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The Overqualified Professor

Community and junior colleges are seeing a substantial increase in the number of job seekers, particularly Ph.D.s, who in other years might have opted for higher-profile opportunities.

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Perspectives: Thanks for Asking

We applaud White House and Education Department officials for visiting Hispanic-majority communities to better ascertain the challenges and key issues for Latino/a students. If the goodwill created by this initiative is matched by decisive action, the current administration can achieve educational improvements for Hispanic Americans.

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Tenured Faculty at Two-year Schools Impact Student Transfers

State articulation and transfer agreements do little to increase the number of community college students who transfer to fouryear institutions, but having tenured faculty at the community college level helps.

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SPECTRUM:A POINEER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION

In 1978, Joe McDonald of the Confederated Salish Kootenai tribes dreamed of a decent building for the newly created Salish Kootenai College. At the time, classes were being held in an abandoned building on the Flathead Reservation in Montana.

Tenured Faculty at Community College Favorably Impact Student Transfer Decisions

State articulation and transfer agreements do little to increase the number of community college students who transfer to four-year institutions, but having tenured faculty at the community college level helps, according to a recent study conducted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington.

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Some Progress for Missouri University on Diversity; Agreement With Hispanic Board Signed

More than three years after being condemned by an independent auditor as one of the worst universities for faculty diversity and overall racial inclusivity the auditor had ever seen, the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) reports some improvement in its diversity profile.

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Doctoral Scholars Program Marks Milestone

After 16 years of providing support to doctoral students of color, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-State Doctoral Scholars Program has produced its 456th doctoral graduate, an achievement noted Tuesday at the SREB’s annual meeting.

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Stillman College Censured Over Faculty Member Dismissal

Delegates attending the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) annual meeting last weekend voted to place Stillman College on its censure list after the organization concluded that the college violated the organization’s rules on academic freedom and tenure.

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Rift Brews Between Texas A&M Chancellor, President

Texas A&M President Elsa Murano’s job could be on the line in the coming week when the A&M System’s Board of Regents meets.

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Academic Hiring Trends Toward Part-time Faculty

Institutions have grown increasingly dependent on adjunct faculty over the last few decades, and scholars of color are ever present among this group.

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25 To Watch

In previous anniversary editions, this publication has featured accomplished and established higher education leaders of note. This time, we feature 25 up-and-coming leaders, many of whom are carrying the diversity mantle forward in an avowed commitment to progress. Narrowing the field of great academicians and advocates to just 25 was no easy task! Although this should not be construed as an exhaustive list, please allow us to introduce you to 25 people, in alphabetical order, we expect to see more of.

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A Deceiving Label?

There’s growing debate among educators on whether the umbrella Asian Pacific Islander label conceals disparities among Asian American students or provides political power in numbers.

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