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Going Online with MARCO

Going Online with MARCOMaryland initiative expedites certification process for new teachers By Ronald Roach When Troy and Sharon Anderson of Bowie, Md., decided to leave behind corporate jobs to become public school teachers, they found little comfort in the prospect of having to spend a year or two taking education courses to gain teacher certification. […]

April 23, 2003

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Xavier Among Nation’s Leading Producers Of Students with Chemistry Degrees

Xavier Among Nation’s Leading Producers Of Students with Chemistry Degrees NEW ORLEANS Long considered a national leader in the production of undergraduates who go on to receive degrees in medicine, Xavier University now holds the added distinction of being a leading producer of undergraduates earning degrees in chemistry. The school was recently listed in Chemical […]

April 23, 2003

International

Riding the High Tide

Riding the High Tide India has surpassed China as the leading sender of foreign students to the United States, so why are its students increasingly drawn to U.S. universities?By Shilpa Banerji When 24-year-old Anil Mukherji joined Louisiana State University as a postdoctoral research assistant in chemistry in 1957, he was one of four Indians in […]

March 26, 2003

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W.Va. Doctoral Degree Holders Earn $3,300 Less than Certificate Holders

W.Va. Doctoral Degree Holders Earn $3,300 Less than Certificate Holders CHARLESTON, W.Va.A West Virginian holding a doctorate degree in 2001 earned an average of nearly $3,300 less per year than a resident with a certificate from a community college, according to figures released last month. The state’s recently published Higher Education Report Card found that […]

January 29, 2003

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Making Information Technology Work for Public Housing

Making Information Technology Work for Public HousingBy Ronald Roach PITTSBURGHDr. Michael P. Johnson Jr., a professor of management science and urban affairs at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, wants to bring management science tools and the latest information technology applications to public housing programs. Unlike […]

December 18, 2002

Community Colleges

Universities Cooperate on Engineering Program

Universities Cooperate on Engineering Program ST. LOUISA recently accredited program allows students from the University of Missouri-St. Louis to earn engineering degrees by taking classes at Washington University. Nine years ago the two universities forged an agreement that has allowed 119 students at the state school to earn bachelor’s degrees in civil, mechanical and electrical […]

November 6, 2002

Latinx

Students of Color Make Enrollment, Graduation Gains

Students of Color Make Enrollment, Graduation Gains WASHINGTONThe number of students of color enrolling and graduating from the nation’s colleges and universities continues to climb steadily, according to an annual status report released last month by the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Office of Minorities in Higher Education (OMHE). Overall, enrollment by students of color […]

October 9, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Tested Practices Buoy University of Phoenix Online

Tested Practices Buoy University of Phoenix Online Black Issues presents in Techtalk the first of occasional question-and-answer sessions with prominent information technology leaders in higher education. In this issue, Brian Mueller, vice president and chief operating officer of the profitable University of Phoenix Online, discusses the for-profit higher education company’s track record at running one […]

February 27, 2002

Latinx

Educational Access for Soldiers

eArmyU ImprovesEducational Access for SoldiersBut HBCUs may be missing out due to distance learning incapacityBy Phaedra Brotherton The Army’s venture into distance learning — dubbed eArmyU — is proving to be a big success with more than 12,000 soldiers enrolled since it began a year ago. Enlisted soldiers, particularly soldiers of color, have been lining […]

February 27, 2002

Community Colleges

Higher Education for Prisoners

Higher Education for Prisoners Will Lower Rates for TaxpayersWhat would you think if you were told that there are 1.6 million potential students who could be served by community colleges? Wouldn’t you consider this a great opportunity? Throughout the United States, without much fanfare, some community colleges already are going about the rewarding business of […]

January 16, 2002

Faculty & Staff

‘Reality-Based Education’

‘Reality-Based Education’Webster University’s agGressive marketing and flexible scheduling leads to a large enrollment, but accreditation questions persist. By Pearl StewartTwenty-one years ago Brenda Newberry had just given birth to her first child, a girl, in a St. Louis hospital. The next day, she had a visitor, one of her professors from Webster University where she […]

November 21, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Pittsburgh Couple Gives $3 Million

Pittsburgh Couple Gives $3 Million To Penn State for Science, BusinessSTATE COLLEGE, Pa.A Pittsburgh couple has donated $3 million to create endowed faculty chairs at Penn State University in the Eberly College of Science and the Smeal College of Business Administration. Ronald R. Davenport, who earned his undergraduate degree in business from Penn State, is […]

November 7, 2001