"Weekly Dozens" -- Week Ending Saturday 5/3/14

Last updated: Sunday 5/4/14 @ 2:19 pm

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite academic news items posted by HBCU media and other media on Twitter about HBCUs' teaching, research, and community service for the week ending Saturday 5/3/14 ... in chronological order from latest to earliest ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found here ==> Back issues ... Note that back issues can be searched for old tweets.

A. News & Features ... Dozen

1. UMass Boston @UMassBoston  ·  Apr 30

   UMass Boston Breaking Through In Bid To Bring Diversity to #STEM -- awesome story in @DiverseIssues: http://bit.ly/1hU1cPf 
   
   
2. USDLA @USDLA  ·  May 2

   Collaboration, or lack thereof, behind Semester Online collapse @insidehighered http://lnkd.in/dfwaMKn 
   
   
3. LT Wynn @Pubhistorian  ·  May 2

   Bennett College Signs Co-Admission Agreement With a Community College: http://www.jbhe.com/2014/05/bennett-college-signs-co-admission-agreement-with-a-community-college/ …
   
   
4. Black Enterprise @blackenterprise  ·  May 2

   States And Their Startups That Are Getting The Most Venture Capital http://trib.al/lKmqbMz 
   
   
5. Lumina Foundation @LuminaFound  ·  May 2

   MT @pndblog: America Still Lags, But Hunger for #Education Attainment Grows http://owl.li/wmVic  @rollcall @LuminaFound #highered


6. Joint Center @JointCenter  ·  May 1

   Study Highlights Achievement Gap for Minority Men at Community Colleges http://wp.me/pGxlN-Cs 
   
   
7. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  May 1

   Worried by FCC Plan, Net-Neutrality Advocates at Colleges Gauge Next Steps http://shar.es/SWwBA  via @chronicle
   
   
8. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  May 1

   Budget Board Approves $6M Loan to South Carolina State University - Higher Education http://diverseeducation.com/article/63666/  via @twitterapi
   
   
9. Debra Saunders-White @DSaundersWhite  ·  Apr 30

   #NCCU's new partnership w/ Beijing Language and Culture University (@BLCUinfo) & @NCCUSOE: http://bit.ly/1iBLGcz  pic.twitter.com/wY2TC4AfF9

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10. UMass Boston @UMassBoston  ·  Apr 30

    UMass Boston Breaking Through In Bid To Bring Diversity to #STEM -- awesome story in @DiverseIssues: http://bit.ly/1hU1cPf 
    
    
11. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Apr 30

    Faculty Union, a Rarity at HBCUs, Is Poised to Emerge at Howard U. http://m.chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Union-a-Rarity-at/146259/?key=Pkz6FGquWAMRRRf3-tBC7g8oe3SAkjlxcmR1FDsBHVdaUFhpVTlHNWJxT0hNSGFDR3NaNlVaYUVVQXVKZlhRcUpqeThBQXhUWlNF#sthash.FX8DfIiS.uxfs … via @chronicle
    
    
12. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Apr 29

    White House Raises the Bar for Colleges’ Handling of Sexual Assault http://shar.es/SmcwC  via @chronicle
    
    

B. Black Hackers & Entrepreneurs ... Half Dozen
       ... and some useful reference links

1. LT Wynn @Pubhistorian  ·  Apr 28

   The 46 Most Important African-Americans In Technology http://www.businessinsider.com/important-blacks-in-technology-2014-4 … via @sai
   
   
2. HBCU News @hbcunews  ·  Apr 27

   #hbcu #claflin Are Hackathons The Classrooms Of Tomorrow? My journey to the frontier of... http://binged.it/1itwXPP  http://bit.ly/RkcVJx 
3. Black Founders @blackfounders  ·  May 2

   Want to do business in high-growth Asian markets? Register for the @USMBDA webinar on China & India on 5/13 - http://www.mbda.gov/main/webinar-registration-may-13-doing-business-asia …
   
   
4. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Apr 29

   A Day In The Life Of The ERA Accelerator http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-era-accelerator/?ncid=twittersocialshare … via @techcrunch
   
   
   
5. Philippe @PhilPierrePaul  ·  Apr 29

   #YesWeCode: Training NextGen of DiverseTechnologists: http://youtu.be/uI-goDdt4Yw  via @VanJones68 @laurawp @realctucker

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6. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  

   Morgan State University's Hackathon 2014 ... WINNERS and Final Tweets!!! #hbcus, #hbcu #HBCUhacks ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2014/05/morgan-states-hackathon-2014.html …
   
   

C. Comments & Opinions ... Half Dozen

1. HBCU Digest @HBCUDigest  ·  24h

   South Carolina State Students, Alumni Are Choosing the Wrong Battle http://hbcudigest.com/?p=96224
   
   
2. {Linked Tweets-- The next 7 tweets from Dr. Gregory Carr were emitted in rapid succession, suggesting pithy poetic expressions of connected thoughts. They should be read as a unit, in order from top to bottom ... which is the reverse  of the order in which they appeared on Twitter}
   
   
   Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr  ·  May 2

   The Negro National League restructured the way baseball was played, with legends like Josh Gibson, Satchel Page, Cool Papa Bell & others.
   
   

   Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr  ·  May 2

   Black people today seem happy to be highly-compensated employees of White-owned, managed & promoted pro leagues. We once knew different.
   
