Black IssuesHomeTeaching in the World That Is (Instead of the World That Should Be)Teaching in the World That Is (Instead of the World That Should Be)In this rapidly changing technological world, many of us educators are still hanging on to a 20th century ideal image of what college should be like. Students should be happy to expand their personal and professional horizons. They should be prepared to put […]August 2, 2000HomeEVENTSEVENTSAUGUSTAugust 12-16American Sociological Association95th Annual MeetingWashingtonContact: Jane AftnerPhone: (202) 383-9005, Ext. 302Fax: (202) 638-0882E-mail: meetings@asanet.orgWeb: www.asanet.orgAugust 16-20National Black Nurses Association28th Annual MeetingWashingtonContact: Linda Millicent-GorhamPhone: (301) 589-2000Fax: (301) 589-3223E-mail: nmba@erols.comAugust 16-20National Association of Black Journalists25th Annual MeetingPhoenixPhone: (301) 445-7100Fax: (301) 445-4707E-mail: nabj@nabj.orgWeb: www.nabj.orgAugust 17-19National Association of Investors Corp.Annual Conference and ExpositionPhiladelphiaContact: Wendy LathropePhone: (856) 988-6560Web: www.better-investing.orgAugust […]August 2, 2000HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsCreighton University has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine whether calcium and vitamin D supplementation can prevent fractures caused by osteoporosis.Prairie View A&M University has been awarded a $1.63 million grant from the Texas Instruments Foundation to fund laboratory enhancements, scholarships and faculty salaries in […]August 2, 2000HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Emmet Dennis has been named vice president for student affairs at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Previously, he held the position in an acting capacity. Dennis earned a bachelor’s in biology from Cuttington University in Liberia, a master’s in zoology from Indiana University and a doctorate in parasitology from the University of Connecticut.Dr. […]August 2, 2000Faculty & StaffDear BI Career Consultants:I’ve been offered a faculty /administrative position. Can you give me some advice on negotiation strategies and protocol? Are there any nuances that are unique to higher education?Faculty and administrative positions in higher education vary widely by institution. Often the nature of the institution —whether it’s public or private, research-based or training-focused, two-year or four-year […]August 2, 2000HomeBI What’s NewThe federal government has given surgeons at East Carolina University and four other hospitals the green light to use the nation’s first robotic surgical device, a three-armed assistant named “da Vinci.” Last month, the da Vinci Surgical System became the first surgical robot to win Food and Drug Administration approval, allowing the machine to help […]August 2, 2000Leadership & PolicyBI New BriefsBI New BriefsCalifornia Professor Launches Hunger Strike Over Tenure DecisionPOMONA, Calif. — A professor at Pomona College who says he was denied tenure because of race discrimination went on a hunger strike last month, hoping the attention would pressure the school to reopen the case. Dr. Stanley O. Gaines Jr. worked as an assistant professor […]August 2, 2000LatinxWashington BriefsWashington BriefsHBCU Wins Commerce FundsWASHINGTON — The Clinton administration’s new initiative to improve communities in the Mississippi Delta region continues to provide benefits for colleges in that area.Mississippi Valley State University has received a $90,000 university center grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Goals for the program are to help improve the Delta economy, […]August 2, 2000LatinxPanel Pushes Support for Women, Minorities in TechnologyPanel Pushes Support for Women, Minorities in TechnologyWASHINGTON — The federal government must “significantly expand” initiatives to recruit minorities and women for science and technology careers through larger Pell grants, increased support for Black colleges and other services, a bipartisan congressional panel says.“The problem has been studied enough. Now we need action,” says Rep. Eddie […]August 2, 2000StudentsDouble Standard ReformDouble Standard ReformReports abound across the country of ex-welfare mothers who can’t make ends meet. Booted out of a system they depended on for so long, many lack the skills necessary to secure gainful employment despite taking training programs the federal government mandated nearly four years ago. That was back when reforming the system was […]August 2, 2000Previous PagePage 370 of 431Next Page
