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Faculty & Staff

Auditor: University of Missouri-Kansas City Faculty Diversity Is ‘Worst’ He’s Seen

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has a serious problem with its racial climate and a serious lack of diversity in its faculty…

African-American

What Gives With The Covenant With Black America?

Not only was the book nowhere to be found at a major bookstore in New Orleans — which has long carried a “Chocolate City” designation — but the clerk had never even heard of it….

Intellectual Expansion Through International Learning

I can remember seeing a large paper map of the world in grade school. It showed the United States as a large body of land that seemed to…

New Mexico State Hopes to Draw Students from Minority-Serving Institutions

New Mexico State University regents, seeking to boost enrollment, have approved three programs involving out-of-state tuition waivers — including a pilot project to analyze the elimination of nonresident tuition.

Native Americans

Yale Secret Society May Have Stolen Apache Leader Skull, Says Researcher

A Yale University historian has uncovered a 1918 letter that seems to lend validity to the lore that Yale University’s ultra-secret Skull and Bones society swiped the skull of American Indian leader Geronimo.

Faculty & Staff

Professors’ Salaries at Minority-serving Institutions Lag Counterparts

A recent study, “The Devaluing of Higher Education: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2005-06,” found that overall average salaries for professors declined for the second year in a row…

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House Votes to Reauthorize Higher Education Act

After years of partisan bickering, the House of Representatives has passed a measure reauthorizing the Higher Education Act for six years on a 221-199 near-party line vote…

For Missing Civil Rights Hero, A Degree at Last

If Lloyd Gaines is alive, his law degree is waiting for him. The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law has decided to award an honorary degree to Gaines 68 years after…

Study Details How U.S. Can Lessen

By taking the right measures, the United States could end its dependence on oil imported from the Middle East by 2025, says a recent study by a team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley…

California Bill Would Require Textbooks Mention Gays’ Contributions

California State Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, says a key aspect of history is missing from school textbooks – the contributions homosexuals have made…

African-American

University of Arkansas Professor Identifies School’s First Black Student

A University of Arkansas professor has identified the person he believes was the school’s first Black student. Sociologist Gordon Morgan has sought the identity of the student for years and recently got his answer: James McGahee, one of the institution’s original students when it opened in 1872.

Novel by Harvard Student Pulled From Stores

Rarely has an author succeeded, then failed, as quickly as Kaavya Viswanathan, the Harvard University sophomore who acknowledged lifting material for her debut novel…

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