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Community College’s New Foray
Community College’s New ForayAs more two-year colleges begin to offer bachelor’s degrees, higher education officials ponder benefits, possible pitfalls By Kristina Lane WASHINGTON What does two plus two equal? Usually posed in the very early stages of a child’s education, the question is being looked at afresh by higher education leaders postulating a new sum: two […]
May 21, 2003
Students
Banking on the Future
Banking on the Future By Kendra Hamilton NEW YORKOn a snowy day back in February, during its annual African American History Month assembly, the very best of the “Bank Street way” was on display.There’s no “star system” at the Bank Street School for Children — every class has its moment, every child his or her […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
In Search of the Most Effective Education
In Search of the Most Effective EducationHow do we ensure that students, particularly students of color, get the best education possible? From standardized testing to teacher education, there are ongoing debates about who and what most affects a student’s achievement. And how do we best measure students’ progress over the years? Do we compare them […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Finding the ‘Right’ Research Mix
Finding the ‘Right’ Research MixSticking to what they know and love helps some scholars chart successful research careersBy Kendra Hamilton The research enterprise is the cornerstone of the modern academy. It is so much a feature of the landscape that perhaps it’s not surprising that no aspect of the scholarly condition has been subject to […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School
DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School By Ronald Roach OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.Business and technology education provider DeVry Inc. has announced that it will buy Ross University for $310 million in cash, in a bid to enter the medicine and health sciences education market. Ross, based in Dominica and St. Kitts-Nevis in the Caribbean, has more […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Teaming Up for Success
Teaming Up for SuccessPartnerships, collaborations help Tennessee State meet the challenges of securing research fundingBy Phaedra Brotherton For researchers, getting a single grant or award of at least $1 million takes skill and dedication, not to mention commitment to the university, students and to scholarship, says JoVita Wells, associate director of the Office of Sponsored […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
History’s Burden
History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
History’s Burden
History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
College, High School Teachers Disagree On Importance of Grammar, Usage Skills
College, High School Teachers Disagree On Importance of Grammar, Usage Skills IOWA CITY, IowaAlthough college faculty and high school teachers largely agree on the writing skills that are most important for students to possess, they disagree in one key area — grammar and usage skills. While college instructors believe these are the most important skills […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
When the Name of the Game Is Research
When the Name of the Game Is ResearchAs they say in the academy, “publish or perish.” That’s music to some scholars’ ears. Nothing is more interesting and causes such intellectual stimulation, yet at the same time causes such extreme frustration and stress than their own research — and finding funding. Others would rather spend their […]
May 7, 2003
Students
‘Educate, Don’t Segregate’
‘Educate, Don’t Segregate’ April 1st started out as a rainy, dreary day but that didn’t dampen the spirits of all of the people — young and old — who descended on the U.S. Supreme Court, carrying signs and banners, in support of affirmative action. Student and alumni associations representing a variety of colleges and universities […]
April 23, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Driven By Service
Driven By ServiceOprah Winfrey Scholars Program aims to give African women a ‘greater voice in their own lives’ and skills to strengthen their native countriesBy Clarence A. Haynes NEW YORKStella Chidinma Iwuagwa, of Nigeria, had long admired Oprah Winfrey’s energy and power, but never would have imagined she would be a recipient of the media […]
March 26, 2003
Faculty & Staff
North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center
North Carolina Nursing Departments Launch Health Disparities Center DURHAM, N.C.The Departments of Nursing at North Carolina Central University and Winston-Salem State University and the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently launched the Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research (CIHDR). The new center is one of eight university-partnered […]
March 26, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Talbert O. Shaw Retires After 15 Years at Shaw University
Talbert O. Shaw Retires After 15 Years at Shaw UniversityBy Eleanor Lee Yates RALEIGH, N.C.At a time when some historically Black colleges are making headlines for financial mismanagement and woes, Shaw University’s outgoing president is being remembered for daring to take the reins of a financially troubled institution and turn those troubles into opportunities.“Those were […]
March 12, 2003
Faculty & Staff
The Art of High Performance In Technology, Science, Life
The Art of High Performance In Technology, Science, Life In “Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing,” senior writer Ronald Roach examines the nexus between information technology and scientific discovery. For the nation’s colleges and universities to have truly competitive information technology infrastructures, campus leaders will have to adopt innovative technologies in their campus networks that […]
March 12, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Venturing Into Computational Humanities
Venturing Into Computational HumanitiesNew field seeks to bring advanced computing to humanities, social science researchBy Ronald Roach It’s natural to expect that a significant degree of contemporary scientific discoveries stem from the application of high-performance computing and supercomputers to complex problems. Given that high-performance computing has exclusively been serving science for some time, a California-based […]
February 26, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Old South, New South Clash on Vanderbilt’s Campus
Old South, New South Clash on Vanderbilt’s CampusDecision to change building’s name lands university in legal battleBy David Hefner NASHVILLE, Tenn. Vanderbilt University is ensnarled in a legal battle over its decision to remove the word “Confederate” from a campus building that was partially built by descendants of the Confederate Army. Vanderbilt Chancellor Gordon Gee […]
February 26, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Black Pilgrimage to Islam
Black Pilgrimage to IslamBy Robert Dannin Photographs by Jolie Stahl Oxford University Press, 2002, 368 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-19-514734-0 The post-Sept. 11 political environment has given questions about Islam’s role and presence in America a vital urgency, and into that vacuum comes Robert Dannin’s work, a welcome and sweeping portrait of orthodox Islam in America. […]
February 12, 2003
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