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(More) Historically Black Colleges and Universities go Google
19. August 2011
Across the United States,
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) provide educational homes for hundreds of thousands of African-American students. Small and community-focused, usually with fewer than 5,000 students, privately or publicly funded, and far-reaching in curriculum and tradition, these communities share a proud history of addressing educational equality and preparing many of the nation’s minority students for whatever life opportunities they seek.
Last week, at our annual
HBCU Faculty Summit
in our New York City office, we had the chance to host more than 50 professors and administrators from 16 HBCUs across the country. The 2011 summit had three themes: infrastructure, curriculum and partnership. We were pleased to lead thoughtful conversations around these themes and discuss the benefits Google Apps can bring to a campus. The summit also provided a unique opportunity for representatives from different HBCUs to come together and learn from one another.
Click here to view photos
from the Faculty Summit.
On the first day of the summit, nine HBCUs announced their decision to switch to
Google Apps for Education
. These schools included:
Alcorn State University
Bethune Cookman College
Jarvis Christian College
Morgan State University
Morris Brown College
North Carolina A&T State University
Philander Smith College
Saint Paul College
Wilberforce University
These schools joined another 13 HBCUs already using Google Apps, meaning that more than 100,000 HBCU students and faculty will have access to Google’s collaboration tools in the 2011-2012 school year.
Like all universities, HBCUs rely on technology like Apps to facilitate communication, collaboration and connectedness among their students, staff and alumni. To learn more about HBCUs turning to Google Apps to transform campus technology while cutting costs, read
this white paper
and today’s
Enterprise Blog post
about North Carolina A&T going Google. If you’re an administrator or ambassador at an HBCU and would like to go Google, visit the
Google Apps for Education website
and click on “Get Apps today.”
Posted by LaFawn Bailey, Global Diversity & Inclusion Specialist
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