Ronald RoachFaculty & StaffAAUP Faculty Salary Report Highlights Contingent Faculty, State Funding ConcernsThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reports that average professor salaries are showing recovery, following three years of recession during which salary hikes for full-time faculty members fell below the inflation rate.April 7, 2013African-AmericanHBCUs Targeted in Republican Party OutreachA Republican Party strategy report identifies HBCUs as institutions at which African-Americans can be engaged “with the goal of educating the community on Republican ideals and the party’s history.”April 2, 2013StudentsGroups Launch Asian American, Pacific Islander Student Awareness CampaignA national student-focused campaign asks campus administrators, higher education leaders, and policymakers to pay attention to AAPI students who represent the “changing face of America.”March 28, 2013Faculty & StaffRemembering a Giant of African LiteratureConsidered the father of modern African literature, acclaimed writer Chinua Achebe has died at age 82, leaving behind a body of work that scholars say will grow increasingly more influential over time.March 24, 2013Faculty & StaffStudy: Female Science Professors Underrepresented on Corporate Scientific Advisory BoardsResearch universities can play a proactive role in reducing the discrimination female professors may encounter while seeking to commercialize scientific research, according to a forthcoming management study.March 17, 2013STEMHigher Education Leaders Join Immigration Reform CoalitionAn open letter urging college presidents to get involved in immigration reform indicates that higher education leaders are ready to join the reform coalition that President Obama noted in his State of the Union speech.March 13, 2013African-AmericanReport: Poor College Prospects Predicted for Black Youth in LA CountyIn new study, the Education Trust–West organization paints a dismal picture of college readiness and college completion prospects for Black students in Los Angeles County.March 6, 2013SportsKentucky Inaugurates ‘Transfer Madness’ to Reach Students for Four-Year CollegesKentucky will offer community and technical college students the opportunity to participate in ‘Transfer Madness’ — a statewide online college transfer fair on Wednesday.March 5, 2013StudentsTennessee HBCUs Take On ObesityThe Tennessee Department of Health has announced that five historically Black institutions in the state are part of a grant program to help the schools educate their respective campus communities about the dangers of obesity.February 27, 2013LatinxForum: Black Male Incarceration Adds to Social Woes Predicted in Moynihan ReportScholar and author Michelle Alexander says misguided criminal justice policies have worsened conditions for poor Black families far beyond what the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan predicted in 1965.February 24, 2013Previous PagePage 19 of 55Next Page
