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Making STEM Careers More Accessible
Making STEM Careers More AccessibleIn its July 2003 publication of Women, Minorities and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering, the National Science Foundation (NSF) reports that high-school completion and college enrollment among African Americans and Hispanics continues to increase. NSF goes further to convey that these groups have shown an upward trend in completion […]
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SEVIS Fee-Collection System Flawed, Higher Education Groups Say
SEVIS Fee-Collection System Flawed, Higher Education Groups SayBy Kristina LaneThe way the U.S. government wants to collect fees from international students for a foreign-student tracking system is flawed and could hinder foreign-student enrollment at American colleges and universities, according to a coalition of higher education groups.Last month the American Council on Education and 21 other […]
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Virginia Higher Education System Joins Forces to Curb Teacher Shortage
Virginia Higher Education System Joins Forces to Curb Teacher ShortageRICHMOND, Va.Virginia’s higher education system is joining forces to help ease the projected teacher shortage in the state. The partnership is a seamless transfer articulation agreement between Virginia’s community colleges and several four-year colleges and universities designed to facilitate admission to teacher-education programs.Students at Virginia’s community […]
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Education Secretary Says No Child Left Behind Act Will Help Reverse Two-Tiered System
Education Secretary Says No Child Left Behind Act Will Help Reverse Two-Tiered SystemU.S. Education Secretary Dr. Roderick Paige gave a progress report on the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind Act in Washington recently, calling it a “revolution” that would do much to reverse a subpar U.S. educational system that he compared to apartheid.“We are […]
Latinx
New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology
New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology SAN ANTONIOA new task force of leading experts in advanced science education outreach to minority college students has been formed to address the need to increase the ranks of Hispanics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.With a $100,000 grant from the National […]
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Cal State Los Angeles Leads State System In Hiring of Minority Faculty
Cal State Los Angeles Leads State System In Hiring of Minority Faculty LOS ANGELESCalifornia State University, Los Angeles appointed a higher percentage of minority faculty in 2002 than any other California State University (CSU) campus, a recent report revealed. More than 50 percent of the faculty in tenure-track positions at CSULA were minority appointments, making […]
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New Internet System to Track Medical Errors
New Internet System to Track Medical Errors LOS ANGELESA new Internet-based system designed to track medical errors has been launched at five of the medical centers belonging to the University of California. By installing the system, the UC centers join a growing number of major health care providers turning to technology to help reduce errors. […]
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UC Riverside Names System’s First Latina Chancellor
UC Riverside Names System’s First Latina Chancellor RIVERSIDE, Calif. Dr. France A. Córdova, a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration chief scientist, is the first Hispanic woman to lead a University of California campus. Córdova, who was sworn in as chancellor of UC Riverside last month, said her goal is to make the campus a […]
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Sun Microsystems Starts Bioinformatics Project
Sun Microsystems Starts Bioinformatics Project By Ronald Roach SAN FRANCISCOBuilding on its commitment to advance academic research through high-performance computing technology, Sun Microsystems Inc. has announced the Sun North Carolina Research Triangle Center of Excellence (COE) in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. By bringing together seven prominent universities, institutions and business partners as participants of the […]
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West Virginia University Tests Biometric Security System
West Virginia University Tests Biometric Security SystemBy Ronald Roach MORGANTOWN, W.Va.West Virginia University is testing a biometric hand geometry reader at one of its residence halls and the university recreation center. The reader allows students to gain entry with a simple hand scan. The testing may lead to the school becoming one of the first […]
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Educause Releases Studies on Enterprise Systems, Distance Learning
Educause Releases Studies on Enterprise Systems, Distance LearningBy Ronald Roach DENVERThe EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) recently published two new comprehensive research studies on enterprise systems and distance learning in higher education. The study, “The Promise and Performance of Enterprise Systems for Higher Education,” evaluates why institutions invested heavily to renew systems between 1997 […]
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NAFEO, University System of Maryland Team Up on Laptops
NAFEO, University System of Maryland Team Up on LaptopsCOLLEGE PARK, Md.The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) and the University System of Maryland (USM) have announced a $1.2 million USM “Digital Divide Initiative” (DDI) grant to Coppin State College, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Bowie State University. The schools are three […]
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