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New Bill Puts Technology Funds in the Hands of HBCUs

New Bill Puts Technology Funds in the Hands of HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics A new bill from Senate Republicans seeks to address the digital divide by providing minority-serving colleges with money to address technology issues. The Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act would provide funds to upgrade technology, support technology degrees and promote use of […]

March 26, 2003

Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing

Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing But there are perils in ignoring developments in the rising field, scholars sayBy Ronald RoachNot long after her appointment as Hampton University’s first chief information officer in 1999, Debra S. White, a former IBM executive, found that in addition to managing a campus IT network upgrade she had to […]

March 12, 2003

A Scientific Mandate

Dr. Rita R. Colwell Birthplace: Beverly, Mass.Education: B.S., Bacteriology; M.S., Genetics, Purdue University; Ph.D., Oceanography, University of WashingtonPrevious position: President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 1991-1998 Honors & Awards: The Medal of Distinction from Columbia University, the Gold Medal of Charles University, Prague, and the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Alumna Summa Laude […]

March 12, 2003

Minority-Serving Institutions Join Forces to Seek Change

Minority-Serving Institutions Join Forces to Seek ChangeBy Charles Dervarics In an effort to promote mutual goals, leaders of Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges are endorsing an ambitious agenda that includes a doubling of the maximum Pell grant and new incentives to promote student enrollment in math, science, teaching and other high-demand specialties. With […]

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

Program Seeks to Improve Student Attainment at Minority-Serving Schools

Program Seeks to Improve Student Attainment at Minority-Serving Schools WASHINGTONTwo higher education groups have come together to launch a five-year initiative to improve retention, achievement and institutional effectiveness at minority-serving institutions. The project, Building Engagement and Attainment of Minority Students (BEAMS), was announced earlier this month by the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), in […]

February 26, 2003

Paving the Way into Technology Transfer

Paving the Way into Technology TransferBy Ronald Roach As a graduate student in computer science, Monica Williams is intent on having a career that gets her into the senior management ranks of the companies for which she will work. In the spring of 2001, near the end of her first year of graduate studies at […]

February 12, 2003

HBCUs, HSIs on House Agenda

HBCUs, HSIs on House AgendaBy Charles Dervarics House Republicans say increased support for minority-serving colleges and universities will be one of their 10 major education goals for the new Congress. Leaders of the House Education and the Workforce Committee listed aid to Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions among three priorities specifically focused on higher education. […]

January 29, 2003

Native Americans

Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense Funds

Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense FundsBy Charles Dervarics Thirteen tribal colleges will gain new funds from the Pentagon under a program designed for Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions. The 13 colleges will receive $3.3 million under the Department of Defense’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program, which is […]

January 1, 2003

GOP Control Will Spur Change, Experts Say

GOP Control Will Spur Change, Experts SayBy Charles DervaricsThe decisive Republican victory in the November mid-term elections will have major implications on issues ranging from higher education to civil rights, advocates say. Republicans will re-claim control of the U.S. Senate, making it the first time in half a century that the party controls both the […]

December 4, 2002

Five-Year Plan Targets Minority-Serving Colleges

Five-Year Plan Targets Minority-Serving CollegesBy Charles Dervarics A five-year management plan adopted by the U.S. Department of Education calls for strengthening Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges. As one of several objectives in higher education, the Strategic Plan 2002-2007 seeks improvements for minority-serving institutions, calling them essential in “closing the gap between low-income and […]

November 20, 2002

HBCU Leaders Focus on Technology Gap

HBCU Leaders Focus on Technology Gap‘Sustained teamwork’ needed to eliminate disparities, one leader saysHistorically Black colleges and universities lag far behind traditionally White institutions in technology, college leaders told a House of Representatives panel in September.“The technology gap at many of our campuses is a visible reminder of the unresolved legacy of separate but equal […]

October 23, 2002

Budget Increases for HBCUs, HSIs, May Fall Short of Goals

Budget Increases for HBCUs, HSIs, May Fall Short of GoalsAdvocates for minority-serving institutions sought double-digit increases for 2003 budgetFor Hispanic and African American leaders, the 2003 federal budget debate is proving more frustrating than gratifying as Congress tries to finish work this fall.Both are seeking major funding increases for minority-serving colleges as well as a […]

September 25, 2002

Senate Proposes Increases for HBCUs, HSIs

Senate Proposes Increases for HBCUs, HSIsBlack colleges get 3 percent more; Hispanic colleges get nearly 6 percent hikeFunding for Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions would increase slightly under a 2003 funding bill proposed in the Democrat-controlled Senate.HBCUs would receive more than $213 million next year, an increase of $7.4 million above current funding. However, […]

August 28, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Carnegie Mellon Collaborates With Minority-Serving Institutions on Internet Security

Carnegie Mellon Collaborates With Minority-Serving Institutions on Internet Security A collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University and minority-serving institutions may prove instrumental in preparing a generation of Black and Latino computer professionals who are highly skilled in Internet security. This summer, the Pittsburgh-based research university began working with historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions […]

August 14, 2002

Legislating the Technical Mind

Legislating the Technical MindTexas congresswoman works to equip young Americans with the skills to meet the nation’s technological and scientific needs.By Ronald RoachU.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, is no stranger to being a trailblazer. The first woman to represent Dallas in the Texas state legislature and the U.S. Congress, Johnson has championed health, science […]

August 14, 2002

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

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 […]

April 24, 2002