HOWARD FEINTUCHFaculty & StaffBlackboard Seeks to Reconnect With FacultyBlackboard Inc. is launching next generation online technology that will be free to higher education instructors.November 16, 2010African-AmericanOhio Institutions Focus on Black Male AchievementOhio-based schools and organizations have developed education initiatives aimed at helping African-American male students succeed.March 4, 2010Faculty & StaffPROMOTING AGRICULTURAL CAREERS TO MINORITIESUSDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) is on a mission to promote careers in agricultural economics for minority college students. For the past two years the ERS has conducted a distance learning program that brings expertsDecember 23, 2009HomeSTUDY INVESTIGATES IF ONLINE EDUCATION IS KEY TO HELPING MORE LOW-INCOME STUDENTS OBTAIN DEGREESPeter Schenk believed a college degree was the key to a more financially stable life. To that end, the 22-year-old worked two jobs to support his family and pay college tuition for himself and his wife.October 14, 2009HBCUsKnowledge at No CostA growing number of mission-driven U.S. institutions are joining the global movement to provide courses online for free.March 19, 2009HBCUsKnowledge at No CostA growing number of mission-driven U.S. institutions are joining the global movement to provide courses online for free.March 16, 2009Faculty & StaffAt Georgia Perimeter College, Online Teaching Has Its Benefits — TenureMichael T. Bradley is a full-time online- only professor. In the virtual classroom of his “World Religion and Introduction to Ethics” classes at Georgia Perimeter College, a two-year college in suburban Atlanta, Bradley employs a teaching style that both personalizes him to his students and encourages them to interact with one another.October 15, 2008Page 1 of 1