   

   Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr  ·  May 2

   In 1947, the Negro Leagues sent Jack Roosevelt Robinson to white Major League Baseball, insuring their ultimate demise on integration's pyre
   
   
   Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr  ·  May 2

   Jack Robinson's injection of Negro League style play in2 MLB heralded the Africanization of the way the US national pastime was played.
   
   
   Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr  ·  May 2

   As it fell to integration, the Negro Leagues sent White owned MLB its youth: Willie Howard Mays (Birmingham) & Henry Aaron (Indianapolis).
   
   
   Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr  ·  May 2

   In the end, the Negro Leagues sent a trio, Robinson, Mays & Aaron, whose accomplishments symbolize the meaning of Africa to America.
   
   
   Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr  ·  May 2

   As we "debate the meaning" of the NBA protecting its brand from overt racism, don't forget the Negro Leagues: We make progress as a group.
   
   
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3. HBCU Lifestyle @HBCU_Lifestyle  ·  May 1

   North Carolina’s public HBCUs squeezed by politics, budget http://owl.li/wn0mc  (via @thecharpost)
   
   
4. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Apr 30

   Why #NetNeutrality Matters to Higher Ed http://shar.es/SHWnI  via @chronicle
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5. Rich Kiker @rkiker  ·  Apr 29

   MOOCS: An Alternative to Professional Development and Lifelong Learning http://ow.ly/whlsv 
   
   
6. Vox @voxdotcom  ·  Apr 27

   The idea that could end college tuition: http://bit.ly/1ruhZv6 
   
   

D. Some Important Upcoming Events ... Half Dozen
Full calendar of HBCU and related events for  2014 listed ==> HERE  

1. The Sloan Consortium @SloanConsortium 

   Early Bird Registration for the 11th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop ends in... http://fb.me/2BqNI6sBP
   
   
2. MERLOT @MERLOTorg  ·  May 2

   Call for presentations for the @SloanConsortium's Annual International Conference on #OnlineLearning, deadline 5/5! http://ow.ly/wq54E 
   
   
3. HBCUstory, INC. @HBCUstory  ·  May 1

   “@Zinovatus: HBCUstory symposium is scheduled for Oct 24-25, 2014 in Washington D.C. #HBCU #HBCUstory” http://hbcustorysymposium2014.eventbrite.com 
   
   
4. White House HBCUs @WHI_HBCUs  ·  Apr 30

   2014 HBCU Week Conference-Save the Date: 22-23 September 2014 http://tinyurl.com/pbkktj6 /span>
   
   
5. White House Af-Am Ed @AfAmEducation  ·  Apr 29

   Did you miss our 2nd Summit on Educational Excellence? More here --> "Jackson, MS #AfAmEdSummit Exceeds Expectations" http://sfy.co/jh9S 

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6. Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline  ·  Apr 30

   Some famous speakers at upcoming #HBCU commencements @WilberforceSFC #hbcus @SpelmanCollege @HowardU @du1869 ==> http://hbcu-levers.blogspot.com/2014/04/hbcu-commencement-speakers-2014.html …
   
   

E. HBCU History ... Black History ... Half Dozen 

1. LT Wynn @Pubhistorian  ·  Apr 29

   Remembering Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington born #onthisday (April 29, 1899. An American composer, pianist and... http://fb.me/18QsszmXj 
   
   
2. LT Wynn @Pubhistorian  ·  May 1

   Salute to Gwendolyn Brooks, who #onthisday became the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
   
   
3. Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr  ·  Apr 27

   April 27, 1994: All South Africans vote, Mandela elected president and Africa again shows the world the way. Happy #FreedomDay South Africa.
   
   
4. LT Wynn ‏@Pubhistorian
   Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistan... http://www.amazon.com/dp/025207954X/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_Nbpztb0BMMZ4D3CP … via @amazon
   
   
5. LT Wynn ‏@Pubhistorian May 3
   Brown at 60: Reflections | NAACP LDF http://fb.me/3fKS5ItMr
   
   
6. HBCU Lifestyle ‏@HBCU_Lifestyle Apr 4
   RT @ScooterTaylor: Albert Einstein teaching a physics class at Lincoln University (HBCU in Pennsylvania) in 1946. pic.twitter.com/rlDLwQcpi9
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   

   
   

F. Opportunities for Jobs, Internships, Scholarships, Fellowships, & Research ... Half Dozen

1. Marcia Robinson SPHR @HBCUCareerCntr  ·  May 1

   Math Teachers Needed! See The #HBCU Career Center. http://ow.ly/wotee  Friday jobs!! #Math #STEM #teachers Post your resume!
   
   
2. Marcia Robinson SPHR @HBCUCareerCntr  ·  Apr 29

   Interested in Political Science, Advocacy, Communications work, Nonprofit work? Volunteer opportunities like... http://fb.me/16I4zIW0I 
   
   
3. LT Wynn @Pubhistorian  ·  Apr 29

   RT"@HBCU_Lifestyle: NASA Internship: Paid Hands-on Experience for STEM Students http://owl.li/whoVO "
   
   
4. Marcia Robinson SPHR ‏@HBCUCareerCntr 17h
   “@GreatResume: Top 10 Articles of 2013|CAREEREALISM http://po.st/3Y76jo ” #HBCU
5. HBCU News ‏@hbcunews May 2
   #msu #hbcu Joint Science Internship With JHU Will Put MSU Students In Top Research Inst... http://binged.it/R9tCLi  http://bit.ly/1bgZRk9
   
   
   
6. HBCU Digest ‏@HBCUDigest May 2
   Morgan State, Johns Hopkins Launch Science and Tech Internship Program http://hbcudigest.com/?p=96222