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Faculty & Staff
Police: No Suspects, Leads in Columbia University Noose Case
NEW YORK Nearly two months after someone hung a noose on a Black Columbia University professor’s office door, police say they have no suspects in the apparent hate crime that shook the Ivy League campus.
December 1, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Revealing Painful Pasts
More than a year ago, Brown University released its landmark report on its connections to slavery, but few universities have followed its lead in examining their own ties.
November 28, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Universities Honor First Black Faculty Member, Journalism Graduate With Building Dedications
In October, the University of Missouri named an academic building in honor of its first Black professor, Dr. Arvarh E. Strickland; A little farther east, Ohio University honored its first Black journalism graduate by dedicating a new residence hall in his name last month.
November 28, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
A Grassroots Effort
Scholars and the public are raising awareness about Ohio’s Newark Earthworks, the world’s largest ancient mound site.
November 28, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Universities Are Slow To Reveal Links To Slavery
When Brown University released its landmark report on the institution’s connections to slavery in the fall of 2006, academics and reparations advocates across the country praised the institution, but few universities have followed Brown’s lead in examining their own history with slavery more than one year later.
November 26, 2007
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
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