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Leadership & Policy

No Child Left Behind Has Potential For Teacher Improvement

No Child Left Behind Has Potential For Teacher ImprovementWHITEWATER, Wis. No Child Left Behind, the federal education reform act implemented two years ago, warrants broader support among universities for its push to strengthen teacher quality, according to a position paper by The Renaissance Group. The Renaissance Group (TRG), located at Emporia State University in Kansas, […]

March 10, 2004

To Be Black, Gifted and Red

To Be Black, Gifted and RedCold War period yields new, provocative ground for contemporary scholarsBy Crystal L. KeelsToday’s climate of supercharged patriotism and apparent intolerance for comment or critique calls to mind an earlier period of U.S. history. The Cold War that began in the mid- to late-1940s, along with McCarthyism and the anti-communist movement […]

February 11, 2004

Opening Doors to Homeownership

Opening Doors to HomeownershipFannie Mae Foundation relies on education, outreach to help minority, low-income families become homeowners Since the fall of 1999, Stacey Davis Stewart has presided as president and chief executive officer over the Fannie Mae Foundation based in Washington, D.C. As head of the nation’s largest foundation devoted to affordable housing and community […]

December 18, 2002

Getting a Piece … Political Power Pie

Getting a Piece … Political Power PieThe Latino population’s diversity makes appealing to this electorate a difficult task By Kendra HamiltonWhen the 2000 Census revealed that the Latino population had become the nation’s most populous minority a decade earlier than projected, the media began speculating how this would translate at the ballot box. “Will Minorities […]

September 25, 2002

New Legislation May Aid Minority-Serving Institutions

New Legislation May Aid Minority-Serving InstitutionsNew federal legislation to help implement technology at minority-serving institutions may have a major positive effect for Black colleges and Hispanic-serving colleges and universities, witnesses told a Senate panel.In a congressional hearing originally scheduled for last fall but delayed following the attacks of Sept. 11, HBCU and HSI leaders said […]

April 24, 2002

Educause-Sponsored Conference Scheduled for April 2002

Educause-Sponsored Conference Scheduled for April 2002 WASHINGTONNetworking 2002, the annual policy forum conference, will be held April 17-18, 2002, at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D.C. The theme is “Building Relationships, Making Connections, Identifying New Opportunities.”Educause, the nation’s leading association of higher education IT professionals, and other higher education groups sponsor the annual Networking conferences […]

January 2, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Ringing the Alarm on Campus Computer Security

Ringing the Alarm on Campus Computer Security Indianapolis Even before the tragic Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, campus computer networks operated by the nation’s colleges and universities was at serious risk for unlawful intrusions, hacker break-ins, and for being used as a staging ground from which cyberattackers could assault other computer systems. Information technology experts now […]

November 21, 2001

Silicon Valley Under Fire for Weak Minority Recruitment Efforts

Silicon Valley Under Fire for Weak Minority Recruitment EffortsWhen Jeffrey Forbes, a native of New Jersey, chose to attend Stanford University and later the University of California-Berkeley in computer science, he believed their close proximity to Silicon Valley would help enhance his educational experience. “There’s great technology being developed by the companies out there,” says Forbes, […]

March 28, 2001

Be Smart When Sending E-mail to the Masses

Be Smart When Sending E-mail to the MassesIf you’re online, you’ve undoubtedly received “spam” — unsolicited, untargeted bulk e-mail, typically ads for illegal “Make Money Fast” pyramid schemes, pornographic pay Web sites, quack health care remedies, or other come-ons of interest only to the gullible or desperate.Spam, which conjures up images of fatty, low-cost luncheon […]

October 25, 2000

The Life After Death of Proposition 187

The Life After Death of Proposition 187 By Sandra HernandezFor nearly four years Carlos Montes has lived in fear, wondering what would happen if Proposition 187 were allowed to take effect. “I just kept wondering why this happened. It’s all very complicated, but I knew that suddenly a pregnant women might get turned away at […]

September 1, 1999

President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to Diversity

President Asks Legal Profession to ‘Recommit’ to DiversityPresident Bill Clinton spoke to more than 200 guests in the White House’s East Room last month, calling on them to continue to support diversity in the legal community.“I ask you to recommit yourselves … to fighting discrimination, to revitalizing our poorest communities, and to giving people an […]

August 18, 1999

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