StaffAfrican-AmericanA Sacred SearchHeaven help the University of California system’s diversity initiatives. After UC’s Black alumni association…August 23, 2006Native AmericansDances With TeachersMore and more professors are stepping out of the classroom for lesson inspiration…August 23, 2006HomeThumbs DownThumbs Down Thumbs down to a study by the National Association of Scholars that intended to show that universities are “obsessed with diversity.” The association, which includes conservative scholars Shelby Steele and Christina Hoff Sommers, visited 100 university Web sites and compared keyword searches of the word “diversity” and the word “liberty.” When they compared […]August 23, 2006Faculty & StaffWhat Are You Reading This Summer, Professor?What Are You Reading This Summer, Professor? Who: Julian Bond, Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Distinguished Adjunct Professor, American University Summer Book: Democracy Rising: South Carolina and the fight for Black Equality since 1865, by Peter Lau Why: “It details the significant work the NAACP did over many years to build […]August 23, 2006HBCUsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Beth E. Barnett has been appointed provost of Ramapo College of New Jersey. She was most recently provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of Scranton. Barnett holds a bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania and two masters’ and a doctorate from Columbia University. Dr. Joseph Barba has been appointed dean […]August 23, 2006HomeGrants & AwardsThe Ford Foundation has awarded a $461,700 grant to Brandeis University (Mass.) to support a partnership between the university and Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. The foundation has also provided $250,000 to the Center for Arab Women for Training and Research to evaluate gender-focused programs in the Middle East and North Africa. Burlington County College […]August 23, 2006Native AmericansDiversity in the NewsroomFive journalists discuss how they got started in the business and offer advice to aspiring reporters.August 17, 2006HomeHigher Education Panel TakesA second draft report from a national blue-ribbon panel on higher education gives more attention…August 9, 2006Native AmericansDiversity in the NewsroomFive journalists discuss how they got started in the business and offer advice to aspiring reporters…August 9, 2006HBCUsProfessional AppointmentsCynthia E. Nance has been appointed dean of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law. Nance, who had been an associate professor in the law school, is the first female and first Black dean in the law school’s history. She earned a bachelor’s from Chicago State University and a master’s and law degree […]August 9, 2006Previous PagePage 9 of 46Next Page
