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Freeman A. Hrabowski III [1950-0] American
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Educator, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County


Freeman Alphonsa Hrabowski III is a prominent American educator, advocate, and mathematician. In May 1992 he began his term as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, one of the twelve public universities comprising the Maryland university system. 

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Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology. Technology
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I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.
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I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.
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Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.
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I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.
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My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that. Teacher
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In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.
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I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.
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It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.
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When you give of yourself, it's draining.
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Speak up. You have to project! If people can't hear you, it doesn't matter what you say.
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There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.
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What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another.
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It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.
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