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Faculty & Staff

‘Reality-Based Education’

‘Reality-Based Education’Webster University’s agGressive marketing and flexible scheduling leads to a large enrollment, but accreditation questions persist. By Pearl StewartTwenty-one years ago Brenda Newberry had just given birth to her first child, a girl, in a St. Louis hospital. The next day, she had a visitor, one of her professors from Webster University where she […]

November 21, 2001

International

Study Abroad Conference Addresses Security, Safety Issues

Study Abroad Conference Addresses Security, Safety IssuesBy Phaedra Brotherton WASHINGTONFor international educators and study abroad administrators, issues of security have always been important, but after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, that awareness has been heightened. Security, safety and health concerns were the subject of a panel discussion at the Study and Learning Abroad Conference […]

November 21, 2001

Latinx

NSF Program Would Link HBCUs, Developing Countries

NSF Program Would Link HBCUs, Developing CountriesA Congressional Black Caucus member wants new federal funds to encourage partnerships between historically Black colleges and organizations in developing countries.Under the plan by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, the National Science Foundation would fund partnerships that focus on the use of plant biotechnology to meet the food needs […]

November 21, 2001

Home

New Media and Disasters

New Media and DisastersDuring a disaster, where is the first place you should turn for information? You might think the Internet would be ideal. After all, it was set up by the military in the 1960s to ensure communications during a nuclear war. Yet, as recent events have shown, during a crisis other media do […]

November 7, 2001

HBCUs

Sharing Techno-Tales

Sharing Techno-TalesSymposium focuses on faculty use of technology NORFOLK, Va.These days, most people’s digital focus is on the NASDAQ’s plummet. But while media pundits uttered grim prognostications about the future of the technology sector, everyone at the recent HBCU Faculty Development Network Symposium was bullish on technology.The symposium drew a diverse array of scholars, from […]

November 7, 2001

Health

University of Louisville Plans Center to Prepare For Biological Attacks

University of Louisville Plans Center to Prepare For Biological AttacksLOUISVILLE, Ky. The University of Louisville’s role in the crisis-response network has expanded since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the recent anthrax exposures. Its microbiology lab has tested more than 90 samples of mysterious substances reported by businesses and law-enforcement agencies. The university’s professors also […]

November 7, 2001

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Should You Buy an Internet Appliance?

Should You Buy an Internet Appliance?Let’s say you’re not yet online and want to get there but don’t want to mess with a complicated computer. Or let’s say your parents or grandparents fit this description. What should you do?This question has spawned an entire category of simple Internet access devices called Internet appliances. Yet these […]

October 24, 2001

HBCUs

HCBUs Awarded Federal Digital Divide Grants

HCBUs Awarded Federal Digital Divide GrantsWASHINGTONNorth Carolina Central University and Grambling State University are among 74 nonprofit organizations, which include colleges, universities, local governments and community development groups, receiving $42.8 million in grants from the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP), which is coordinated by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).The TOP grants, […]

October 24, 2001

MSIs

The Road From Bowie to Indianapolis: Sharing the IT Experience

The Road From Bowie to Indianapolis: Sharing the IT Experience For information technology professionals, administrators and faculty members at American colleges and universities, technology conferences provide useful forums for teaching and learning about the latest trends in computing and other technologies.  Among those professionals in positions to share knowledge about their school’s technology experiences, there’s […]

October 24, 2001

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Legislative Weekend Shines Spotlight on Nation’s Education Emergency

Legislative Weekend Shines Spotlight on Nation’s Education EmergencyWASHINGTONEducation advocates were put on alert last month at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual legislative weekend in Washington as Rep.  Major Owens, D-N.Y., declared an “education emergency” in America, more specifically in the African American community.“Examined within the context of the overall terrorism-provoked national security emergency, education […]

October 24, 2001

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Can the Internet Be Trusted?

Can the Internet Be Trusted?Did you know that under Bill 602P, the federal government will levy an “alternative postage fee” of five cents for every e-mail message you send? The legislation, currently pending, would compensate the U.S. Postal Service for lost business from the growing popularity of e-mail. The government would bill your Internet Service […]

October 10, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Colleges Provide Testing Ground for E-Book Innovations

Colleges Provide Testing Ground for E-Book InnovationsWhen librarians at Robert Morris College in Moon Township, Penn., sought volunteers for a research study on using e-books in an undergraduate class, Ashley Hamilton eagerly volunteered to experience what she considers to be an inevitable wave of academic technology. This semester, Hamilton, a sophomore elementary education major from […]

October 10, 2001