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Breaking Down the Mental Barriers
Breaking Down the Mental BarriersLast August we dedicated an entire edition to international education. We received quite a bit of feedback from readers who were interested in study abroad programs and the idea of providing international experiences for students of color. Then came Sept. 11 a month later. The phones in the offices of study […]
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Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsDr. Jerome A. Atkins has been named vice president for academic affairs at Baltimore City Community College. Most recently Atkins was a dean at Excelsior College (N.Y.). He earned a bachelor’s from Howard University, master’s degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Purdue University and Marymount University, and a doctorate from Auburn University. […]
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Going Online With V-HBCU
Going Online With V-HBCUCoalition seeks to boost presence of HBCUs in distance learningFor many higher education institutions, the establishment of online distance education courses and certificate and degree programs remains a difficult struggle despite the presence of hundreds of schools in the online sector. The task of building and maintaining a top-notch information technology infrastructure […]
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Connecting The Classroom and the Community
Connecting The Classroom and the CommunityService-learning programs allow students to apply real-world experience with classroom studyBy Phaedra Brotherton The events of Sept. 11 have been credited with awakening a desire for many to do something meaningful and give back to their communities. But for the past decade, a growing number of institutions of higher education […]
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Morehouse Hangs On to Top Title
Morehouse Hangs On to Top Title At Annual Academic ChallengeORLANDO, Fla.For the second consecutive year, Atlanta’s Morehouse College emerged as the National Champion at the 2002 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), an academic competition among the best and brightest students at the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities held earlier this month in Orlando, Fla. […]
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Wanted: New Members for Black Grad Student Group
Wanted: New Members for Black Grad Student GroupBy Cheryl D. FieldsWASHINGTONAt the top of the agenda for the annual meeting of the National Black Graduate Student Association, held in Washington at Howard University late last month, was a call for members to get involved in recruitment.Roughly 250 students, a number of whom were undergraduates, turned […]
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New Legislation May Aid Minority-Serving Institutions
New Legislation May Aid Minority-Serving InstitutionsNew federal legislation to help implement technology at minority-serving institutions may have a major positive effect for Black colleges and Hispanic-serving colleges and universities, witnesses told a Senate panel.In a congressional hearing originally scheduled for last fall but delayed following the attacks of Sept. 11, HBCU and HSI leaders said […]
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Education Beyond the Classroom
Education Beyond the ClassroomThe relationship between a university and its surrounding community often is a tenuous one. The college or university frequently is viewed as an inaccessible institution that is often more concerned about constructing new buildings and expanding the boundaries of its campus until the community cries “enough is enough.” And the longer the […]
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UNCF Technology Campaign Raises $90 Million
UNCF Technology Campaign Raises $90 MillionFAIRFAX, Va.The campaign by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to raise funds, equipment and services to help its member schools bridge the “digital divide” has recently surpassed the $90 million mark, according to UNCF officials. The campaign, launched just over a year ago with a goal of $80 million, […]
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D.C. Tuition Bill Extends Reach to All HBCUs
D.C. Tuition Bill Extends Reach to All HBCUsResidents of the District of Columbia could gain significant new benefits — including tuition discounts at many Black colleges — under legislation that has cleared Congress and is awaiting President Bush’s signature.The Senate in March joined the House of Representatives in approving H.R. 1499, a bill to expand […]
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Project Seeks to Preserve Legacy of African American Leaders
Project Seeks to Preserve Legacy of African American LeadersWASHINGTONEducator and philanthropist Dr. Camille O. Cosby and veteran newsmaker and producer Renee Poussaint recently launched the National Visionary Leadership Project (NVLP), a nationwide program that will record, preserve and disseminate videotaped biographical interviews of African American elders. The NVLP was established to ensure the preservation of […]
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HBCUs Get Few R&D Dollars, Leaders Say
HBCUs Get Few R&D Dollars, Leaders SayThe share of federal research dollars flowing to Black colleges is going down instead of up, says one HBCU leader who is urging Congress to focus more attention on the issue.Of the $14 billion awarded government-wide to colleges and universities for research and development, less than 1 percent — […]
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