A pilot program that would provide for the development of digital and wireless networks at nine colleges that serve minority students cleared Congress Wednesday. The measure is part of the $555-billion omnibus spending bill, HR 2764, that is headed to President Bush for approval.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, would administer the nine grants, each worth $500,000, for the purpose of promoting online education at the institutions. The program authorizes $4.5-million in each of the 2008 and 2009 fiscal years. The money is just a fraction of the $250-million that would have been provided under a similar bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in September.
Institutions receiving the grants could use the money to purchase hardware, software, and wireless infrastructure, for faculty training, and for the development of educational services and strategic plans for information-technology investments. —Andrea L. Foster
11 Responses to Congress Approves Money for Wireless Networks at Minority Colleges
dank48 - May 14, 2012 at 8:13 am
And, if doing your own index turns out to be an enjoyable and profitable experience, next you can be your own physician, hair stylist, chef, housekeeper, dentist, tailor, shoemaker, and shrink.
Carol Saller - May 14, 2012 at 9:48 am
Readers, please note that the indention in the index examples above disappeared during posting. Subentries aren’t distinguishable from entries. Chronicle technicians are fiddling with it, but for now, my apologies for any confusion.
Carol Saller - May 14, 2012 at 10:55 am
(Problem fixed.)
Lucy Ferriss - May 14, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Some of us ARE our own housekeepers and chefs, not to provoke a tangent.
dank48 - May 14, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Yes, indeed. I am. And a visit to my house and my table would not encourage anyone who is not a professional indexer to do their own index.
franks - May 14, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Thank you for this interesting series of posts, Carol. As an indexer, I’m happy to see the art of indexing explained and indexers highlighted.
Pilar Wyman - May 14, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Thanks for the shoutout, and for a super little series of articles on indexing. While many, if not most, professional indexers do work from electronic proofs these days, indeed nothing can replace the brainwork involved and required for a decent index.
–Here’s hoping we see you at more of our conferences!
Pilar Wyman
President, American Society for Indexing
The Voice of Excellence in Indexing
mtowery - May 14, 2012 at 9:50 pm
One of the most fascinating (and I think unintentionally humorous) books about indexing continues to be Henry Wheatley’s “What Is an Index?” (1878). He was writing then about things that indexers still discuss today.
BrootFloon - May 15, 2012 at 4:14 am
This is extremely helpful. I have to index something by myself for the first time (no choice – no budget for anything else) and I wasn’t sure how to go about it. Thank you!!
drjemiller - May 15, 2012 at 10:18 am
In a microbial genetics text I used in college (I believe it was Hayes, The Genetics of Bacteria and their Viruses), the index was preceded by a memorable quote (by someone other than Hayes): “The man who writes a book without an index should be consigned to the nether reaches of hell, where the devil himself cannot go for stinging nettles.” So true, so often violated.
lara_salamone - May 20, 2012 at 4:19 pm
That was really helpful. The Subentries makes the Index look tidy.
In Part-1 of this series someone has recommended a program called
PDF Index Generator that he used to organize his Index. That was not a bad suggestion. I have used this instead of M.Word. Its Subentries feature looks cute, but it lacks the cross references.
I am having good experience indexing books. It gives me a lot of knowledge in different areas. Thank you Carol for sharing this.