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Faculty & Staff

Regents Deny Tenure Appeal of Intelligent Design Professor

AMES, Iowa The Iowa Board of Regents on Thursday rejected the appeal of an Iowa State University professor who claimed he was denied tenure because he supports the theory of intelligent design. Guillermo Gonzalez first appealed the university’s decision to deny him tenure last spring, a decision that was upheld by Iowa State President Greg […]

February 10, 2008

Faculty & Staff

ACE: ‘Significant Efforts’ Needed To Improve Diversity In College Presidency Ranks

There’s been little increase in the number of minority college presidents in the last 20 years. A new report suggests efforts to diversify college president ranks begins with the recruitment and retention of minority faculty members.

February 6, 2008

Faculty & Staff

State Board Names Kelley to Replace Kupchella as University of North Dakota President

FARGO, N.D. — Dr. Robert Kelley has been offered the job as president of the University of North Dakota, after some school supporters complained that the state Board of Higher Education should have interviewed more than one candidate.

February 4, 2008

The Search Committee Handbook

Racist Displays Persist at Minnesota College

ST. CLOUD, Minn. Bisharo Iman hoped college in St. Cloud would be different than attending high school. There would be no more taunts of “Go back to your country” aimed at her Somali dress, no more being slammed into lockers.

January 28, 2008

Faculty & Staff

College Endowments: Rich Get Richer

New figures on university endowments confirm it’s not just the “haves” and “have nots” in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there’s a growing group of the newly rich schools, and at the top of the heap a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions.

January 24, 2008

Encouraging The Discouraged

An HSI, Heritage University serves a population that most other institutions have essentially written off as nothing more than farm laborers and service workers.

January 23, 2008

Lincoln U.: Tolson Gave to Wiley Students What He Received Here

Arguing that Melvin Tolson’s passion, eloquently portrayed by Denzel Washington in “The Great Debaters,” was harvested during his time as an undergraduate at Lincoln University, the Pennsylvania HBCU is on a crusade to claim Tolson as one of its own. Officials hope to reinvigorate debating competition among HBCUs and boost student participation in the Melvin B. Tolson Literary Society, founded at Lincoln in 1966.

January 14, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Robotics Education Spreads Among HBCUs

Dr. Andrew Williams’ teaching and research efforts has sparked a robotics education movement that now extends from Spelman College to several historically Black colleges and universities.

January 12, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Emerging Scholars: The Class of 2008

Each year, as we select our “Emerging Scholars,” we’re always amazed and inspired by the accomplishments of these under-40 intellectuals.

January 9, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Emerging Scholars: The Class of 2008

Each year, as we select our “Emerging Scholars,” we’re always amazed and inspired by the accomplishments of these under-40 intellectuals. This year is no exception.

January 9, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Catching Up With the Class of 2002

The first group of “Emerging Scholars” gives us an update on life since their magazine debut in January 2002 in what was then Black Issues In Higher Education.

January 9, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Reveling in Retirement

After two college presidencies, Dr. James Hefner is taking time to pursue his avocations, while still in demand within academia.

December 26, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Reveling in Retirement

After two college presidencies, Dr. James Hefner is taking time to pursue his avocations, while still in demand within academia.

December 26, 2007

Asian American Studies: A Harvard Aspiration

During the 1980s, Asian American students at Harvard University staged a noisy protest petitioning the university to hire an Asian American studies professor. Hundreds of student signatures were collected. No professors were hired.

December 19, 2007

Faculty & Staff

New Institute Seeks To Ask ‘The Race Question’ In Higher Ed

To address the disparities that exist in higher education for underrepresented minorities, the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) is slated to form in 2008 the new Institute on Equity Research Methods and Critical Policy Analysis.

December 15, 2007

Perspectives: Current Tenure Process Deters Minority Women Professors

Diversity efforts at the University of Michigan have been stalled by the denial of tenure to five female professors of color.

December 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Southern State Community College Faculty Moves Towards Strike

HILLSBORO, Ohio — Faculty members at Southern State Community College have taken the first step toward a possible strike.

December 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

CSU Hiring Policy Inconsistent For Minorities, Women

SACRAMENTO Inconsistent hiring practices at the 23 California State University campuses have led to diversity among professors and executives in some departments but not others, a state audit found Tuesday. The CSU system has no way to gauge whether its professors and executives, or even the job candidates it attracts, reflect the available labor pool […]

December 12, 2007