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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Prepared to Be a Professor, Not a Pioneer
One of the major challenges women of color faculty face is being pioneers or trailblazers in their departments or universities, often voluntarily and without guidance.
January 28, 2014
Students
Samford Law’s Wendy Greene Uses Lessons of Civil Rights Movement to Fight Current Day Racial Inequality
This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar, inspired by the work of Thurgood Marshall and student-led sit-ins during the civil rights movement, is a sought-after speaker on racial and gender inequality in the workplace.
January 27, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Eduardo González Putting UMass Boston on Map With Grants and Success
This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar is exactly where he wanted to be, doing high-level research on theoretical math that has attracted the attention of his peers and federal grantmakers.
January 26, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Protesting Utah Student Pays Tuition in $1 Bills
A University of Utah student says he paid his tuition bill with 2,000 one-dollar bills as a silent protest against the rising cost of college.
January 23, 2014
Students
Mississippi 2-Year Colleges Plan to Rework Remedial Courses
A new structure for remedial courses at Mississippi’s 15 community colleges could help more students graduate more quickly.
January 22, 2014
Students
Cheating Uncovered at Kapiolani Community College
Students in radiologic technology program took advantage of email message that included a photo of the multiple-choice test and answers.
January 21, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Review for Colorado University Professor Who Teaches Deviance Course
Patti Adler was ordered to stop teaching the class following complaints about a prostitution role-playing skit.
January 21, 2014
Faculty & Staff
In Our MOOC Moment, Public Opinion about Teacher Quality Irrelevant
MOOCs will most likely remain apart of the education landscape as President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology have urged him to let market forces develop better systems to employ the technology.
January 21, 2014
Students
Report: AAPI College Students Primarily Turn to Peers for Academic Advice
Low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) college students tend to seek academic advice from peers rather than from designated support centers on campus because of perceived barriers.
January 21, 2014
Students
University of North Carolina: Athlete Literacy Research Findings Flawed
North Carolina’s top academic officer said Friday that reading specialist Mary Willingham’s findings on athlete literacy levels are flawed, though she stands firm that her research is “100 percent correct.”
January 19, 2014
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs Need to Seek Leaders from Nontraditional Sources
In this environment of limited educational funds, stable leadership is the key to ensuring the health of any university. However, unsteady leadership acutely impacts historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With the recent departure of Alcorn State University’s former president, M. Christopher Brown, another HBCU has seen a change in leadership. Unfortunately, some of these […]
January 19, 2014
Students
Some Schools Working Through MLK Holiday
While most public colleges and universities will be closed today to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a number will be open for business.
January 19, 2014
Faculty & Staff
In Case You Missed It…
UPenn Professor Overcomes Odds, Uses Community Research to Study HIV Vernon Jordan Tapped to Lead Howard Presidential Search Baraka’s Legacy: Let’s Not Forget Inaugural Black Studies Professor ‘Invisible’ Burmese, Bhutanese Americans Face ‘Alarming’ Dropout Rates
January 16, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Miss. Universities Seek $20M to Fund Aid Formula
JACKSON, Miss.—The board that oversees state-run universities in Mississippi says it needs more money to complete the transition to a new formula for dispensing funds to the state’s eight public universities.
January 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: Former ASU Doctoral Student Sexual Harassment Case Moves Forward
Former doctoral student Tasha Kunzi’s sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation case against Arizona State University can move forward, a federal judge has ruled.
January 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Scholar Poised to Introduce Intersection Between Race, Modern English
2014 Emerging Scholar Dr. Dennis Austin Britton is bringing the “theological account of race and racialization in early modern England” to a wider audience.
January 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress
U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.
January 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
UPenn Professor Overcomes Odds, Uses Community Research to Study HIV
Bridgette Brawner’s tough youth helps her understand and fuel research on people and communities struck by HIV/AIDS.
January 15, 2014
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