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Faculty & Staff

Finding Room for Improvement

Finding Room for ImprovementHoward University-based team rates HBCU Web sitesThe perception that a “digital divide” exists in higher education between historically Black institutions and most predominantly White colleges and universities has enabled advocates for Black schools to raise money, attract computer equipment donations, and build awareness to help bridge the divide.One effort that started this […]

December 5, 2001

HBCUs

HBCUs Get Savvy About Fund Raising

HBCUs Get Savvy About Fund RaisingBy Cheryl D. FieldsToday, anyone interested in donating to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) can do so online. An agreement between the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) and Gateway computer company gives HBCUs a new way to save on technology purchases. Howard University recently scored […]

August 29, 2001

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Maryland Projects Growth at ‘Virtual University’

Maryland Projects Growth at ‘Virtual University’ADELPHI, Md.Offering one of the nation’s largest distance learning curriculums for a public institution, the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is projected to experience a tripling of its enrollment by 2010, according to the Maryland Higher Education Commission. In a report released by the commission in July, the enrollment […]

August 15, 2001

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Safeguarding Against Online Cheating

Safeguarding Against Online CheatingBy Ronald RoachLike many of his peers at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), Melvin A. Greene had anticipated that teaching online courses would be expected of him at the Adelphi, Md., campus that specializes in adult and online education. The prospect that students might resort to cheating or plagiarism didn’t […]

June 6, 2001

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EDUCAUSE Expands Online Guide on Evaluating Information Technology

EDUCAUSE Expands Online Guide on Evaluating Information TechnologyWASHINGTONEDUCAUSE, a higher education information technology association, has expanded its “Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus.” Since introduced in the spring of 2000, the online guide has been helping prospective college students and their parents evaluate the technology resources in use by the schools that interest the […]

March 28, 2001

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New AFT Report Proposes Standards for Online Programs

New AFT Report Proposes Standards for Online ProgramsWashingtonThe American Federation of Teachers has recommended a set of quality standards for college-based distance education programs, the organization announced. The recommendations, titled “Distance Education Guidelines for Good Practice,” resulted from a survey of AFT members who teach distance learning classes, past studies by the union and resolutions […]

February 28, 2001

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New AFT Report Proposes Standards for Online Programs

New AFT Report Proposes Standards for Online ProgramsWashingtonThe American Federation of Teachers has recommended a set of quality standards for college-based distance education programs, the organization announced last month. The recommendations, entitled “Distance Education Guidelines for Good Practice,” resulted from a survey of AFT members who teach distance learning classes, past studies by the union […]

January 31, 2001

HBCUs

The Army Marches Into Online Learning

The Army Marches Into Online LearningInitiative seeks participation of minority-serving institutionsWashingtonT he forces steering higher education’s shift towards online and distance learning have mostly favored the wealthiest and most prestigious institutions over the not-so-wealthy and less celebrated schools. Nevertheless, an ambitious initiative by the U.S. Army may help spur the inclusion of minority-serving institutions and […]

January 17, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Mastering Technology’s…

Mastering Technology’s… Colleges encourage faculty to go high tech By Ronald RoachT o get students proficient and comfortable with the Internet and the latest information technology, Morris Brown College officials have required its undergraduates to participate in a laptop purchase program this fall, one of the first ever such initiatives at a historically Black institution. […]

November 22, 2000

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U. of Wisconsin to Help Build Telescope in Africa

U. of Wisconsin to Help Build Telescope in AfricaMADISON, Wis.University of Wisconsin-Madison astronomers will help build a telescope in South Africa powerful enough to peer deep into distant galaxies. The $35 million Southern African Large Telescope, to be built on a mountaintop at the edge of the Kalahari Desert, will be the largest telescope in […]

August 30, 2000

Community Colleges

Conference Examines Digital Divide

Conference Examines Digital DivideAs an administrator and computer science instructor at West Los Angeles College, Zenobia Millet had a busy agenda last month at the Community College Foundation’s Tech Ed 2000 educational technology conference in Palm Springs, Calif. Looking to forge partnerships with computer software and hardware companies, Millet spent much of her time meeting […]

April 26, 2000

Students

Tech Briefs

Web Site Matches Athletes to CollegesWestport, Conn.— C What We C Enterprises Inc. has launched a sports-recruitment Web site that offers high school athletes another venue — and in some cases, the only venue — to gain exposure and provides colleges a new method to scout talented players.Career Sports, located at www.careersportsinc.com, is the first […]

April 26, 2000