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HBCU students work on tech concepts during Hackathon lead by the Black Founders.

HBCU Hackathons: Black Founders Highlight Tech Industry

Careers, Career Exploration / Anchal Bhatia

Founded in 2011, Black Founders is an organization dedicated to promote diversity in the technology industry and is focused on increasing black tech entrepreneurship. By the means of hackathons entitled HBCUHacks, they provide African-American college students interested in technology, design, and engineering an opportunity to take their ideas to the next level. At Hackathons, students […]

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How HBCU Students Can Creatively Pay for College and Avoid Debt

College Planning / Tyrone Brackens

It seems as though all we hear about college is the rising tuition rates. While this may be true many HBCU are ever working towards making college more affordable. With the in-state low cost tuition many HBCU’s provides paying for college still can become a struggle for many. This is where the rubber meets the

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Wireless Internet Connections on HBCU Campuses

Wireless Internet Infrastructure at HBCU Schools and Colleges

HBCU Colleges / Dr. Amarendra Alapati

There is no doubt that students entering schools or colleges look for opportunities for continuous connection aside from looking into the academic and general reputation of a university. This has resulted in universities including Historically Black Colleges and Universities to install the latest technology when it comes to internet connections. Years ago, several of these

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3 High Paying Careers for Tech Savvy Students

Careers / Guest Author

The business and career-centered world is booming more than ever with the need for more logically, technically minded individuals. Those who find themselves better suited to a career of crunching numbers and thinking logically rather than “artistically” often find their skills downgraded by being referred to as “computer geeks”. However, Bill Gates and other computer

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Why Professors Should Embrace Technology in the Classroom

HBCU College Life / Naykishia D. Head

“Back in the day, when I was young, I’m not kid anymore, but some days I sit and I was a kid again…I remember.” This aforementioned chorus from the song, “Back in the Day” by Ahmad can be a representative of so many facets as it relates to education, but they can truly represent the

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Why a College Degree is Necessary for Work in a Global Economy

College Planning / Guest Author

The global economy is rapidly changing. It transforms year to year forcing future career professionals to step back and take notice or remain left behind. Decades ago, job candidates could land decent jobs without a college education since college was geared towards elite professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and scientists. Corporations were lenient during the

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HBCU Information Network Launches Two Apps for the Android Market

HBCU Colleges, HBCU News / HBCU Reports

Orlando, FL − The HBCU Information Network (HBCUIn) unveils two new Android applications to assist prospective students in both learning about different Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) and also to help curve driving under the influence…

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