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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 […]
August 14, 2002
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University of Michigan to Offer Scholarships
University of Michigan to Offer Scholarships To Children of Alums Killed in AttacksDETROITThe University of Michigan will offer scholarships to children of 18 alumni killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.  Interim President B. Joseph White announced the program last month at a board of regents meeting.“We hope that this living memorial will bring some […]
August 14, 2002
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In the Business to Retain
In the Business to RetainNational conference offers strategies on keeping students in college and on trackBy Gabrielle FinleyWASHINGTONAlthough colleges and universities have adopted a number of successful strategies and techniques to recruit students to their campuses, retaining those students often proves to be quite difficult. But for those attending the National Conference on Student Retention […]
August 14, 2002
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Black, Hispanic Leaders Stress Need for More Financial Aid
Black, Hispanic Leaders Stress Need for More Financial AidMany high-achieving students still unable to afford a college educationLow-income, high-achieving students face tremendous barriers to success in college, largely due to limited financial aid funds, representatives of Black and Hispanic colleges told Congress last month.“Let me be very clear — adequate student financial assistance is fundamentally […]
August 14, 2002
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Welcome to the Academy: A Plethora of Contradictions
Welcome to the Academy: A Plethora of ContradictionsI often tell my students of various races and backgrounds, “Be careful in selecting your careers because there will be times when you will question your sanity as to why you selected your chosen profession.” I also tell them they should never work in an environment if they […]
July 17, 2002
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Cisco Donation Funds Scholarships, IT Improvements at UNCF Schools
Cisco Donation Funds Scholarships, IT Improvements at UNCF SchoolsRALEIGH, N.C.The United Negro College Fund has announced a $1.8 million grant from Cisco Systems Inc., a leading computer networking equipment manufacturer, to provide hardware to UNCF’s 39 member colleges and universities and to establish a scholarship program for students attending select schools.The grant includes a $300,000 […]
July 17, 2002
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High-Tech Cheating: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Gadget
High-Tech Cheating: Where There’s a Will, There’s a GadgetGone are the good old days of traditional cheating methods — cheat sheets, writing answers on your hand or whispering to your neighbor have now gone the way of the inkwell. The modern student is bringing in-class cheating into the 21st century with the likes of programmable […]
July 17, 2002
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Give and Take
Give and Takeassistive technology program benefits both disabled and students who design devices to help themIn the 1980s, senior engineering projects at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell tended to involve the students’ personal “needs” — a bigger stereo or a better car alarm. Then in the early 1990s a request came from a local hospital to […]
July 17, 2002
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
Light at the End of the Tunnel One student at a time, Wright State has become one of the country’s leaders in accommodating students with disabilitiesBy Mark FisherDAYTON, OhioWright State University never set out to become one of the nation’s leaders in accommodating students with disabilities. It happened quite by accident — and one student […]
July 17, 2002
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Changes to SAT I Sparks Disparity Debate
Changes to SAT I Sparks Disparity DebateFirst revision in eight years reintroduces the question of biasBy Gabrielle FinleyThe new changes to the SAT I test may create an even larger disparity in test scores among minority and majority students, says an advocacy organization for fair testing.However, Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, which administers […]
July 17, 2002
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Court Decision on Vouchers Draws Praise, Criticism
Court Decision on Vouchers Draws Praise, CriticismThe U.S. Supreme Court’s narrow decision favoring school vouchers is triggering an intense debate about the future of public education.In a 5-4 ruling, the high court found a Cleveland school voucher program constitutional. Proponents called the ruling potentially as important as the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, […]
July 17, 2002
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Companies Team Up on Online Tutoring
Companies Team Up on Online TutoringWASHINGTONThis fall, colleges and universities that use Noel-Levitz consulting to increase student retention will be able to deliver integrated, round-the-clock, online tutoring services to students from SMARTHINKING, a leading provider of live, online tutoring solutions.    Beginning in September 2002, schools and students using RetentionTrax(TM), the Noel-Levitz retention tracking software, will […]
July 3, 2002
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Santa Clara University Hosts Minority Students For Summer Tech Experience
Santa Clara University Hosts Minority Students For Summer Tech ExperienceSANTA CLARA, Calif.Thirty-six minority San Francisco-area middle and high schools students are receiving scholarships to attend Santa Clara University (SCU) this summer for three consecutive one-week technology camps beginning Aug. 5. The scholarships are sponsored by the internalDrive Foundation in association with Santa Clara’s Department of […]
July 3, 2002
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Historically Black Schools Competing to Manage NASA Institute
Historically Black Schools Competing to Manage NASA InstituteA project to build a multi million dollar aerospace research center in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia could yield a major leadership and scientific role for two of Virginia’s historically Black universities. Historically Black Hampton and Norfolk State Universities, in association with Old Dominion University (ODU) in […]
July 3, 2002
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House Approves Bill with HSL, HBCU Aid
House Approves Bill with HSL, HBCU AidMinority-serving colleges and universities would get new funds for undergraduate math and science programs under newly approved legislation in the House of Representatives.The Investing in America’s Future Act has $30 million for a new initiative, the Minority Serving Institutions Undergraduate Program. This new initiative would include an existing science […]
July 3, 2002
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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 […]
June 19, 2002
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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 […]
June 19, 2002
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Connecticut State Universities to Expand Online Offerings
Connecticut State Universities to Expand Online OfferingsHARTFORD, Conn.The Connecticut State University system has announced it has signed contracts with Campus Pipeline Inc., CollegisEduprise, SCT and WebCT to expand its distance-learning arm, OnlineCSU, and enhance online services for the overall system. The CSU System includes Central Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State […]
June 19, 2002
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