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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Building the Bridge to Obama
White House Initiative leader Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. seeks to forge relationships between HBCUs and the Obama administration.
August 19, 2009
Students
HBCU NEWS NUGGETS
Florida A&M University: Later this month, FAMU will become the only institution in the nation with a program dedicated to regulatory education and training in the study of veterinary technology.
August 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Changing Course
University of the District of Columbiaâs president has proposed some radical changes that some worry will send UDC in the wrong direction.
August 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Pride and Peril: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Diverse identifies five threats facing HBCUs and five opportunities that could define their futures.
August 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Controversy Stirs Over Yale Press Decision to Remove Image Depictions of the Prophet Muhammad From Text
In her forthcoming book, The Cartoons That Shook the World, Brandeis University professor of comparative politics Dr. Jytte Klausen examines the impact of 12 controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad originally published in Denmark in 2005.
August 17, 2009
Faculty & Staff
In Brief: UT-Austin Hires Unprecedented Number of Female Faculty
UT-Austin is closing gender gap; states cut financial aid to neediest students and Illinois governor wants trustees to step down.
August 12, 2009
Faculty & Staff
A Decline in Humanities
Doctorate students of color who are couched in humanities and liberal arts fields such as philosophy, communications, and ethnic studies could be especially impacted by college job cuts and hiring freezes.
August 11, 2009
Students
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM: Sustaining Enrollment Growth in Difficult Financial Times
As more people head back to school in these recessionary times, many community colleges across the United States are struggling to handle the influx of new students.
August 5, 2009
Students
ISU to hire for graduate students to teach
The provost for Idaho State University says the school will rely more on graduate students rather than temporary faculty members to teach in the classroom. According to the Idaho State Journal, he university fired several full-time adjunct faculty during the most recent school year, and sent notices to another 20 saying their contracts for the [âŚ]
August 5, 2009
Students
ISU to hire for graduate students to teach
The provost for Idaho State University says the school will rely more on graduate students rather than temporary faculty members to teach in the classroom. According to the Idaho State Journal, he university fired several full-time adjunct faculty during the most recent school year, and sent notices to another 20 saying their contracts for the [âŚ]
August 5, 2009
Faculty & Staff
âGreenâ For All
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson works to ensure minorities are not left out of the burgeoning âgreenâ economy.
August 5, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Sustaining Enrollment Growth in Difficult Financial Times
A coordinated strategic plan ensures enrollment growth is not an unexpected tsunami for community colleges.
August 5, 2009
Students
Who Should Teach Hip-hop Studies?
By most criteria, hip-hop has now been solidifi ed as an essential domain of inquiry and learning in higher education. This status entails a sizable body of scholarship; symposia, conferences and courses devoted to its study; and a growing pool of scholars who have centered it in their research agendas.
August 5, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Texas Tech Petition Opposes Ex-AG Gonzalesâ Hire
A small group of Texas Tech University faculty members is objecting to the schoolâs hiring of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the grounds that he demonstrated ethical failings while in office.
August 2, 2009
Faculty & Staff
New GI Bill Live Tomorrow
Many have called it the most substantial improvement to veteransâ education benefits since World War II. Others see it as the nation making up for what it didnât do for those who returned with little thanks after serving in Vietnam. But whatever the sentiment, on August 1, more than a year and a half after [âŚ]
July 30, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Will Google Book Search Settlement Increase Access for Underserved Communities?
Google and multiple parties involved in a class action suit related to Google Book Search have reached a settlement agreement that in a best-case scenario will result in millions of out-of-print books previously unavailable to the vast majority of people becoming accessible with a mouse click.
July 30, 2009
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Battle It Out
Highlights from the 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands, held in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central Universityâs marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.
July 28, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Two Indian Professors Pass on Education Opportunities
Drs. Rabindra and Protima Roy are well-known faculty members at Drury University, a small campus tucked away in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks.
July 28, 2009
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