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Educational Access for Soldiers

eArmyU ImprovesEducational Access for SoldiersBut HBCUs may be missing out due to distance learning incapacityBy Phaedra Brotherton The Army’s venture into distance learning — dubbed eArmyU — is proving to be a big success with more than 12,000 soldiers enrolled since it began a year ago. Enlisted soldiers, particularly soldiers of color, have been lining […]

February 27, 2002

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

Low-Income Workers Getting a High-Tech Hand from U. of Maryland

Low-Income Workers Getting a High-Tech Hand from U. of MarylandAs a youngster growing up in Baltimore, Ingrid Hitchens imagined she would attend college one day. But after having a baby while in her teens, Hitchens let go of that plan and focused on taking care of her child. “I thought about going to college, but […]

June 7, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Rafting Towards New Major’s

Rafting Towards New Major’s“Mom, I’ve decided to major in adventure sports.” Not words every mother wants to hear. We’re talking mountain biking. Scuba diving. Spelunking. It’s news to test a parent’s open-mindedness. Exotic or highly specialized majors carry the baggage of the unfamiliar — negative assumptions come easy. But parents who fret about a child’s […]

April 12, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Tech Briefs

Professor Urges Students to Beware Hate Sites on the InternetDETROIT — A Wayne State University communications professor and Holocaust survivor considers the Internet an increasingly used, effective marketing tool by hate groups.“The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to hate,” Jack Kay, also an associate provost at the school, said last month while […]

November 10, 1999

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