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Using the ’Net to Travel the Real World

Using the ‘Net to Travel the Real WorldF or years, people have transcended distance using the Internet, sending messages and retrieving information from the far corners of the world. Lately, the ‘Net has become increasingly useful in bridging distance physically, from researching vacations to cutting business travel costs.Travelers, both business and pleasure, are jumping on […]

November 8, 2000

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Majority of HBCUs ‘Keeping Pace’ with Technology

Majority of HBCUs ‘Keeping Pace’ with Technologymany still face major digital divide issues, NAFEO Report saysWASHINGTON The majority of Black colleges and universities are more wired than originally assumed, according to a recent study released by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Despite the fact that the majority of HBCUs have networks […]

November 8, 2000

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Study Shows Internet Not Likely to Affect 2000 Vote

Study Shows Internet Not Likely to Affect 2000 VoteUTICA, N.Y. Despite enough information on Web sites to choke a donkey or an elephant, the Internet isn’t likely to make a difference in the presidential election — this year. Preliminary results of a Syracuse University study show politicians increasingly are turning to the Net to interact […]

November 8, 2000

HBCUs

The Good and Bad News About EDUCAUSE 2000

The Good and Bad News About EDUCAUSE 2000Though the minority presence was low, minority-serving institutions came in record numbersM ore than 6,500 people attended the EDUCAUSE 2000 Conference in Nashville, Tenn., last month. It was the largest crowd yet for higher education’s leading information technology association. The conference included 130 presentations and more than 180 […]

November 8, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Predictive Value Educause 2000 conference highlights new technology

Predictive Value Educause 2000 conference highlights new technology By Ronald Roach  NASHVILLE, Tenn.T  here’s no doubt that rapid changes in information technology create uncertainty and anxiety throughout the economy and society at large. Experts agree that change is nowhere more revolutionary than in American higher education. “Moore’s Law continues. We’re not going to see a […]

November 8, 2000

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Newer, Better, Faster: DSL Service Makes it Easy to Link to University Network

Newer, Better, Faster: DSL Service Makes it Easy to Link to University NetworkPITTSBURGHLike many college administrative staff and faculty members, Kristen Kurland, a senior lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School for Public Management, used to rely upon conventional telephone dial-up access to connect her home computer to the campus computer network. Kurland, who hasn’t […]

October 25, 2000

Community Colleges

Student Accused of Selling College Lab Equipment on eBay

Student Accused of Selling College Lab Equipment on eBayFORT COLLINS, Colo.P  olice at Colorado State University have     traced the theft of $7,000 in equipment from the engineering department to a student who allegedly put the items up for bid on the Internet.The student allegedly took six electronic testing devices from a lab during the spring […]

October 11, 2000

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ECU Fires Admitted Computer Hacker

ECU Fires Admitted Computer HackerGREENVILLE, N.C. East Carolina University has fired a computer services employee who admitted to hacking into the school’s computer network nearly three years ago.Nolan Waithe Grant was fired about two weeks after East Carolina computer services hired him to work on its help desk. A university statement did not explain why […]

October 11, 2000

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VIRGINIA GOVERNOR CALLS FOR ACTION ON DIGITAL DIVIDE

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR CALLS FOR ACTION ON DIGITAL DIVIDELast month, Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III, a Republican, called on the information technology haves in northern Virginia to work with the have-nots in the state to establish a Digital Dominion that will “make the opportunities of the Internet available to every citizen.”Gilmore urged action during an […]

September 27, 2000

HBCUs

Black Colleges Networking On Technology Issues

Black Colleges Networking On Technology IssuesThree Major Conferences Slated When the school year starts, students are not alone in having to adjust to campuses that have upgraded their information-technology infrastructures and are using more technology in the classroom. Faculty and staff also struggle to keep abreast of the issues generated by rapid change. This fall, […]

September 27, 2000

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Buyer Beware — But Be Brave — When Shopping on the Web

Buyer Beware — But Be Brave — When Shopping on the WebEven if you haven’t experienced it, you’ve undoubtedly read about it. Shopping on the Internet is exploding in popularity from the perspectives of both consumers and businesses.Various studies indicate that from one-quarter to one-half of all Americans have now placed at least one order […]

September 13, 2000

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Engineering programs accredited in 1999 by the Engineering Accreditation Commission

Engineering programs accredited in 1999 by the Engineering Accreditation CommissionAuburn University, Auburn, Ala. —Textile EngineeringBoise State University, Boise, Idaho— Civil Engineering— Electrical Engineering— Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of California- Irvine — Environmental EngineeringUniversity of California-Riverside— Mechanical Engineering Colorado Technical University,        Colorado Springs— Computer EngineeringUniversity of Denver, Denver— Computer EngineeringEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University         Daytona Beach, Fla.— Civil EngineeringGrand Valley […]

September 13, 2000