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Faculty & Staff
Professor Named To Fill Endowed UCLA Chair On Japanese Internment
After a year-long search, the Asian American Studies Center and Department at the University of California, Los Angeles has appointed Dr. Lane Ryo Hirabayashi as the first George and Sakaye Aratani Professor of the Japanese American Internment, Redress and Community. The endowed chair is the first and only of its kind in U.S. higher education to address the historical legacy of the Japanese-American internment during World War II.
July 4, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Colorado Professor Says Academic Investigation a Farce
A University of Colorado professor who faces dismissal over research misconduct allegations said Wednesday he was singled out as a dissident scholar after he wrote an essay likening some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi.
June 28, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Officials to Decide Future of College Desegregation Funding
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is not ready to say if he wants to continue state funding for diversity programs in a settlement of the state’s college desegregation case, but a University of Tennessee official says the spending should be extended.
June 28, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Black Professors Under Pressure
Three months after she was chosen to head the committee on race in response to the university’s lacrosse scandal…
June 28, 2006
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Faculty And Community Groups
Days after the current hurricane season began, a consortium of academics and community organizers…
June 28, 2006
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Students
Celebrating 40 Years of Activism
Armed with well-honed leadership skills, established organizational techniques and a fearless demeanor…
June 28, 2006
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Students
The Struggles of Foreign-born Faculty
The Struggles of Foreign-born Faculty Conflicts between African and African-American professors must be addressed…
June 28, 2006
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Celebrating 40 Years of Activism
Armed with well-honed leadership skills, established organizational techniques and a fearless demeanor…
June 27, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Professor’s Second Lawsuit Against Columbia University Heading Towards Trial
The 15-year sexual discrimination dispute between Columbia University and a professor who claims the institution underpays women is expected to head toward trial later this year.
June 22, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Franklin Symposium: Black Achievement Suffers Because of Inadequate Relationships With Teachers
In this city, now unfortunately famous for an elite university’s lacrosse team party that may or may not have gotten out of hand, sits two high schools under a judge’s threat of closure because not enough students appear to be on track to attend any college, much less Duke.
June 18, 2006
Faculty & Staff
An HBCU Transformed
Few institutions have embodied African-American history as completely as Wilberforce University…
June 14, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
An HBCU Transformed
Few institutions have embodied African-American history as completely as Wilberforce University…
June 14, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Harvard Announces Help for Female Faculty
Harvard University on Tuesday announced $7.5 million in enhancements for its employee work-life program as part of an effort to recruit and retain women faculty.
June 12, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Black Professors Under Pressure At Duke; Six Black Faculty Quit
Three months after she was chosen to head the committee on race in response to the university’s lacrosse scandal, Duke University Professor Karla Holloway threatened to quit yesterday citing exhaustion.
June 12, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Colleges Compete With K-12 Schools for Instructors
Recent pay raises for K-12 teachers in Wyoming are making it tough for the state’s community colleges to attract new faculty, officials say. A legislative committee has agreed to look into the issue of college funding.
June 12, 2006
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Conference: Faculty and Community Plan For Future Hurricanes
Within days after the current hurricane season began, a consortium of academics and community organizers gathered in Jackson, Miss., to confront the likely possibility that Hurricane Katrina was not their last deadly storm.
June 11, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Accepted into Education City
Just minutes from the Persian Gulf’s translucent blue waters, through the flat, white desert and past the headquarters of the Al Jazeera news network…
June 7, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Moving Beyond Divestment
Academia should examine the underlying causes of civil war and find new property rights regimes and economic and livelihood alternatives that resolve disputes like the current crisis in Sudan. Professor Steve Hansch of Georgetown and American Universities talks about divestment and other ways universities can help.
June 4, 2006
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