failed to tell you about our new “Faculty Club” section of the magazine. Some of you might remember a section called “Faculty […]
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Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsNicholas O. Akinkuoye has been named dean of occupational technologies for the south campus of the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh. Most recently, he served as an assistant dean at Cuyahoga Community College. He received a bachelor’s from Elizabeth City State, a master’s from Texas Southern and a doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic […]
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Taking Stock of GIS Technology at HBCUs
Taking Stock of GIS Technology at HBCUsRecent surveys of information technology resources at historically Black colleges and universities have yielded not only valuable information technology inventories but have provided the basis for new funding and equipment made available to Black campuses by government agencies and Black college organizations, such as the United Negro College Fund. […]
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Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr.
Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr. is known to be enthusiastic about superstring theory and supersymmetry, but another passion has him speaking out —  his commitment to education.By Robin V. SmilesYou have to be a brave person to persevere in a field like theoretical physics. It requires a command of both science and mathematics. The work […]
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Recruiting African American Teachers Requires Collaboration, Cooperation
Recruiting African American Teachers Requires Collaboration, Cooperation Concerns about the quality of instruction in schools are directly related to the quality of teachers who graduate from teacher-education programs. Hence, successful reforms dictate a “simultaneous renewal” of schools and teacher-preparation programs.One of the gravest challenges facing historically Black colleges and universities today is that of preserving […]
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Louisiana’s Last-Place Finish Bayou State continues to fall short when it comes to spending on higher education.
Louisiana’s Last-Place Finish Bayou State continues to fall short when it comes to spending on higher education.By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.Nobody knows better than Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster about the Bayou State’s tradition of skimping when it comes to state spending on higher education. Foster has spent most of his six years as governor trying […]
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