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Anderson, Michelle – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
In this article, the author features the Opportunity Funding Corporation's (OFC) Venture Challenge, a business competition that allows HBCU (historically Black colleges and universities) students to develop and foster sustainable business ventures. The OFC Venture Challenge was established to help HBCUs develop a comprehensive entrepreneurship…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Entrepreneurship, Curriculum Development, Courses
Roach, Ronald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
As a newcomer to the Department of Natural Sciences at University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (UMES) in fall 2007, assistant biochemistry professor Jennifer L. Hearne concluded from teaching "Principles of Chemistry I" that the introductory general education course needed a makeover. In addition to alleviating teaching inefficiencies,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Introductory Courses, Educational Change, Curriculum Development
Pember, Mary Annette – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
Sustaining and strengthening tribal cultures, languages and traditions is at the core of every tribal college's mission statement. To help attain these goals, many colleges use one of Indian Country's greatest assets--its elders. Traditionally, elders hold a place of honor in American Indian society. Without cultural input from elders,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, American Indian Education, Tribally Controlled Education, Cultural Differences