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Affirmative Action Fallout:

Race-conscious affirmative action in higher education survived a close challenge in 2003 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race Story:

UMass Chancellor’s Diversity Plan Draws Fire From Students, Faculty

University of Massachusetts students and faculty members sharply criticized Chancellor John Lombardi’s proposal to improve campus diversity issues… Story:

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Deconstructing Controversy With Innovation, Information

Challenging longstanding practices or questioning conventional wisdom are actions that leaders seldom are willing to take. Story:

Hide and Seek: Diversity in the Ivy League

By Dr. Yolanda Pierce The New York Times recently published an article titled “Little Advance Is Seen in Ivies’ Hiring of Minorities and Women.” The article leaves the reader with two distinct impressions: First, the pool of qualified minority scholars is just too small. And second, domestic issues make these high-powered jobs unattractive to female […]

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Harvard Lack of Confidence Vote Countered by Board

Harvard Lack of Confidence Vote Countered by BoardCAMBRIDGE, Mass. Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences passed a motion last month saying it lacked confidence in President Lawrence Summers — the first such action in the nearly 400-year history of the university. However, days later, the Harvard Corporation, the university’s governing board, came out in support […]

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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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