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Cyber Diversity – online instruction

It’s not unusual that all 15 students in one of Dr. Maureen Eke’s African American literature course sections at Central Michigan University are White. What’s striking, however, is that Black students and their Black professor from a campus located hundreds of miles away are beamed onto a large television screen to join Dr. Eke and her students in class discussions and lectures.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

BI What’s New: Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives

Southeast Missouri State University has a new bachelor of science degree program in environmental science. The program was approved by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education and was established in response to the growing demand for environmental science professionals.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Black Faculty Congress Advances Research Agenda

WASHINGTON The National Congress of Black Faculty met here last month for their twelfth annual conference to discuss a host of topics that ranged from affirmative action’s impact on Black access to higher education, to the role of Black scholars in shaping public policy, to the importance of computer literacy.

July 14, 2007

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The networking imperative – investment in high-technology information infrastructure – includes related article

The high cost of building and maintaining the infrastructure necessary to support information is nowhere near the price schools will play if they do not develop this strategic asset.

July 13, 2007

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Web site established to showcase higher education diversity initiatives

In the effort to boost diversity on the nation’s college and university campuses, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has enlisted the Internet to educate administrators, faculty and student about effective diversity practices.

July 11, 2007

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Student Learning Outcomes In a Cyberspace Age

Institutions accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools have heard much recently about student-learning outcomes.

July 11, 2007

Students

Online Degrees Increasingly Gaining Acceptance Among Employers

Skills, experience and reputation of school are more important factors.

April 4, 2007

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Affirmative Action May Suffer Setback, Says Former Brown Counsel

Jack Greenberg, the Alphonse Fletcher Professor of Law at Columbia University and the former co-counsel with Thurgood Marshall on the Brown v. Board of Education case, said Tuesday that reports of the oral arguments in the recent U.S. Supreme Court cases on school desegregation have made him pessimistic, but hopeful that the one or two justices who have the reputation of being inhospitable to integration will vote to uphold the plans.

January 16, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Minority Students Turning to Online Schools for Advanced Degrees

MINNEAPOLIS Colleges have long despaired over how best to attract more minority students into advanced degree programs. But it’s not a problem at a number of schools where students earn their degrees online, which are seeing unexpectedly high minority enrollment.

October 8, 2006

Students

Educating, Challenging Future Journalists of Color

Sept. 10 will kick off National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week…

August 9, 2006

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Displaced Katrina College Students Finish Classes Online

When Hurricane Katrina forced junior Special Kirk out of Dillard University last August, he searched for options to finish the semester. “I didn’t want to fall behind,” he says…

April 18, 2006

Sports

Central Michigan and Reebok Team Up to Design Athletic Apparel

Rather than rushing out and buying the latest athletic gear, students at Central Michigan University are helping design it. Reebok, one of the leading athletic apparel companies in the world…

March 8, 2006