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Faculty & Staff

About the Survey

About the SurveyIn 2002, the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis at the University of Southern California conducted a national survey that analyzed perceptions of shared governance as well as functions and structure. The survey was undertaken as part of a three-year project titled “Challenges for Shared Governance: Improving Decision-Making Structure and Accountability in Higher […]

December 31, 2003

Sharing the Responsibility: Increasing Black Male Student Enrollment

Sharing the Responsibility: Increasing Black Male Student EnrollmentEarlier this year, the University System of Georgia’s board of regents accepted 15 task-force recommendations designed to increase the number of African American males enrolling in Georgia’s colleges and universities (see Black Issues, Oct. 23). Yet, not one of the recommendations adequately incorporated the use of grass-roots efforts […]

December 17, 2003

Faculty & Staff

In Memoriam: Ruth Simms Hamilton

In MemoriamRuth Simms Hamilton (1937-2003)The Michigan State University community, along with others in higher education, mourned the loss of long-time MSU professor of sociology Ruth Simms Hamilton. She was 66 years old.“Dr. Hamilton was a valued member of our community for more than 30 years,” said Dr. Marietta Baba, dean of the MSU College of […]

December 17, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Racism, Sexism Persist on U.S. College Campuses, Study Finds

Racism, Sexism Persist on U.S. College Campuses, Study FindsCOLUMBIA, Mo.A new study shows large numbers of female and minority faculty experience a particularly challenging and sometimes hostile campus climate, even as universities across the United States seek to create an academic environment free of such hindrances as racism and sexism. “We found that the lack […]

December 17, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Celebrating Culture, Revisiting Classics

Celebrating Culture, Revisiting ClassicsAfricana Woman: Her Story Through TimeBy Dr. Cynthia Jacobs CarterIntroduction by Dr. Dorothy HeightNational Geographic Books, November 2003, 255 pp., $40.00 cloth, ISBN 0-7922-6165-8This lavishly illustrated volume traces the voices of women of African descent around the world, from ancient times to the present. Readers meet powerful ancient monarchs such as Queen […]

December 17, 2003

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student press

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student pressBy Lydia LumHAMPTON, Va.Hampton University’s confiscation of student newspapers earlier this semester is a reminder of the long-standing problems of maintaining a free press at Black colleges and building strong journalism programs there. In fact, some media professionals have grown so skeptical of the integrity of […]

December 3, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Educause Study Highlights IT Security in Higher Education

Educause Study Highlights IT Security in Higher EducationDENVERThe Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR) has released a major research study on information technology security. The study examines how higher education is dealing with the growing cost of IT security and the tension of preserving confidentiality, ensuring data integrity and maintaining an academic environment in which […]

November 19, 2003

Demystifying the Ph.D. Process

Demystifying the Ph.D. ProcessJourney to the Ph.D.: How to Navigate the Process as African Americans By Dr. Anna L. Green and Dr. LeKita V. Scott, eds. Stylus Publishing, October 2003, 240 pp.$45.00 cloth, ISBN 1-57922-078-9; $18.95 paper, ISBN 1-57922-079-7 As increasing numbers of African Americans enroll in and complete doctoral programs, the need for accurate, […]

November 19, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Changing Faces

Changing FacesGeorgia Tech program helps minority scholars in science and engineering jump-start their careers in academia By Kendra HamiltonWith the ink barely dry on her diploma from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Chekesha Liddell is heading off to a dream job at Cornell University in New York, one of the top 10 engineering schools […]

November 19, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Study Links Academic Achievement To Racial-Ethnic Pride

Study Links Academic Achievement To Racial-Ethnic PrideUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.Anew study links academic achievement among African American students to racial-ethnic pride. The study, conducted by a Penn State University researcher, found that African American fourth graders with higher levels of racial-ethnic pride were found also to have higher academic achievement levels measured by reading and math […]

November 19, 2003

Faculty & Staff

The Temple of My Unfamiliar: Faculty of Color at Predominantly White Institutions

The Temple of My Unfamiliar: Faculty of Color at Predominantly White InstitutionsThe following commentary highlights common themes uncovered not only through my discussions with other African American tenure-track faculty members in predominantly White institutions, but also from my own experiences as a tenure-track faculty member of color within these institutions. “The Proof Is in the […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Revisiting Black History, Examining Future Paradigms

Revisiting Black History, Examining Future ParadigmsSoulstepping: african american step showsBy Dr. Elizabeth C. FineUniversity of Illinois Press, 2003, 208 pp., $24.95 cloth, ISBN 0-252-02475-3Soulstepping documents the history of stepping, which is defined as a complex performance that melds folk traditions with popular culture and involves synchronized percussive movement, singing, chanting and drama. The author traces […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Bringing More Than Skin Color to the Party Faculty of color realize their market value

Bringing More Than Skin Color to the Party Faculty of color realize their market valueDr. Tom Smith is a world-renowned expert in polymer sciences. And though he has impeccable academic credentials — he got his Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of Michigan, is a former president of the Rochester chapter of the American Chemical […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Duke Still Struggles With Providing Equitable Environment, Study Finds

Duke Still Struggles With Providing Equitable Environment, Study FindsDURHAM, N.C.A yearlong study of the status of women at Duke University has found that students, faculty, staff and graduates continue to face lingering stereotypes and prejudicial expectations about what they can accomplish.The Women’s Initiative Steering Committee report, released last month, offers an in-depth, and sometimes troubling, […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Minorities Believe They Receive Far Different Medical Care Than Whites, Survey Finds

Minorities Believe They Receive Far Different Medical Care Than Whites, Survey FindsNASHVILLE, Tenn.Anew poll shows that while Americans are divided about the extent to which racial and ethnic health care disparities exist, African Americans and Hispanics are as much as three times more likely than Whites to feel that minorities receive a lower level of […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Under the Media’s Radar

Under the Media’s RadarPrinceton’s program in African American studies boasts its own all-star cast High-profile African American studies departments like Harvard’s with certified media stars like Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. usually tend to grab the lion’s share of the headlines. But focusing solely on departments and their “stars” offers a pretty distorted picture of […]

October 8, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Harvard’s New Chapter in Black Studies

Harvard’s New Chapter in Black StudiesA neglected African studies program finally gets a departmental home By Ronald RoachFrom afar, it seemed that Afro-American studies at Harvard had taken a nasty tumble when two of its best-known scholars announced their resignations in early 2002, and its venerable chairman, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., let it be […]

October 8, 2003

Faculty & Staff

AAUP Issues Statement on Use Of Contingent Faculty Appointments

AAUP Issues Statement on Use Of Contingent Faculty Appointments WASHINGTONThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) issued a draft policy statement last month on the overuse and abuse of part-time and non-tenure track faculty — practices that threaten the quality and stability of higher education today.The proportion of faculty appointed to tenure-line positions is declining […]

October 8, 2003