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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

Faculty & Staff

MIT Hosts Roundtable on Gender Disparities for Female Professors in Higher Education

MIT Hosts Roundtable on Gender Disparities for Female Professors in Higher EducationCambridge, Mass.Aroundtable on how best to ensure women professors experience the same opportunities, recognition and rewards as their male counterparts was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The decision to host a roundtable discussion on gender equity in higher education was the result of […]

February 14, 2001

African-American

Study Shows African American Girls Inclined to Science Early

Study Shows African American Girls Inclined to Science EarlyWashingtonYoung African American females show a strong inclination toward science in their high school years because of strong female role models in their lives — usually their working mothers, according to a study completed at The Catholic University of America. However, the researchers also concluded that both […]

February 14, 2001

Students

Smith College, Wesleyan University to Launch Scholarly Journal Devoted to Women of Color

Smith College, Wesleyan University to Launch Scholarly Journal Devoted to Women of ColorNorthampton, Mass.Smith College of Northampton and Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn., have joined forces to launch the first peer-reviewed, scholarly journal devoted entirely to issues affecting the lives of women of color.Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, was expected to be in libraries and with […]

December 6, 2000

Women

Cleveland State President to Head Up ACE’s Office of Women in Higher Education

Cleveland State President to Head Up ACE’s Office of Women in Higher EducationWashington The American Council on Education has appointed Dr. Claire Van Ummersen as vice president and director of the Office of Women in Higher Education. Van Ummersen, president of Cleveland State University since 1993, has been involved with women’s development and advancement for […]

December 6, 2000

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ACE Study Examines Gender Enrollment, Achievement Gap

ACE Study Examines Gender Enrollment, Achievement Gap While male students of color lag behind their female peers in educational attainment, the widely publicized “crisis” in male college enrollment is really no crisis, according to a report recently released by the American Council on Education.“Gender Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students at a Disadvantage?” examines […]

December 6, 2000

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Hipping andHopping Our Opportunities Away

Hipping andHopping Our Opportunities Away“If music be the food of love, let it play on.” — William ShakespeareIn spite of the temptation to let today’s hip-hop music environment “play on,” might I suggest that we pause and ask ourselves a few critical questions about its negative influence on a disproportionate number of the most vulnerable […]

December 6, 2000

Sports

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard University

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard UniversitySanya Tyler’s lawyer claims the firing was retaliation for an earlier suit she won against the schoolWashingtonFormer Howard University women’s basketball coach Sanya Tyler has sued the university and three officials for $105 million in damages after being fired last month. Her attorney alleges the […]

October 11, 2000

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Give the Brother a BreakAn article that ran in your Aug. 31 edition entitled, “Ohio State Minority Affairs Director Lasts a Year,” including a picture of Dr. Timothy Knowles, has had a chilling effect upon this reader. It appears to be biased in favor of Ohio State University and could help ensure that the subject […]

September 27, 2000

Students

Excerpts from Dr. Arthur E. Levine’s Diversity on Campus

Excerpts from Dr. Arthur E. Levine’s Diversity on CampusThe Meaning of DiversityThe academy does not agree on what diversity means or how it should be achieved. To be more precise, over the past four decades, the term has taken on a number of different, competing, even conflicting meanings, often on the same campuses. Several years […]

August 30, 2000

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New Loan Rules Would Help Students Who Were Victimized by Unethical Trade Schools

New Loan Rules Would Help Students Who Were Victimized by Unethical Trade SchoolsThe U.S. Department of Education last month proposed rules that would make it easier for the agency to forgive the loans of students who were victimized by unscrupulous trade schools. The proposed regulations were in response to a decision by a federal appeals […]

August 16, 2000

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Study Finds Stagnation in Number of Women Studying Computer Science

Study Finds Stagnation in Number of Women Studying Computer ScienceA recent study says the percentage of women in computer science programs will likely remain stagnant while overall undergraduate computer science enrollments increase rapidly over the next few years, according to the Association for Computing Machinery. The association’s Committee on Women in Computing found that women […]

August 16, 2000