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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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Faculty & Staff

HBCUs: An Educational System at the Crossroads

HBCUs: An Educational System at the CrossroadsToday, the 105 historically Black colleges and universities are facing a paradigm shift that will inevitably determine their fate in the 21st century. Their roles have changed tremendously since the first campuses — Lincoln University, founded by the Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania in 1854, and Wilberforce University, founded by […]

SACS Takes Houston Community College System Off Probation

SACS Takes Houston Community College System Off Probation The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has taken the Houston Community College System off probation after determining that administration and governance have stabilized.With SACS removing the 50,449-student HCCS from being “on notice,” the college system no longer has any threat of losing accreditation.“On a day-to-day basis, […]

Prairie View Students to Benefit From $60 Million Computer Systems Donation

Prairie View Students to Benefit From $60 Million Computer Systems DonationPRAIRIE VIEW, TexasGeneral Motors Corp., Sun Microsystems and EDS have donated more than $60 million in computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) software, hardware, and training expertise to Prairie View A&M University.This corporate alliance initiative, known as the Partners for the Advancement of CAD/CAM/CAE Education […]

Leadership & Policy

Southern University System President Backs Firing of Congressman’s Wife

Southern University System President Backs Firing of Congressman’s WifeNEW ORLEANSThe president of the Southern University System is backing the chancellor of the New Orleans campus in his half-year battle to fire Vice Chancellor Andrea Jefferson, wife of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.Leon Tarver said late last month he had sent Southern University-New Orleans Academic Vice […]

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