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Expanding Access

There’s no question that the United States lags behind most industrialized nations in consumer access to broadband Internet service. For many policy makers and activists…

March 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Digging Out of the Digital Divide

One of the most prominent engineers and entrepreneurs in the country, Dr. Randal D. Pinkett keeps a high profile on issues related to minorities…

March 7, 2007

Latinx

Minority-Serving Institutions Find New Technology Advocates

When the new U.S. Senate opened for business in January, it didn’t take long for minority-serving colleges to find a new sponsor for a…

February 7, 2007

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Navajo Officials Have High Hopes For Wireless Grid

The Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint is working with staff at the University of California-San Diego’s supercomputer center to develop a wireless grid on the reservation.

February 4, 2007

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Digital Divide Still Separates White and Minority Students

WASHINGTON Many more White children use the Internet than do Hispanic and Black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone.

September 4, 2006

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One on One With Travis Smiley

The Covenant With Black America, a collection of essays on issues critical to Blacks, is not the first call-to-action book aimed at Black America…

May 17, 2006

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Going the Distance With John F. Ebersole

That we live in a brave new world of higher education technologies is an understatement. As the demographics of the postsecondary market continue to change…

March 8, 2006

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A New Groove: Black Culture And Technology Development

Black culture and technology are not often used in the same sentence, unless one wants to note their incompatibility…

November 30, 2005

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Old Electronics From America, Europe Fuel Toxic Crisis in Africa

According to an investigation conducted by Basel Action Network (BAN), old electronics from America…

November 16, 2005

HBCUs

Hip-Hop Video Game Tour Targeting Black Colleges

VIBE magazine has partnered with Boost Mobile and Motorola for the VIBE Game Club College Tour…

November 16, 2005

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College-Centered Auction Site Debuts

College-Centered Auction Site DebutsBy Ronald RoachMIAMIIn an effort to bring an eBay-like Web site to college students, a Miami company has introduced CollegeJunktion.com, an auction and trading Web site available at . The new Web site creates an online community for students across the United States to buy, sell and exchange nearly anything students and […]

March 23, 2005

Latinx

Wiring Schools For Success

Wiring Schools For SuccessLawmakers revive bill to assist minority-serving  institutions in upgrading technology infrastructureBy Charles DervaricsIt is no secret that many historically Black colleges and universities are trailing behind TWIs (Traditional White Institutions) in the technology race. In fact, a 2000 study conducted by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) for […]

February 23, 2005