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Faculty & Staff
Pennsylvania HBCU Seeks to Expand Research Opportunities for Minority Students
Lincoln, a historically Black university in Pennsylvania, has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to design a mentorship program in scientific research as part of a national effort to expand research opportunities for minority students.
November 25, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Poll: Majority of Faculty Want Oral Roberts University President Gone
TULSA Okla. More than 80 percent of the faculty at Oral Roberts University do not want Richard Roberts to continue as president of the evangelical school, a new survey shows.
November 20, 2007
Faculty & Staff
ORU President Says He Received Prophecy Telling of Troubles
TULSA Okla. Embattled Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts says he received a prophecy six months ago that troubles were looming.
November 19, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Chicano Nationalist Professor Fired Despite Student Protests of Censorship
The teaching contract of a 25-year University of New Mexico instructor, who supports the secession of Southwest states to form an independent Chicano nation, is not being renewed despite protests from students who fear the university is stifling academic freedom.
November 19, 2007
Students
Some Faculty Question NDSU Professor’s ‘Distinguished’ Status
FARGO N.D. Four of Tom Isern’s fellow professors at North Dakota State University are questioning whether he deserves a special award and the pay raise and title that goes with it.
November 18, 2007
Faculty & Staff
ORU President Asks for Second Chance
TULSA Okla. The embattled president of Oral Roberts University asked for a second chance during an emergency meeting with the same faculty members who only days earlier gave him a vote of no confidence.
November 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Oral Roberts President Receives ‘No Confidence’ Vote
TULSA Okla. Embattled Oral Roberts University president Richard Roberts, facing accusations he misspent university funds to support a lavish lifestyle, has received a vote of no confidence by the tenured faculty at the evangelical university.
November 14, 2007
Students
No Place Like Home
Passed over for the chancellorship at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2005, Dr. J. Keith Motley is a classic example of “good things come to those who wait.”
November 14, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
ACT Inc. Board, CEO Paid Higher Than Most Nonprofits
DES MOINES, Iowa The Iowa City-based nonprofit organization that develops ACT college entrance tests pays its board and its top executive more than almost all other nonprofit organizations in the United States.
November 11, 2007
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Students
Engaging Community College Students
As soon as they walk through the door, new community college students should see an advisor who will help chart the path students need to follow to achieve their educational goals, but that’s only happening for half of the students, say researchers from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, which is releasing a new report today that provides a blueprint for community college student success.
November 11, 2007
Students
Engaging Community College Students
As soon as they walk through the door, new community college students should see an advisor who will help chart the path students need to follow to achieve their educational goals, but that’s only happening for half of the students, say researchers from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, which is releasing a new report today that provides a blueprint for community college student success.
November 11, 2007
Students
School Districts Under Desegregaton Orders Confused By Latest Supreme Court Ruling On Diversity
Officials in Shelby County, Tenn., complain they’ll have to spend millions to satisfy a federal judge’s “arbitrary” desegregation order. It’ll mean busing minority students up to an hour away and replacing hundreds of White teachers with Black ones, they say.
November 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Oral Roberts’ Son Accused of Misspending
TULSA Okla. A Beverly Hills house and country club membership. Vacations in Palm Springs and the South Seas. A closet as big as an apartment, stuffed with hundreds of pairs of shoes, suits, dresses and golf shoes.
November 8, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Southern Methodist U. to Get $20M from Dallas Couple
DALLAS Philanthropists Harold and Annette Simmons plan to announce a $20 million gift to Southern Methodist University on Friday.
November 8, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Outgoing Philadelphia Mayor to Teach Urban Policy at Temple U.
PHILADELPHIA Outgoing Philadelphia Mayor John Street will enter the world of academia when he leaves office in a couple of months.
November 8, 2007
Faculty & Staff
University President Asks State for $129 Million Next Year
DOVER, Del. University of Delaware President Patrick Harker is asking state budget writers for $600,000 for a new institute that would match faculty members working on renewable energy with research partners in the private sector.
November 6, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Grassley Probes Three Oral Roberts Regents
TULSA Okla. An Iowa senator is investigating possible financial wrongdoing by six televangelists, including three who sit on the board of regents for Oral Roberts University.
November 6, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville’s Faculty Senate Calls for Poshard’s Resignation
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. The faculty senate at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville wants the system’s president to resign over plagiarism claims.
November 5, 2007
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