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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Advocates Say Ethnic Studies Misunderstood, Needlessly Under Fire
Ethnic studies are at risk because of budget restraints, conflicting views of purpose and negative attitudes toward academic programs that don’t automatically equal jobs for graduating college students.
April 14, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Study Backs Liberal Arts, But Questions Graduates’ Competence
Hidden deeper in the findings is the disclosure that more than 40 percent of employers already don’t think colleges are teaching students what they need to know to succeed.
April 11, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Blind Illinois State Professor Teaches Chemistry
Cary Supalo, who lost his sight at age 7 as the result of a rare genetic condition called FEVR, says he believes “in a can-do attitude.”
April 11, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Ben Carson Withdraws as Johns Hopkins Commencement Speaker
Dogged by backlash over his politically charged speeches on same-sex marriage, famed neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson, announced that he will withdraw as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins University.
April 10, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Washington State University President Reacts to Assault on Professor
Washington State University President Elson Floyd has donated $10,000 to the reward fund to help catch whoever assaulted a faculty member near campus.
April 10, 2013
Students
Student Arrested in Texas College Stabbing Spree
A student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at a Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people before being subdued and arrested, authorities said.
April 9, 2013
Students
Commitment to Service Helps Global Go-Getter Stand Out
Baruch College junior Alyssa Alicino was raised with many friends from Latin America and a sense of responsibility toward her community.
April 9, 2013
Faculty & Staff
NCAA Tournament Important to Recruiting — But Not Likely to Rutgers
Anyone want to go to a school that now has a history of homophobia as well as physical abuse of students? Oh, and besides that, the team doesn’t win basketball games.
April 8, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Rutgers Commissioning Review of Basketball Scandal
Rutgers University announced Monday that it’s commissioning an independent review of the conduct of fired basketball coach Mike Rice and the way the university handled the situation when it learned that he was kicking and shoving players and berating them with gay slurs in practice.
April 8, 2013
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Faculty Salary Report Highlights Contingent Faculty, State Funding Concerns
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reports that average professor salaries are showing recovery, following three years of recession during which salary hikes for full-time faculty members fell below the inflation rate.
April 7, 2013
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Criticizes Southern’s Treatment of Faculty
A national organization of university professors is criticizing the way Southern University faculty members were treated immediately after the school declared a financial emergency nearly two years ago.
April 4, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Experts Differ on Route to Getting Talented Teachers to Most Challenged Schools
Consideration of talent, diversity and effectiveness urged in the ongoing struggle to boost student achievement, but should a ‘bar exam’ also be part of the process?
April 4, 2013
Students
All About Diversity
“Celebrate Diversity Month” was proposed in 2004, when two diversity companies, ProGroup, Inc. and Diversity Best Practices, created a proclamation for the observance. It is now widely observed in April.
April 3, 2013
Students
Drexel to Offer 2-Year Law Degree
With enthusiasm for law school waning over concerns about high student debt, Drexel University is creating a two-year degree program designed to help new attorneys get into the workforce sooner and start making money.
April 1, 2013
Faculty & Staff
U.S. Still Has More Work to Do in Technology Education
According to a recent survey, China leads in integrating technology into the curriculum, its students spend more time using technology in school and say their teachers are technologically savvy.
March 31, 2013
Students
Group Discusses Solutions for Raising the Number of Hispanic Teachers
Hispanics are underrepresented in the American higher education professorate. And the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education is working to change that.
March 28, 2013
Faculty & Staff
School Officials Oppose Campus Carry Bill
Supporters of a bill to allow employees of school districts and Nevada’s higher education system to carry guns on campus if they have a concealed weapon permit said Monday the issue is about responding quickly to imminent threats.
March 25, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Admissions and ‘Admission’
It seems wholly appropriate that most colleges send out their judgment notices around Holy Week when borderline applicants might resort to prayer, or give new meaning to the notion of being “passed over.”
March 24, 2013
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