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Specializing in the air – interview with Urban and Community Relations for American Airlines managing director Lou Phillips – Interview

As Managing Director of Urban and Community Relations for American Airlines, part of Laugh Phillips’s responsibilities include recruiting students for employment, developing the concept of ethnotourism, and building relations with Black colleges and universities. He recently sat down with Black Issues to discuss these and other aspects of specialization in the fastest growing industry in America.

July 11, 2007

Students

Through the eyes of a student – account of a student who attended a college fair

Editorial note: An institution’s purpose for attending a college fair is to attract high school students to their campuses. Black Issues thought it would be interesting to hear from a student who attended. The following is his report.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Tech spearheads HBCU computer consortium – Virginia Polytechnic Institute; historically black colleges and universities

Dr. Joyce Williams-Green knows from direct experience that using computers in the classroom can be daunting for both students and faculty.

July 11, 2007

Students

The virtual classroom – new technology for teaching African American literature – includes related article on Western Governor’s University – Cover Story

Bryan Carter is devoted to teaching African American literature from the Harlem Renaissance era, a period considered one of the most creative in American history.

July 11, 2007

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Why we should worry about the numbers – The Last Word – Column

An elderly African American woman once said to me, “Son, we must always worry about our freedom. If we don’t, we will look up and our freedom will be gone.” Reflecting on the current status of African Americans in higher education, her words remain quite appropriate.

July 11, 2007

HBCUs

Dialing for dollars: against heavy competition, HBCUs need savvy, expertise to win Department of Defense funding – historically Black colleges and universities – includes related article on the increasing US Air Force funding to HBCUs

Imagine a high-stakes game worth $1.4 billion a year with thousands of players vying for the money. That’s the picture historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) face each year as they try to access funds from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

July 11, 2007

Students

Student Learning Outcomes In a Cyberspace Age

Institutions accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools have heard much recently about student-learning outcomes.

July 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

“Techie” sets pace – Dr. Alan G. Merten, new president of Georgia Mason University

In American higher education, rarely have computer scientists advanced to the top ranks of university leadership. At George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Dr. Alan G. Merten, the school’s newly inaugurated president, is getting the opportunity to demonstrate the leadership, administrative and academic skills he has acquired during his twenty-seven-year career as a computer scientist and teacher.

July 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Technology: a considerable investment expected to pay big dividends – use of the World Wide Web as an educational resource

Like most American institutions of higher learning, Voorhees College is boldly embracing the future. The small liberal arts, historically Black institution in Denmark, S.C., has adopted information technology to overcome the isolation that its rural, out-of-the-way location has imposed on the Episcopal Church-affiliated school.

July 10, 2007

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Ethical principals must guide technology – Transcript

The following is an excerpt from President William Jefferson Clinton’s commencement address at Morgan State University May 18, 1997. President Clinton was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws.

July 10, 2007

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Technology necessary but not sufficient for parity

It is five in the morning and night is fading into dawn. I am in my favorite place at my favorite time–hunched over my computer before morning light, stringing together sentences in the same way that a child strings beads on thread, trying to make sense and create resonance from words.

July 10, 2007

Community Colleges

Federal government bolsters support for educational technology – includes related article about high school seniors’ selecting colleges by Internet

It may lack the fiscal health of America’s giant computer firms, but the federal government has emerged recently as a central funding source for schools and colleges to access educational technology.

July 10, 2007