Tag: Technology: Page 86

African-American

Black congressmen protest NAFEO award to Thurmond – National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Sen. Strom Thurmond

Washington Reps. William Clay (Demo) and Louis Stokes (DOH) refused to share an award from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) with former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) at a prescheduled Capitol Hill ceremony.

June 16, 2007

Sports

Grace and elan: 1996 Arthur Ashe nominations – awards for athletic and academic excellence – Cover Story

For the third year in a row, Black Issues In Higher Education honors college students of color who excel in both their academic and their athletic pursuits. They have all proved their commitment to the pursuit of excellence by working hard and — literally — playing by the rules.

June 16, 2007

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21st century AD

Atlanta, GA When Morehouse College invited scholars to examine society’s lot, they passed the bitter sweet judgment that our age of technology is a double-edged sword. Responsible for the enhancement of life, new technology is also responsible for many unintended social consequences.

June 16, 2007

Students

On-line and loving it – historically Black colleges and universities going on-line to lure students and research funding – Recruitment & Retention

New Students, Research Dollars Lured via Internet Web Pages by a Growing Number of HBCUs.

June 15, 2007

Community Colleges

Seamless system – financial problem of public higher education in the US

WASHINGTON As funding problems persist, state legislators are looking to increase tuition and raise admissions standards at public four-year colleges, making community colleges the primary access to higher education, according to a new survey of state legislators released here this month.

June 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Study: Immigrants Create Hi-Tech Firms, Not Take Jobs From Americans

In a new study, researchers from Duke University, the University of California-Berkeley, and the Kauffman Foundation show that there is a strong correlation between educational attainment in the STEM disciplines and innovation among immigrant founders of U.S.-based engineering and technology companies.

June 11, 2007

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A Case for Selling Academic Research

The commercialization of academic research does not threaten a university’s principle mission of teaching and research, according to executives of the first spin-off technology transfer company wholly owned by the University of Oxford in England

May 28, 2007

Native Americans

Bringing the Global Market to Native Lands

At the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, a group of college entrepreneurs are preparing to enter the global market by launching an American Indian news service — and without ever having to step foot off the reservation.

May 23, 2007

African-American

Old Problem, New Approach

Jackie Johnson, an instructor of computer education at Wake Technical Community College in North Carolina, has developed an educational Web site with the goal of making science “cool” for Black youth.

May 16, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Learning, Diversity and the Road Ahead

Community college leaders anticipate wrestling with the increasing challenges of students enrolling at their institutions at different ages, with different backgrounds and beliefs and with vastly different levels of preparation. But there are many other issues of concern as well, such as keeping up with technology and recruiting and retaining diverse faculty.

May 14, 2007

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Profiteers Snap Up Domain Names Related To Virginia Tech Shooting

BLACKSBURG, Va. Within minutes of the Virginia Tech massacre, online domain names related to the tragedy were snapped up by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers.

May 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Howard University Partners to Form New Science and Technology Institution in Botswana

Howard University leaders are partnering with the Republic of Botswana to create the southern African country’s second institution of higher learning, which will focus on science and technology.

April 23, 2007