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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
New Study: Gender Matters on Black College Campuses
Female faculty at public historically Black colleges seem to fare better in terms of ratingsā¦
November 1, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Research Round-Up: Impact of Discrimination on Health, Innovative Teaching Methods of Minority Faculty and Racial Disparities in Care For HIV Patients
Racial discrimination may be an important reason why Blacks suffer from higher rates of cardiovascular disorders, diabetes and obesity; faculty of color use more interesting ways of teaching at undergraduate institutions than their White peers; HIV-infected people who have little to no consistent outpatient medical care are overwhelmingly minorities, the poor and substance abusers.
October 31, 2006
Faculty & Staff
AAUP: Women Professors Lag In Tenure, Salary
There are more women in full-time faculty positions than 30 years ago but research institutions are still reluctant to hire women or pay them in parity with their male hires, according to an annual report by the American Association of University Professors released today.
October 25, 2006
Students
College Board: Tuition Increases Slowing Down
WASHINGTON Although the average tuition bill is up 35 percent compared to five years ago, the skyrocketing increases in recent years has slowed to a sputter, according to the College Boardās annual report on college tuition released Tuesday.
October 23, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Brown University Applauded For Examination of Its Ties To Slavery
PROVIDENCE, R.I. A Brown University committee investigating the institutionās ties with slavery has recommended the school atone for its past by creating a slave trade memorial, establishing an academic center focused on slavery and justice and, above all, acknowledging the truth about its past.
October 19, 2006
Faculty & Staff
The Flap Over 9/11 Conspiracies
The article (see āConspiracies Continue to Abound Surrounding 9/11,ā Sept. 7) seems focused onā¦
October 18, 2006
Students
Facing Off On Political Diversity
Does the quest for diversity extend to the politics of the faculty? Earlier this yearā¦
October 18, 2006
Faculty & Staff
The End of a Journey
Tennesseeās desegregation case comes to a close with all parties in agreement that the state has finally eliminated all vestiges of racial segregation in its higher ed system.
October 18, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Minority Students Turning to Online Schools for Advanced Degrees
MINNEAPOLIS Colleges have long despaired over how best to attract more minority students into advanced degree programs. But itās not a problem at a number of schools where students earn their degrees online, which are seeing unexpectedly high minority enrollment.
October 8, 2006
Students
Wisconsin Plan to Raise Tuition to Pay for Diversity Efforts Criticized
LA CROSSE, Wis. As a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Carmen Wilson likes the idea of sharply raising tuition to hire more professors and recruit more poor and minority students.
October 5, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Rutgersā Budget Woes Felt Across the Board
Budget constraints have forced Rutgers University, the largest public research university in New Jerseyā¦
October 4, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Texas Southern Moves To Revoke Former Presidentās Tenure
Texas Southern University last month began the process of revoking the tenure of former president Priscilla Sladeā¦
October 4, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Audit Finds $2 Million Deficit at Cheyney University
An annual audit of Pennsylvaniaās 14 state-owned universities has found that Cheyney University finishedā¦
October 4, 2006
Faculty & Staff
New Study: Gender Matters on Black College Campuses
NEW YORK Female faculty at public historically Black colleges seem to fare better in terms of ratings, salaries and tenure numbers when the president or chief academic officer is also female, according to a new study released Thursday by the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.
September 27, 2006
Faculty & Staff
First Haitian-American College President Encourages Faculty to āInfuse Globalism into Their Curriculumā
BOSTON For a year and a half, Berotte Joseph has led Massachusetts Bay Community College in Wellesley, a prosperous Boston suburb that is a long way from the colonial-style neighborhood in Port-au-Prince where she spent her first eight years before emigrating to the United States in 1957.
September 27, 2006
Faculty & Staff
The HIspanic-Serving Designation: Asset or Deficit?
There are more than 200 American colleges and universities federally designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions, but only four mention this classification in their mission statements.
September 21, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Culture and Academic Performance
U.S. Census reports remind us that Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing minority population in the United Statesā¦
September 20, 2006
Students
Language, Culture & Technology
Dr. Kevin M. Gaugler had an epiphany in his Spanish class when a student asked how to affix an accentā¦
September 20, 2006
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