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House and Senate Work to Keep Perkins Act Alive
Thumbs up for Perkins and thumbs down for the administration’s proposal to wipe it out. Story:
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Study Finds Women Faculty Experience More Stress Than Men in Higher Education
Study Finds Women Faculty Experience More Stress Than Men in Higher EducationCOLUMBIA, Mo. In today’s work force, stress is more prevalent than ever. While demands and pressures are the main fuel for the fire, gender can also play a key role. A new study from the University of Missouri-Columbia identifies factors causing female faculty in […]
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Aptitude or Acculturation?
Aptitude or Acculturation?By Julianne MalveauxWhat was Larry Summers thinking? The Harvard president, as well known for his brilliance as for his tactlessness, must enjoy the taste of shoe leather, given the frequency he puts his foot in his mouth. Some “off the record” remarks he made at a research meeting of the National Bureau of […]
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Technology’s Latest Wave
Technology’s Latest WaveColleges and universities areincreasingly exploring the academic use of digital mobile devices — but lack of money sometimes stands in the wayBy Peter GaluszkaReaching for her iPod, Dorian Scheuch gets ready to study. The student at Georgia College & State University tunes into special music she has downloaded from a Web site prepared […]
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Delaware State University to Collaborate With Egyptian University on Research, Faculty Exchanges
Delaware State University to Collaborate With Egyptian University on Research, Faculty ExchangesDOVER, Del. Delaware State University (DSU) recently signed a new partnership agreement with the Ain Shams University of Cairo, Egypt, further expanding its linkages with institutions of higher education all over the world.The three-year agreement — signed on Jan. 25 by DSU President Allen […]
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Report Finds Faculty Pay Up — Barely
Report Finds Faculty Pay Up — BarelyBy Garry BoulardDespite record state budget deficits resulting from the recession of 2001 and 2002, faculty members at the nation’s two- and four-year public colleges and universities enjoyed a marginal 2.5 percent increase in their salaries in 2003, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Education’s National […]
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Taking an Interdisciplinary Approach
Taking an Interdisciplinary Approach Ten African-American scholars combine expertise to get at the root of obesityFor decades in the obesity research community, the name Dr. Shiriki K. Kumanyika has been virtually synonymous with culturally specific weight-control and dietary change research. But when she decided to take a more activist role in designing research to reduce […]
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Former La Raza Leader Joins ASU To Develop Hispanic-Based Community Development Institute
Former La Raza Leader Joins ASU To Develop Hispanic-Based Community Development InstitutePHOENIXThe former head of the Washington-based National Council of La Raza joined Arizona State University earlier this month. Raul Yzaguirre will develop a Hispanic-based community development institute and bolster the school’s efforts to raise money, recruit minority faculty and students and accelerate partnerships with […]
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Princeton, Smith College Partner To Increase Women in Engineering
Princeton, Smith College Partner To Increase Women in EngineeringFive out of six engineering students and nine out of 10 engineering professors are malePRINCETON, N.J.Advancing its goal of increasing the number of women in engineering, Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with Smith College to create a student exchange program. Smith, the nation’s […]
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CLASSICS: Leah Rochel Johnson
CLASSICSClassical FoundationsLeah Rochel JohnsonTitle: Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient MediterraneanStudies and History, Pennsylvania State University Education: Ph.D., M.A., Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Classics, Harvard UniversityAge: 40The scarcity of minorities in the classics is apparent to any observer. What isn’t as obvious is how much African American intellectuals such […]
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CHEMISTRY: Edwin H. Walker Jr.
CHEMISTRYFinding the Right FormulaEdwin H. Walker Jr.Title: Associate Professor, Southern University and A&M College at Baton RougeEducation: Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University; B.S., Chemistry, Southern University and A&M College at Baton RougeAge: 34Dr. Edwin H. Walker Jr. remembers a wave of misery washing over him during graduation as he walked across the stage at Southern University […]
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MUSIC: Teresa L. Reed
MUSICMaking A Joyful NoiseTeresa L. ReedTitle: Associate Professor of Music Theory and Literature and Director, African American Studies Program, University of TulsaEducation: Ph.D., Music Theory, Indiana University; M.M., Music Theory, University of Tulsa; B.A., Music, Valparaiso UniversityAge: 40 Her friends, colleagues and even the critics agree: Dr. Teresa L. Reed is making a joyful noise […]
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