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Faculty & Staff
The TICKING of the Biological and Tenure Clocks
Colleges and universities are arguably among the most enlightened and progressive institutions in America…
November 16, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
Diversity Officers — Coming to a Campus Near You?
In the long line of equity and access shifts, maneuvers and descriptive title appointments in higher education…
November 16, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
Why Are 90 Percent of College Faculty Still White?
Harvard University announced a $50-million initiative in May to make faculty more diverse…
November 16, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
Indiana University Faculty Plan Mass Meeting Over School President’s Leadership
Indiana University’s faculty council will hold an unusual meeting…
November 9, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Fired University of North Dakota Faculty Member Alleges Anti-gay Bias
A University of North Dakota choir director who is being fired for allegedly failing to maintain…
November 8, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Reluctant Discussions
Reluctant Discussions Long before Hurricane Katrina hit, the academy was already looking more closely at the issue of class in regards to diversity. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policies, several colleges and universities, shying away from considering race, began to look at class via family income as […]
November 2, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
American University Trustees Oust President Amid Spending Scandal
American University trustees announced that Dr. Benjamin Ladner will not return as president…
November 2, 2005
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Class Matters
Skidmore College professor urges an examination of whether the academy ignores class in the push for diversity.
November 2, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
Emotional IQ Contributes to Computing Coursework
Emotional IQ Contributes to Computing CourseworkSuccess, Virginia Tech Researchers Say BLACKSBURG, Va.The emotional intelligence of students indirectly contributes to academic success in information technology studies, according to preliminary results from research conducted by researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The research team, led by faculty members of the university’s Pamplin College of Business, […]
November 2, 2005
Faculty & Staff
University of North Carolina Opens Up Records About Ties to Slavery
In the early decades of the nation’s oldest public university, students at the University of North Carolina had servants that kindled fires in their rooms and cut wood to fuel their stoves…
October 30, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Former N.C. State Instructor Says “Exterminate White People”
North Carolina State University has distanced itself from comments made by an adjunct instructor who recently said Blacks must “exterminate White people off the face of the planet.”
October 25, 2005
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Georgia’s Only Black Engineering Program Fighting Closure
Yemaya Stallworth came to Clark Atlanta University to be an engineer, pursuing her destiny at a school where her teachers and classmates looked like her. Working at General Electric…
October 24, 2005
Faculty & Staff
University of Kentucky Professors Criticize President on Diversity Issues
University of Kentucky President Lee Todd has not promoted racial diversity on campus and sometimes ignores Black student and faculty accomplishments, a group of professors claimed in a letter.
October 20, 2005
Faculty & Staff
University of Michigan Faculty Seek Help After Asian Students Harassed
Several University of Michigan faculty members have asked school president Dr. Mary Sue Coleman to
October 19, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
Changing the Face of American Medicine
If the mission of the Association of American Medical Colleges is clear — “to change the face of medicine to reflect the face of America
October 19, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
Grants & Awards
The Art Center College of Design (Calif.) has been awarded a $75,000 Architectural Conservation Grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic division of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, to support conservation planning for the Craig Ellwood building, located at the Art Center’s Hillside Campus. The California State University, Northridge Cinema and Television […]
October 19, 2005
Faculty & Staff
American University Trustees Oust President Amid Spending Scandal
American University trustees announced that Dr. Benjamin Ladner will not return as president after a months-long investigation into…
October 12, 2005
Faculty & Staff
New Orleans Universities Plan to Rebuild and Attract Far-flung Students
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, professors and students from the city’s universities took academic refuge in other schools…
October 6, 2005
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