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HBCUs

Historically Black Colleges Strive to Bring Campus Communities Up to Technological Speed

Historically Black Colleges Strive to Bring Campus Communities Up to Technological Speed But are they catching up?By Kendra HamiltonAdministrators at Morris Brown College were not prepared for the response they received when they made two announcements last year. First, the campus was going wireless and, second, every student and faculty member would be required to […]

March 28, 2001

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AllState Donates Building to Jackson State for Technology Center

AllState Donates Building to Jackson State for Technology CenterJACKSON, Miss. Jackson State University will create a high-tech research center and incubator thanks to a lucrative deal with AllState Insurance Co. AllState is selling its former Sunbelt Support Center, a building valued at more than $20 million, to a newly created Jackson State foundation for $3 […]

March 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Making Information Technology a Compelling Read

Making Information Technology a Compelling ReadOne of the biggest challenges of writing about information technology is making the subject matter compelling for lay audiences. Having written for technical and business publications in the past, I have grown accustomed to using jargon and assuming my readers are well grounded in information technology. For readers uninterested in […]

March 28, 2001

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CUMREC Technology Conference Set for Phoenix

CUMREC Technology Conference Set for PhoenixBoulder, colo.College and University Machine Records is holding its annual conference, CUMREC 2001, in Phoenix on May 13-16, at the Pointe South Mountain Resort.CUMREC is an association of higher education administrative technology professionals and also is affiliated with the EDUCAUSE organization. The conference program includes more than 60 general presentations […]

March 28, 2001

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Online Service to Target College-Bound High Schoolers

Online Service to Target College-Bound High SchoolersLee’s Summit, Mo.The National Research Center for College and University Admissions (NRCCUA) in coordination with the Dallas, Texas-based e2 Communications company has launched an online service that will allow a student to get targeted recruitment e-mail from colleges and universities based on that student’s interests and profile. NRCCUA, a […]

February 28, 2001

African-American

Harvard Establishes a Digital Divide Program in Boston

Harvard Establishes a Digital Divide Program in BostonBostonLast fall, news of the sale of Africana.com to the AOL Time Warner company generated considerable attention for Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., chair of Harvard University’s Department of Afro-American Studies, and Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor in the university’s Afro-American Studies Department, who were founders and […]

February 28, 2001

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Michigan Research Group Seeks To Boost Female Use of Software and Computers

Michigan Research Group Seeks To Boost Female Use of Software and ComputersAnn Arbor, Mich.Anewly forming research group at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor is seeking to bridge the skills and confidence gap between American men and women with regard to computer use. The Gender and Learning Technologies group is planning to hold its […]

February 14, 2001

Students

Wake Forest Techies Put Knowledge To Work

Wake Forest Techies Put Knowledge To WorkWINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Like many college students who study computer information systems, Derrick Thompson knows computer and Internet work experience means a great deal to future employers. As a high school student, the Robeson County, N.C., native developed his programming and Web design skills well enough to secure computer-related work in […]

February 14, 2001

Community Colleges

Two-Year Schools in Washington Hit Enrollment High

Two-Year Schools in Washington Hit Enrollment HighSEATTLE Community college and technical school enrollment in Washington state reached an all-time high last fall with more than a quarter of a million students, a new report indicates. The report, which was presented last month to the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, also says more students […]

February 14, 2001

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Making A Name for Yourself On the Web

Making A Name for Yourself On the Web Domain names may seem inconsequentially geeky, but their impact is profound, cutting to the very identity of Web-based enterprises. A lot is changing in the world of Web names, including the introduction of free domain-name services.A domain name, most commonly, is a Web site’s address expressed in […]

January 31, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Building African American E-Culture

Building African American E-CultureSince his days as a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, computer scientist Dr. Juan E. Gilbert has sought to make his research in instructional technology relevant to the needs of African American students.His dissertation focused on creating a Web-based tutoring program and offered not just one teaching style but a […]

January 31, 2001

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Building A Better Mouse

Building A Better MouseBefore pointing and clicking became as routine as dialing and talking, if you saw a mouse you screamed and jumped up on a table, at least according to the cliché.Today some experts think you should avoid computer mice with the same decisiveness. Ergonomically, a mouse is the most dangerous part of a […]

January 17, 2001