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GIS Educational Opportunities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States.
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- Author(s): MALHOTRA, RAKESH; VLAHOVIC, GORDANA
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Southeastern Geographer; Fall2011, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p443-456, 14p, 3 Maps- Subject Terms:
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- Abstract: This study examines the role Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) play in the GIS educational landscape in the United States. Research of HBCU institutional web sites was used to develop a database of GIS and related geospatial courses, concentrations, degrees, and departments offering these courses. The review of this information indicated strong differences in access to GIS education for students between rural and urban settings, community colleges and universities, and private and public HBCUs. The availability of GIS technology at HBCUs and at other institutions of higher education was also contrasted to examine the existence of a technology divide and data show that HBCUs have kept in step with other institutions in introducing GIS into their curriculum. Information from a similar study conducted almost a decade ago (Padgett and Crayton 2001) was used to determine advances in GIS educational offerings at HBCUs over the recent past. As employability trends for geography graduates show increasing emphasis on transferable technical skills-like GIS, the availability of geospatial courses, programs, and certifications at HBCUs is critical to increasing diversity in geography as a profession and, in the long run, the vitality of geography as a discipline. Unfortunately, the advent of GIS has not had any material impact on the establishment of core geography programs at HBCUs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Abstract: Este estudio examina el papel que las Universidades Históricamente Negras (HBCU) juegan en el panorama educativo de los SIG en los Estados Unidos. Una investigación de las pñginas web institucionales de las HBCU se utilizó para desarrollar una base de datos de SIG y cursos geoespaciales relacionados, concentraciones, grados, y departamentos ofreciendo estos cursos. La revisión de esta información indica fuertes diferencias en el acceso a la educación en SIG para estudiantes entre el medio rural y urbano, community colleges y universidades, y las HBCU tanto públicas como privadas. La disponibilidad de la tecnología SIG en las HBCU y en otras instituciones de educación superior se contrastó también al examinar la existencia de una brecha tecnológica y los datos muestran que las HBCU se han mantenido a la par con otras instituciones en introducir los SIG en su currículo. Información de un estudio similar realizado hace casi una década (Padgett y Crayton 2001) fue utilizada para determinar los avances en las ofertas educativas de SIG en las HBCU en el pasado reciente. A la vez que las tendencias de adquirir un empleo para los graduados de geografía muestran un creciente énfasis en conocimientos técnicos transferibles-como los SIG, la disponibilidad de cursos geoespaciales, programas y certificados en las HBCU son fundamentales para aumentar la diversidad en la geografía como profesión y, a largo plazo, la vi talidad de la geografía como disciplina. Por desgracia, la llegada de los SIG no ha tenido ningún impacto material sobre el establecimiento de programas de geografía en las HBCU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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