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Native Americans

Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher Training

Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher TrainingBILLINGS, Mont. — One thousand new American Indian teachers will be trained over the next five years, thanks to a $10 million congressional appropriation, the American Indian College Fund announced late last month. The money will create the American Indian Corps of Teachers, part of President Clinton’s initiative […]

January 19, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Tech Briefa

Study Shows Most Adult Education Programs Offer Distance Learning NEW YORK — Nearly 69 percent of adult and continuing education programs offer distance learning courses, a new study shows.The Survey of Adult and Continuing Education Progams in Higher Education also found that the most common credentials offered through distance learning courses are non-degree certificates. Other […]

December 22, 1999

All They Can Be and a College Degree

All They Can Be and a College DegreeArmy hopes to boost recruitment with proposal that would expand its role in the education of its soldiers.WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has been aware of and used distance learning on the higher education level for some time. But now, the Army has plans of using the technology […]

December 22, 1999

Research For the New Millennium

Research For the New MillenniumAre you tired of the new millennium yet? Lord knows I am. Tired of conferences predicting the status of African Americans in the new millennium, the status of education in the new millennium, 10 steps for making it in the new millennium and you get my drift. There will be no […]

November 24, 1999

Harvard Seeks to Leverage its Brand Name

Harvard Seeks to Leverage its Brand NameCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Officials at Harvard University, one of the world’s most recognized learning institutions, are considering moves to capitalize on its name and reputation in cyberspace — a move that will be closely watched by other universities.Harvard is famous for tapping the academic elite, both at a professorial […]

October 13, 1999

Faculty & Staff

E-Rate Boost May Spur Research Boom for Scholars of Color

E-Rate Boost May Spur Research Boom for Scholars of ColorWASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a major spending hike for the e-rate policy, in May, marking a significant boost to the controversial federal subsidy program that is helping wire many of the nation’s poorest schools for Internet access. The boost comes at a […]

July 7, 1999

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