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Leadership & Policy

Fisk, Vanderbilt Collaborate on Nursing Program

Fisk, Vanderbilt Collaborate on Nursing ProgramNASHVILLE, Tenn.Fisk University will start an undergraduate nursing program as part of a new alliance with Vanderbilt University, which is looking to boost the ranks of minority graduate students.The alliance allows Fisk, a historically Black liberal arts college, to use the teaching facilities of Vanderbilt’s established nursing school. Vanderbilt School […]

July 16, 2004

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Women Reap More Benefits From Higher Education, Study Finds

Women Reap More Benefits From Higher Education, Study FindsBy Patricia TroumpoucisCOLLEGE PARK, Md.Higher education offers a variety of benefits, both economic and non-economic, and women seem to reap much bigger economic benefits from earning an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree than their male counterparts, according to a new study. The study’s author said this […]

June 30, 2004

HBCUs

The Top 100:Interpreting the Data

The Top 100:Interpreting the DataBy Dr. Victor M. H. Borden and Pamela C. BrownThe current year, 2004, marks a monumental year in higher education for students of color. This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, which declared racial segregation in public education settings unconstitutional. Despite the gains […]

June 2, 2004

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Computer Repair: When the Bits Hit the Fan

Computer Repair: When the Bits Hit the FanIf you use a PC or Mac for business purposes, and it breaks, and you’re like many business people, you’re dead in the water. In a home setting, a broken personal computer is no fun either. Some people like fixing PCs, but if you’re among those who would […]

May 5, 2004

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Gregory Hines To Receive Posthumous Honorary Degree

Gregory Hines To Receive Posthumous Honorary DegreeNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.The late tap-dancing actor Gregory Hines will be awarded an honorary degree by Rutgers University in May. Hines, considered the greatest tap dancer of his generation, died of cancer in August at age 57. He had created the Gregory Hines-Dancepower Endowed Scholarship at the state university. The […]

December 31, 2003

International

A Year in Review: International Education

International EducationNew York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) added Turkey to its list of international alliances, under a collaborative agreement with Istanbul Technical University (ITU). FIT’s partnership is part of a joint degree program initiated by the State University of New York and the Turkish Council of Higher Education. Under this agreement, FIT and ITU […]

December 17, 2003

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Alabama A&M’s School of Education Awarded First Ph.D. Program

Alabama A&M’s School of Education Awarded First Ph.D. Program HUNTSVILLE, Ala.Alabama A&M University’s School of Education has been awarded its first Ph.D. degree program. “The new Ph.D. program will offer its candidates the area’s only program in what we refer to as ‘pure’ reading,” says Dr. Mary W. Spor, an AAMU professor and reading specialist. […]

September 10, 2003

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Fashion Institute Forms Partnership With University in Turkey

Fashion Institute Forms Partnership With University in TurkeyNEW YORK New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) has added Turkey to its list of international alliances, under a collaborative agreement with Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of FIT, and Dr. Gülsün Saglamer, rector of ITU, signed the agreement in June to establish […]

August 13, 2003

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Hampton University to Open Campus In Virginia Beach

Hampton University to Open Campus In Virginia BeachHAMPTON, Va. Hampton University will open its newest satellite campus this fall in Virginia Beach, Va. The state-of-the-art College of Virginia Beach, located in the city’s newly constructed Town Center, will offer undergraduate degrees in nursing (a condensed three-year program) and hotel/resort management. The college also will offer […]

July 30, 2003

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Graduate Education …

Everything You Wanted to Know About Graduate Education … A few editions ago, you had the opportunity to review the colleges and universities that confer the most baccalaureate degrees on students of color. In this last installment of the Top 100 degree producers for the year, we bring you the edition that highlights the institutions that […]

July 2, 2003

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Miami-Dade to Offer Degree In Language Translation

Miami-Dade to Offer Degree In Language TranslationMIAMIMiami-Dade Community College will offer the country’s first associate’s degree in translation/interpretation starting this month.With the large influx of foreign-born residents growing in and around south Florida, it was only a matter of time before the college started the course, according to Dr. Thomas Meyer, chair of ESL and […]

May 21, 2003

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Golden Gate University to Offer Graduate Degree in Digital Security

Golden Gate University to Offer Graduate Degree in Digital SecuritySAN FRANCISCOGolden Gate University (GGU) has announced that it will start a graduate program in digital security, the first in the San Francisco Bay area. GGU will offer a master’s degree and a graduate certificate in digital security. Courses are offered in class, online through GGU’s […]

May 7, 2003