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For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus. A well-liked instructor, her engaging teaching…
March 7, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Indiana University Admissions Plan Will Hurt Minorities, Says Professor
A civil rights attorney and visiting Indiana University professor says a proposal to raise admission standards would prevent poor and minority students from enrolling…
March 6, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Study: Races Have Different Wishes for Twilight Years
A recent study by a University of Michigan faculty member suggests that racial and ethnic cultural differences extend even to the final days of life…
February 27, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Rifts Between Harvard President and Faculty Lead to Summers’ Resignation
Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers’ often-stormy five-year presidency, marred by numerous faculty conflicts and resignations in protest over his abrasive leadership style…
February 22, 2006
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Students
Celebration or Placebo?
“I hate Black History Month.” Such reads the title of a 2001 essay posted on…
February 22, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
UCLA Opens the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Using local ethnic communities to conduct large-scale surveys exploring the racial attitudes of major groups and providing opportunities for faculty and students…
February 16, 2006
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Embattled Indiana University President
Indiana University President Adam Herbert, whose leadership has come under fire from faculty critics…
February 8, 2006
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Students
Wade in the Water: A Contemporary Metaphor
Like most of the country, I spent much of early September following the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina. The resulting debate called into question my own self-definition as an African-American…
January 25, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Clark Atlanta Engineering Professors Sue
Clark Atlanta University was justified in its decision to close its engineering department…
January 25, 2006
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Wade in the Water: A Contemporary Metaphor
Like most of the country, I spent much of early September following the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina…
January 25, 2006
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Students
University to Study Tenure Bias Against Female, Minority Professors
The Faculty Council at Oklahoma State University will study faculty promotion…
January 23, 2006
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Enrollment up at Mississippi Junior Colleges, More Funding Sought
Enrollment in Mississippi’s two-year colleges has grown more than twice as fast as in the universities in recent years…
January 19, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Larger Black Enrollment an Elusive Dream for University of Washington
Nearly four decades after Larry Gossett led a successful push to recruit more Black students to the University of Washington…
January 18, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Civil Rights Activist Henry Kirksey Dies at 90
Henry J. Kirksey, an outspoken civil rights activist and one of the first Blacks elected to the Mississippi Senate after Reconstruction…
January 11, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Emerging Scholars: The Thrill of Discovery
Dr. Shona Morgan says it gets lonesome being the only Black woman at most of the national conferences she attends…
January 11, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Clark Atlanta Engineering Department Challenges School
Clark Atlanta University was justified in its decision to close the school’s engineering department…
January 8, 2006
Faculty & Staff
West Valley College Faculty Member Pleads in $200K Embezzlement
A retired West Valley College faculty member pleaded no contest to charges she embezzled more than…
December 29, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Black Professors Defend Indiana University President
A group of Black professors and staff members at Indiana University want the school’s faculty to…
December 28, 2005
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