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Faculty & Staff

Report Finds Faculty Pay Up — Barely

Report Finds Faculty Pay Up — BarelyBy Garry BoulardDespite record state budget deficits resulting from the recession of 2001 and 2002, faculty members at the nation’s two- and four-year public colleges and universities enjoyed a marginal 2.5 percent increase in their salaries in 2003, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Education’s National […]

February 23, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Taking an Interdisciplinary Approach

Taking an Interdisciplinary Approach Ten African-American scholars combine expertise to get at the root of obesityFor decades in the obesity research community, the name Dr. Shiriki K. Kumanyika has been virtually synonymous with culturally specific weight-control and dietary change research. But when she decided to take a more activist role in designing research to reduce […]

January 26, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Former La Raza Leader Joins ASU To Develop Hispanic-Based Community Development Institute

Former La Raza Leader Joins ASU To Develop Hispanic-Based Community Development InstitutePHOENIXThe former head of the Washington-based National Council of La Raza joined Arizona State University earlier this month. Raul Yzaguirre will develop a Hispanic-based community development institute and bolster the school’s efforts to raise money, recruit minority faculty and students and accelerate partnerships with […]

January 26, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Princeton, Smith College Partner To Increase Women in Engineering

Princeton, Smith College Partner To Increase Women in EngineeringFive out of six engineering students and nine out of 10 engineering professors are malePRINCETON, N.J.Advancing its goal of increasing the number of women in engineering, Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with Smith College to create a student exchange program. Smith, the nation’s […]

January 26, 2005

CLASSICS: Leah Rochel Johnson

CLASSICSClassical FoundationsLeah Rochel JohnsonTitle: Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient MediterraneanStudies and History, Pennsylvania State University Education: Ph.D., M.A., Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Classics, Harvard UniversityAge: 40The scarcity of minorities in the classics is apparent to any observer. What isn’t as obvious is how much African American intellectuals such […]

January 12, 2005

Faculty & Staff

CHEMISTRY: Edwin H. Walker Jr.

CHEMISTRYFinding the Right FormulaEdwin H. Walker Jr.Title: Associate Professor, Southern University and A&M College at Baton RougeEducation: Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University; B.S., Chemistry, Southern University and A&M College at Baton RougeAge: 34Dr. Edwin H. Walker Jr. remembers a wave of misery washing over him during graduation as he walked across the stage at Southern University […]

January 12, 2005

Faculty & Staff

MUSIC: Teresa L. Reed

MUSICMaking A Joyful NoiseTeresa L. ReedTitle: Associate Professor of Music Theory and Literature and Director, African American Studies Program, University of TulsaEducation: Ph.D., Music Theory, Indiana University; M.M., Music Theory, University of Tulsa; B.A., Music, Valparaiso UniversityAge: 40 Her friends, colleagues and even the critics agree: Dr. Teresa L. Reed is making a joyful noise […]

January 12, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Women Faculty: Still Trailing After All These Years

Women Faculty: Still Trailing After All These YearsWASHINGTONThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has released an update on gender equity in academia. The sad story is that the 2003-2004 figures show little improvement in the salary gap over 25 years of higher education history.Among full-time faculty, for example, 38 percent are women. But among […]

January 12, 2005

Faculty & Staff

University of California Institute to Fund IT Collaboration Between Faculty

University of California Institute to Fund IT Collaboration Between FacultyIRVINE, Calif. The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)2), a collaborative venture of the University of California at Irvine and the University of California at San Diego, will administer a new $300,000 prize to promote information technology collaboration among its faculty. The Nicholas Foundation […]

December 15, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Association Criticizes Meharry for Treatment of Faculty

Association Criticizes Meharry for Treatment of FacultyNASHVILLE, Tenn. A national higher education advocacy group is defending several former Meharry Medical College faculty members who say they were wrongfully let go.Dr. Joel Trupin, 70, and three other professors sued Meharry in September 2003 after their contracts weren’t renewed. They argued they had been singled out for […]

December 15, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Erasing An Absence

Erasing An AbsenceThe Paul R. Jones Collection’s Inaugural Exhibition of African American Art Treasures Debuts at University of DelawareBy Ronald RoachWith the opening of “A Century of African American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection” at the University of Delaware this fall, the inclusion of African American art in the annals of American visual art […]

December 1, 2004

A Pathway to the Presidency

A Pathway to the PresidencyStudent affairs professionals are increasingly moving into the top job on college campuses By Kendra HamiltonIf you took a random sampling of student affairs professionals, they’d all agree: without the work they do with students, campus functions would simply grind to a halt. “Student affairs professionals spend 80 percent of their time […]

November 17, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Finding The Right Prescription

Finding The Right PrescriptionIn stiff competition with the private sector for pharmacy faculty, academia often finds itself on the losing side By Tracie PowellAn aging population, the changing role of pharmacists as health systems rely more heavily on newer, sophisticated drug therapies to cure ills, and a proliferation of corner drug stores is driving a […]

November 17, 2004

Pursuing the Professoriate

Pursuing the ProfessoriateInstitute offers minority scholars tips, survival strategies for navigating graduate processBy Robin V. SmilesATLANTAAfter 40 years of affirmative action, still only 5 percent of faculty are African American; 3 percent are Latino or Hispanic; 2½ percent are Asian American and less than 1 percent are American Indian, according to Dr. Orlando Taylor, vice […]

November 17, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Growing Black Ivy

Growing Black IvyColumbia conference explores Black presence at elite schools By Ronald RoachNEW YORKOne of the many education access struggles waged by African Americans since the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Brown v. Board decision has proven to be one over Black representation at the eight Ivy League universities. Relating both the Brown legacy and the […]

November 17, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Preparing Students for Success In the Academy

Preparing Students for Success In the AcademyBy Dr. Carlton Pickron and Trevor V. Hodge, M.EdIn spite of the growing body of political and intellectual rhetoric regarding student success in the academy, the need has never been greater to redefine where the burden of responsibility lies to ensure such success. For the past 10 years, politicians, […]

November 17, 2004

Do Graduate Assistants Get A Fair Deal?

Do Graduate Assistants Get A Fair Deal? There is nothing like a campus environment to reinforce the concept of teamwork. Few on a campus can do their jobs alone. From the loftiest endowed chair holder, hefty salary in pocket, to the newest assistant professor, everyone makes a contribution, of sorts, and relies on others to […]

November 3, 2004

Preparing Graduate Students to Teach

Faculty & Staff

Restoring a Ruptured Relationship

Restoring a Ruptured RelationshipBarnard College’s Caryl Phillips’ senior english seminar focuses on broken international connections and culminates with a trans-Atlantic journey By Crystal L. KeelsMillions of African people who were captured, kidnapped and shackled for sale as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade first passed through Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, West Africa. They stepped […]

November 3, 2004