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Study: All Net and No Play Makes Johnny a Social Recluse

Study: All Net and No Play Makes Johnny a Social RecluseSAN FRANCISCO — Too much time online makes people more likely to go offline in real life, according to a study released here earlier this month. “The more hours people use the Internet, the less time they spend with real human beings,” says Dr. Norman […]

March 1, 2000

Media Lab

Media LabHelping Bridge the World Wide DivideCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Had Randal Pinkett stayed on track to complete a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it’s doubtful he would have gotten the time and support to base his graduate studies around “digital divide” issues. It’s also unlikely he would have paired with […]

March 1, 2000

New Formula for Distance Education

New Formula for Distance EducationThis month, Black college officials attending the annual National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education conference learned of an initiative designed to help their schools become more competitive in online distance education.The founding partners of the Historically Black Cyber College Consortium (HBC3) decided to unveil their nonprofit organization at NAFEO […]

February 16, 2000

BI What’s New

Pace University’s School of Computer Science and Information Systems now offers a doctorate of professional studies degree in computing studies for technology professionals. The degree includes part-time distance learning study with courses in applied science, information systems, telecommunications and emerging technologies.The 48-credit program can be completed through part-time study with limited residency in three years, […]

January 19, 2000

Separating Reality from Myth

Separating Reality from Myth Dear Editor:Even though Ms. Julianne Malveaux in her article “Fall Follies, Myths and Statues” (see Black Issues, Oct. 28, 1999), ignores the positive in the achievement of Columbus, can one really state that the world is a worse place for his discovery? Has not America evolved into the model against which […]

December 22, 1999

Focus on the Future

Focus on the Future Recently, a colleague and I compared notes about what, as kids, we thought we’d be doing at the turn of the century. I don’t recall foreseeing specifically what I’d be doing New Year’s Eve, 1999, but I do recall fantasizing about what my life might be like in the 21st century. Many […]

December 22, 1999

E-Dictionary Has Modest Beginning

E-Dictionary Has Modest BeginningPHILADELPHIA — A couple of technology gurus are looking for some “eyeball hang time.” Um. What? In other words, they want you to spend a lot of time looking at their company’s Web site.“Eyeball hang time” is one of dozens of terms listed in a new dictionary of e-lingo developed by Tom […]

November 24, 1999

Leadership & Policy

Tech Briefs

Professor Urges Students to Beware Hate Sites on the InternetDETROIT — A Wayne State University communications professor and Holocaust survivor considers the Internet an increasingly used, effective marketing tool by hate groups.“The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to hate,” Jack Kay, also an associate provost at the school, said last month while […]

November 10, 1999

Playing Internet Catch-Up

Playing Internet Catch-UpGovernment’s Dated Count of Internet Users can be ‘Potentially Misleading’WASHINGTON — The government announced recently that 57 million Americans logged onto the Internet — in 1997. But among the lightning-fast changes in the online world, how useful is that? Census analyst Eric Newburger acknowledges the government’s newest official figures are dated. But he […]

November 10, 1999

The Big Guys Muscle In

The Big Guys Muscle InCampus store officials say the move to selling textbooks online has been an industry trend pre-dating the Internet startups, such as VarsityBooks.com. Buchs says the national association has been encouraging its members to make textbooks purchasing available online for the past two years.Firm statistics are hard to find. But Buchs estimates […]

September 15, 1999

The Higher Education Technology Revolution

The Higher Education Technology RevolutionNowhere in higher education has there been as much change as in the use of information technology. Not only have information technology advances provided institutions useful tools like personal computers and campus computer networks, but changes spurred by information technology (IT) advances are leading to a transformation of higher education.“[Information technology] […]

August 18, 1999

The Hidden Blessings of Y2K

The Hidden Blessings of Y2KAs chairman of Spelman College’s Y2K campus taskforce, Adrian Evans worries most about the potential for off-campus technology mishaps, such as a regional power outage, hitting the college on Jan. 1, 2000. But, in his capacity as the senior technical officer for the Atlanta-based women’s college, Evans will be certain the […]

June 23, 1999

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