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Faculty & Staff
Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions
Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions“The Blacker the College the Sweeter the Knowledge,” is a common saying heard among students who attend Black institutions, as well as many proud alumni. These institutions have, from their inception, served a unique mission in educating the masses of Black folk, thus creating the Black middle class. They have done […]
May 5, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Who’s Playin’ Whom?
Who’s Playin’ Whom?Overwhelming influence of hip-hop  culture, rap music on HBCU campuses concerns students, faculty    By Pearl StewartIn December 2000, Dr. Thomas Earl Midgette had harsh words for the hip-hop movement that was sweeping his campus. When he was interviewed for an article in Black Issues titled “The Miseducation of Hip-Hop,” Midgette didn’t hold back: […]
April 21, 2004
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Students
Pioneering Cellist to Head Wheaton College
Pioneering Cellist to Head Wheaton CollegeNORTON, Mass.Wheaton’s board of trustees has appointed Dr. Ronald Crutcher, provost of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, as the seventh president of Wheaton College. In taking Wheaton’s highest post, Crutcher becomes the first African American to lead the national liberal arts college. It will be the latest pioneering role for […]
April 21, 2004
Students
Training for the Ph.D.
Training for the Ph.D.National conference brings together first-generation college students on the road to a doctoral degreeBy Cassie ChewCOLLEGE PARK, Md.From as early as the third grade, Kimberly Sellers knew she wanted to earn a doctoral degree. So year after year, when her father brought home the issue of Black Issues In Higher Education listing […]
April 7, 2004
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Faculty & Staff
Faculty Members Weigh In on the Gender Divide in Academia
Faculty Members Weigh In on the Gender Divide in AcademiaIn 2001, a roundtable on gender disparities for female professors in higher education was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The focus of the roundtable was “how best to ensure women professors experience the same opportunities, recognition and rewards as their male counterparts.” Some three […]
March 24, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Faculty Science Positions Continue to Elude Women of Color
Faculty Science Positions Continue to Elude Women of ColorOklahoma professor’s study finds hiring, tenure remain stumbling blocksWomen and underrepresented minorities are receiving the doctorate in record numbers these days. For example, women got 45 percent and minorities 19 percent of the 39,955 doctoral degrees awarded in 2000, and both figures were all-time highs.So it comes […]
March 24, 2004
Faculty & Staff
On the Right Path
On the Right PathMillersville president’s personal commitment to minority student recruitment, retention brings her to historic post.By Erv Dyer At 150 years old, Millersville University is still making history. One of its defining moments came just one year ago when Dr. Francine McNairy was appointed as the first Black and first female president of the […]
March 24, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Still Having Her Say
Still Having Her Say More than a decade after becoming a household name, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier holds true to her beliefs, principles. By Ronald RoachThat Lani Guinier is one of the most publicly visible and outspoken scholars in the American academy should not come as a surprise to anyone who has followed her […]
March 24, 2004
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Faculty & Staff
Howard University Engineers Success
Howard University Engineers SuccessInterdisciplinary study keeps the university on the cutting edgeBY CASSIE M. CHEWLess than three months before graduation, Howard University engineering student Artis Johnson is displaying signs of “senoritis.” As he completes the coursework toward his bachelor’s degree in systems and computer science, he can’t keep his thoughts off of graduation day or that […]
March 10, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Recent Scholarship on Blacks and the Cold War
Recent Scholarship on Blacks and the Cold War Beyond the Color Line and the Iron Curtain: Reading Encounters Between Black and Red, 1922–1963.By Dr. Kate A. Baldwin     Duke University Press, Nov. 2002346 pp. $59.95 cloth, ISBN 0-8223-2976-X$19.95 paper, ISBN 0-8223-2990-5Examining the significant influence of the Soviet Union on the work of four major African American […]
February 11, 2004
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Faculty & Staff
Women, Minorities Rare on Science, Engineering Faculties
Women, Minorities Rare on Science, Engineering FacultiesWASHINGTONSeveral decades after the passage of Title IX, the law that promises equal opportunity for women in all aspects of federally funded education programs, women are still severely underrepresented on science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculties and exist primarily at the lowest professorial ranking, according to a report released […]
February 11, 2004
Faculty & Staff
KU Professors Take Their Film on Slavery to Sundance
KU Professors Take Their Film on Slavery to SundanceLAWRENCE, Kan.A satirical film on slavery created by two University of Kansas professors was selected as an official entry in the 2004 Sundance Film Festival held last month in Park City, Utah.“CSA: Confederate States of America” is written, produced and directed by Kevin Willmott, an assistant professor […]
February 11, 2004
Students
Scholars of Note: Sociology
SociologyA Cutting-Edge ApproachEarl Wright IITitle: Assistant Professor, Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Central FloridaEducation: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; M.A., Sociology, University of Memphis; B.A., History/Black Studies, University of MemphisAge: 32Earl Wright II’s undergraduate academic career got off to a shaky start. His life had been one of football and partying. The […]
January 14, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Scholars of Note: Mathematics
MathematicsTaking the Tough RoadEdray Herber GoinsTitle: Taussky-Todd Instructor of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.Education: Ph.D., Mathematics, Stanford University; B.S., Mathematics and Physics, California Institute of TechnologyAge: 31No one can accuse Dr. Edray H. Goins of taking the easy road in his academic life. As a postdoctoral teaching fellow at the pre-eminent California Institute […]
January 14, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Scholars of Note: Chemical Engineering
Chemical EngineeringA Sense Of MasteryPaula Hammond CunninghamTitle: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEducation: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; S.B., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAge: 40Chemistry has been nearly a lifelong love for Dr. Paula Hammond Cunningham, but it wasn’t her first love. “I was into books and reading,” […]
January 14, 2004
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Faculty & Staff
Scholars of Note: History
HistorySetting the Record StraightDaina Ramey BerryTitle: Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, Michigan State University Education: Ph.D., U.S. History, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Afro-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., History, University of California, Los AngelesAge: 34On a 19th-century auction block, an enslaved Black man and woman negotiate prices with potential […]
January 14, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Wisconsin Science Training Programs Recognized for Diversity Efforts
Wisconsin Science Training Programs Recognized for Diversity EffortsMADISON, Wis.The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, recently highlighted three University of Wisconsin-Madison training programs among the top in the country when it comes to recruiting and retaining underrepresented minority students. Currently, NIGMS funds 292 research programs at both […]
January 14, 2004
Students
Surviving Tough Times
Surviving Tough TimesOverall, historically Black colleges and universities’ compassionate and noble mission of educating and nurturing young African American minds has not changed over the years, but leaders at Black campuses are now increasingly having to temper that with tough business decisions. Streamlining, attracting executive leadership and finding new revenue is the name of the […]
December 31, 2003
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