Tag: Computing: Page 20

Faculty & Staff

Regents Set New Policies for Georgia Colleges

The University System of Georgia took several steps Wednesday to establish a more comprehensive approach to guiding the state’s 31 public colleges and universities.

August 14, 2013

Health

Feds, Family Reach Deal on Use of DNA Information

Some 60 years ago, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancer cells from a poor black patient named Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent.

August 7, 2013

Home

Miami Dade College Program Develops Students Into Researchers

The computing research lab funds six students each year, many of whom are Hispanic, to spend 10 to 15 hours per week researching and developing projects of their own or advancing projects that other students had begun.

August 6, 2013

Home

Public Records Key in Bennett Grade-Change Scandal

In algebra, students are required to show the steps taken to come to their answer, in part because teachers need to see whether they grasp the concepts.

August 4, 2013

Students

Counselor, Educational Opportunity Program

Eastern Oregon University (EOU) seeks nominations, applications and expressions of interest for the position of Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.

August 4, 2013

Students

San Jose State’s MOOC Missteps Easy to See

As most people in ed-tech circles have heard by now, a much-touted MOOC experiment has ended in embarrassment.

July 29, 2013

African-American

Asiana Crash Exposes 21st Century Racism on Twitter

If you see the Internet as raceless, colorblind and digital, think again my friend. It’s a breeding ground for 21st Century racism. Witness the instances of the nearly instantaneous anti-Asian racist tweets soon after the Asiana Airlines crash this weekend. On social media, you can see the knee-jerky reaction. It’s racism in real time. Time […]

July 8, 2013

Students

North Dakota State Turns Over Deleted Emails of School President

North Dakota State University has turned over to the state’s Legislative Council nearly 2,000 pages of emails deleted from President Dean Bresciani’s account.

July 7, 2013

Home

Alabama Officials Note Shortage of Workers in Tech Fields

State officials say they’re working with educators and business owners to address a gap between students and a shortage of workers for in-demand job markets in the state.

July 7, 2013

Faculty & Staff

AACC Preparing the Next Generation of Community College Leaders

Dozens of aspiring community college CEOs descended on Baltimore this week to learn keys to career success from noted practitioners and thinkers in the community college leadership realm.

June 27, 2013

Latinx

Study: 55M New Job Openings by 2020

However, the forecast also suggests the economy will fall short 5 million workers with the postsecondary degrees those jobs require.

June 26, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Economists Seek National Effort to Increase Selective College Applications, Enrollment by Low-Income Students

Stanford University economist Caroline Hoxby unveiled a national proposal aimed at encouraging high-achieving, low-income students to apply to and attend selective colleges.

June 26, 2013