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Sharing Techno-Tales
Sharing Techno-TalesSymposium focuses on faculty use of technology NORFOLK, Va.These days, most people’s digital focus is on the NASDAQ’s plummet. But while media pundits uttered grim prognostications about the future of the technology sector, everyone at the recent HBCU Faculty Development Network Symposium was bullish on technology.The symposium drew a diverse array of scholars, from […]
HBCUs
Benedict Conference Prepares Students for Leadership Roles
Benedict Conference Prepares Students for Leadership RolesCOLUMBIA, S.C.Students, faculty and staff from South Carolina’s historically Black colleges and universities gathered last month with community and political leaders to discuss the importance of community involvement and global awareness at Benedict College’s first annual HBCU Leadership Conference.The conference, hosted by Benedict’s office of student leadership development, offered […]
MSIs
Congress Asks GAO to Conduct Study on Digital Divide
Congress Asks GAO to Conduct Study on Digital DivideThe federal government should conduct a comprehensive study on distance learning and digital divide problems that can affect minority-serving institutions, some members of Congress say. A group of Republicans and Democrats is asking the U.S. General Accounting Office to perform such a study,  because Congress is considering […]
Latinx
HBCUs, HSIs Still Face Funding Hurdles
HBCUs, HSIs Still Face Funding HurdlesCongress still has considerable work ahead if it wants to provide a moderate funding increase for minority-serving colleges and universities next year. House and Senate panels responsible for education funding have unveiled their budget proposals for 2002. In something of a surprise, the Democrat-controlled Senate trails the Republican-controlled House in […]
HBCUs
Not Your Average Affirmative Action Program
Not Your Average Affirmative Action ProgramThe decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in Bakke v. Board of Regents recognizes diversity in higher education as a compelling interest that will permit a public university to consider race as a factor in a competitive admissions process. Opponents of affirmative action programs in higher education have mounted […]
HBCUs
HCBUs Awarded Federal Digital Divide Grants
HCBUs Awarded Federal Digital Divide GrantsWASHINGTONNorth Carolina Central University and Grambling State University are among 74 nonprofit organizations, which include colleges, universities, local governments and community development groups, receiving $42.8 million in grants from the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP), which is coordinated by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).The TOP grants, […]
MSIs
The Road From Bowie to Indianapolis: Sharing the IT Experience
The Road From Bowie to Indianapolis: Sharing the IT Experience For information technology professionals, administrators and faculty members at American colleges and universities, technology conferences provide useful forums for teaching and learning about the latest trends in computing and other technologies.  Among those professionals in positions to share knowledge about their school’s technology experiences, there’s […]
Community Colleges
Black College Reunion Brings Millions
Black College Reunion Brings Millions To Daytona Area, Expert SaysDAYTONA BEACH, Fla.The Black College Reunion generates $145 million in economic activity for the Daytona Beach, Fla., region, according to an economist’s studies. The three-day event, which brings as many as 100,000 spring breakers from historically Black colleges across the nation, also supports the equivalent of […]
Latinx
House Plan Seeks Education Increase
House Plan Seeks Education IncreaseFederal funding vital to low-income students and minority-serving institutions would increase under a new 2002 budget bill emerging from discussions in the U.S. House of Representatives.The legislation from a House appropriations subcommittee would provide $7 billion more for education next year, an increase of 17 percent from current funding of $42 […]
Students
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 […]
HBCUs
Why FAMU Matters
Why FAMU MattersDegree production:n FAMU is the nation’s leading producer of African Americans receiving baccalaureate degrees. It is a distinction the university has held for five consecutive years. In 2000, the university awarded bachelor’s degrees to 1,309 African Americans.n FAMU is the nation’s leading producer of African American undergraduates receiving bachelor’s degrees in education.n FAMU […]
Students
What’s in FAMU’S FUTURE?
What’s in FAMU’S FUTURE? With Its Leadership in transition, Will the country’s top producer of Black undergraduates sustain its momentum ?By Cheryl D. FieldsTallahassee, Fla.s unsettling as it can be, change is one of the inevitabilities of the human condition. It can present torrents of unimaginable horrors as easily as it can serve up blue […]
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