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Think TANKs in the United States

Think TANKs in the United States• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), Washington• American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), Washington• Asia Pacific Policy Center (APPC), Washington• Asia/Pacific Research Center (A/PARC), Stanford, Calif.• Asia Society, New York• The Aspen Institute, Washington• Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS), Washington• Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Fairfax, Va.• Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), Berkeley, Calif.• The Brookings […]

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech Field

Ceiling Lifted on Foreigners, While U.S. Minorities Still Underrepresented in High-Tech FieldMore so than ever before, employers are seeking foreign workers to fill skilled jobs that go unfilled in the United States. But the trend is prompting debate about how better to focus federal attention on education and job training — including the role of […]

ACE, Carnegie Corp. Select 8 Schools With Outstanding International Programs

ACE, Carnegie Corp. Select 8 Schools With Outstanding International ProgramsThe American Council on Education and Carnegie Corp. of New York have selected eight colleges and universities known for outstanding achievements in internationalizing their undergraduate programs to participate in a project to highlight promising practices in international education.The Promising Practices: Institutional Models of Comprehensive Internationalization project […]

Natural Allies

Natural AlliesBlack colleges and two-year schools try to come together to create a network of seamless education for minority students Several years ago, officials at San Francisco City College here began the African American Achievement Program, aimed at encouraging more of the school’s Black students to transfer to four-year schools.It started out pretty small. But […]

Community Colleges

Community College Education…

Community College Education…he telephone calls, letters and e-mail requests pour in from the four corners of the Earth — from countries where government coffers are flush with oil money, as well as from those that can barely afford to feed their populace. These days, the foreign dignitaries and education ministry bureaucrats that contact American community […]

Re-Calculating Math Instruction

Re-Calculating Math InstructionProfessors in the ethnomathematics movement are bringing diversity, culture and a more accurate history to math instructionBy Pamela R. WeigerOrange Coast, Calif.ichael Jordan, according to some math professors, is a mathematician. He estimates wrist angles, calculates the relationship between distance and speed and analyzes circumference. Interpreting the work of people like Jordan in […]

Events

EVENTSJULYJuly 22-25National Association of College and University Business Officers2000 Annual Meeting“Shaping the New Millennium”ChicagoContact: Maureen McCarthyPhone: (202) 861-2523Fax: (202) 296-1592E-mail: mmcarthy@nacubo.orgWeb: www.nacubo.orgJuly 24-28National Research Center for the Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition13th Annual International ConferenceRedding, EnglandContact: Nina GlissonPhone: (803) 777-6029Fax: (803) 777-4699E-mail: fyecons@ss1.csd.sc.eduJuly 25-28National Conference of La Raza21st Annual ConferenceHoustonContact: Lizette RosalesPhone: (202) […]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Of Teacher Preparation

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Of Teacher PreparationWe all know the role that educators play, that students learn from teachers. But who teaches the teachers? How do educators determine the best ways to lay the groundwork for those who will replace them in the hallowed halls of academia? Preparing a Nation’s Teachers offers […]

Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law Schools

Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law SchoolsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two months ago, more than 11,000 angry protesters marched here on Florida’s Capitol to protest Gov. Jeb Bush’s plan to end affirmative action in university admissions and state contracting.Now the Florida governor is poised to sign legislation that would create two new law […]

Faculty & Staff

Rafting Towards New Major’s

Rafting Towards New Major’s“Mom, I’ve decided to major in adventure sports.” Not words every mother wants to hear. We’re talking mountain biking. Scuba diving. Spelunking. It’s news to test a parent’s open-mindedness. Exotic or highly specialized majors carry the baggage of the unfamiliar — negative assumptions come easy. But parents who fret about a child’s […]

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The ‘Other’ Asians

The ‘Other’ AsiansWith their numbers on the rise, Indian, Pakistani and other South Asian scholars are gradually emerging from academe’s shadows.When Dr. Madhulika Khandelwal did a computer search for literature about Indian immigrants in 1986, she got back thousands of hits.“I thought, ‘Wow! I thought there was nothing.’ But there were thousands of titles,” says Khandelwal, […]

Faculty & Staff

Creating a Competitive Edge

Creating a Competitive EdgeThe “competitive edge” is more than imperative in today’s recruitment climate for full-time, part-time, internship, and co-op positions. Specifically, students of color have to understand that a 3.0 GPA and above, academic honors, and letters of recommendation are not what create the total “competitive edge” when the competition is NOT other people […]

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