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College-Centered Auction Site Debuts

College-Centered Auction Site DebutsBy Ronald RoachMIAMIIn an effort to bring an eBay-like Web site to college students, a Miami company has introduced CollegeJunktion.com, an auction and trading Web site available at . The new Web site creates an online community for students across the United States to buy, sell and exchange nearly anything students and […]

March 23, 2005

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TADA! and the PhD Project Unite to Help Students Complete Doctoral Degrees

TADA! and the PhD Project Unite to Help Students Complete Doctoral DegreesBy Ronald RoachPHOENIXA Phoenix-based software development company has announced a collaboration with the acclaimed PhD Project that will provide instructional software to minority students with the aim of helping them complete master’s theses and dissertations. The software, TADA! or Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished, is […]

March 23, 2005

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APRILApril 2-5Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU)2005 Capitol Forum on Hispanic   Higher EducationMadison HotelWashingtonWeb: www.hacu.net April 2-6American College Personnel Association2005 Annual ConventionGaylord Opryland Resort & Convention CenterNashville, Tenn.Web: www.myacpa.orgApril 6-9Family and Community Violence     Prevention ProgramSixth National Conference on Family and Community Violence Prevention“Navigating Pathways to Violence Prevention: Exploring the Links Between Families and Communities”Sheraton […]

February 23, 2005

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In Search of Answers

In Search of AnswersBy Reid GoldsboroughSince the advent of the computer, more than a half-century ago, the Holy Grail has been an intelligent machine that provides just the answers you’re looking for. This quest was dramatized with HAL, the soft-spoken fictional computer in the film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”The latest effort in this direction is […]

February 23, 2005

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A Useful Study Aid or Jazzed-Up Novelty?

A Useful Study Aid or Jazzed-Up Novelty? Some are calling test-prep software on cell phones a democratizing equalizer, others say it increases the gap between the haves and the have-nots By Lydia LumCarl Washburn wondered how to push his teen-age son into studying for the SAT. After all, it’s well-known that prepared students tend to […]

February 23, 2005

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Transformative Connections

Transformative ConnectionsCommunity-based K-12 computing program strives to strengthen academic and career aspirations of its participantsBy Ronald RoachWASHINGTONAs a relative newcomer to the Saturday afternoons spent working on computers in a community center in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood, Avery Hillmon has his work cut out for him. A participant in the long-running Joint Educational Facilities Inc. […]

February 23, 2005

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Got an iPod?

Got an iPod?More than 22 million or 11 percent of adults age 18 and older have iPods/MP3 players. Men are more likely than women to have iPods/MP3 players — 14 percent men, 9 percent women.Almost one in five (19 percent) of those under age 30 have iPods/MP3 players — 14 percent of those aged 30-39 […]

February 23, 2005

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In With the New

In With the NewJust when you think you’ve gotten comfortably ahead on information technology tools, whether it’s for home, work or school, along comes a new product or application that throws you off kilter for not having the latest and greatest. To say that the digital revolution unsettles might be an understatement. In this year’s […]

February 23, 2005

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Roger Williams Helps Open University in Vietnam

Roger Williams Helps Open University in VietnamBRISTOL, R.I.Roger Williams University is helping establish a private, nonprofit university in Vietnam. American Pacific University was expected to open Jan. 15 in Ho Chi Minh City. It will serve 500 Vietnamese students. It will also provide Roger Williams students an opportunity to study in Vietnam. Other universities in […]

January 26, 2005

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Gauging the Success of Your Web Site

Gauging the Success of Your Web SiteHow do you know you’re doing a good job and discover which areas need improving? If you’re an employee, it can be through performance reviews. If you run a publication, it can be through readership surveys or focus group studies. And if you’re a Webmaster, it can be through […]

January 12, 2005

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Wireless Internet Service Provided At College Bowl Game

Wireless Internet Service Provided At College Bowl GameBOISE, IdahoAs the Fresno State Bulldogs prevailed against the University of Virginia Cavaliers in the MPC Computers Bowl game on Dec. 27, fans watching the contest in Bronco Stadium had free wireless Internet access that allowed them to view Web coverage over laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) […]

January 12, 2005

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Public Computing Grid Offered by West Virginia Foundation

Public Computing Grid Offered by West Virginia Foundation FAIRMONT, W.Va.The West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation has announced the availability of the Global Grid Exchange, one of the first open public computing grids. Marking this unique “initial public offering,” a launch event was held at the WVHTC Foundation headquarters last month.  The Global Grid […]

January 12, 2005