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Faculty & Staff
The Current Toast of the Poetry World
The Current Toast of the Poetry WorldCarl Phillips honored with Kingsley Tufts Award   Charlottesville, Va.Carl Phillips has become only the second African American poet to win the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a highly coveted prize that carries with it a career’s worth of prestige — and a $100,000 check.Phillips says the reality of following in […]
April 24, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Supercomputing Conference Seeks Faculty Participation
Supercomputing Conference Seeks Faculty ParticipationBALTIMOREAn upcoming supercomputing conference in Baltimore is seeking the participation of teams of undergraduate faculty and K-12 teachers to spend four days in hands-on workshops learning about high-performance computing and communications tools and resources appropriate for their classroom. Entitled this year as SC2002, the annual conference features high-performance computing and communications […]
April 10, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Bluefield State President Resigns
Bluefield State President Resigns, Plans to Teach at CollegeBLUEFIELD, W.Va.Bluefield State College president Dr. Robert Moore announced his resignation last month, citing a desire to pursue new personal and professional goals. Moore, who became BSC president in June 1993, following 19 years as a member of the college’s faculty and administrative staff, is stepping down […]
April 10, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Making the Most of Multimedia
Making the Most of MultimediaWith a click of the computer mouse, the Web site for the “Black in the Arts” survey course began playing a segment from the all-Black cast film “Stormy Weather.” The film clip, being projected onto a large screen in a high technology classroom at Howard University in Washington, featured a depiction […]
March 27, 2002
Faculty & Staff
‘Race in the College Classroom’
‘Race in the College Classroom’Minority faculty often face student resistance when teaching about raceDealing with conflict in the multiethnic classroom — well, it can pose dilemmas that stump even the so-called experts.An exchange during “Comparative and Collaborative Approaches to Teaching Multiethnic Literatures,” a panel at the recent Modern Languages Association conference, neatly illustrates the point. […]
March 13, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Eliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to Teaching
Eliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to TeachingNASA program exposes pre-service teachers to innovative teaching methods, aims to demystify science, mathBy Hilary Hurd  Alexandria, Va.“I’m math illiterate,” along with “I’m science phobic” are familiar statements to NASA’s Dr. Sandra Proctor — in fact, they are among the statements she hears most often from students. Proctor, […]
March 13, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Letter1
Dear Editor:Julianne Malveaux’s attack on the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (“The New McCarthyism,” Dec. 20, 2001) is little short of libelous. She characterizes our report, “Defending Civilization,” as advocating censorship and opposing free speech. In fact, the report says exactly the opposite. It says that academic freedom should be “passionately defended.”Professors, like the […]
March 13, 2002
Students
Dear BI Career Consultants:
Dear BI Career Consultants:What are some strategies for overcoming the gender gap in information technology?If we are to close the gender gap in information technology we must begin to address two critical questions: Are information technologies “gendered by design?” And can the same approach to preparing students for information technology careers work for both girls […]
February 27, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Tested Practices Buoy University of Phoenix Online
Tested Practices Buoy University of Phoenix Online Black Issues presents in Techtalk the first of occasional question-and-answer sessions with prominent information technology leaders in higher education. In this issue, Brian Mueller, vice president and chief operating officer of the profitable University of Phoenix Online, discusses the for-profit higher education company’s track record at running one […]
February 27, 2002
Faculty & Staff
The American University: Private Benefit or Public Good?
The American University: Private Benefit or Public Good?Phoenix Harvard University’s Dr. Cornel West, the scheduled keynoter, wasn’t able to make it, but the nearly 1,000 faculty and administrators who gathered for the American Association of Higher Education’s 10th annual Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards received a rousing call to arms nonetheless.These are perilous times […]
February 27, 2002
Students
A Calculating Program
A Calculating ProgramHampton University professor’s grade calculator keeps students, faculty on top of academic performance.      Quo Vadis. The phrase literally means “where are you going?” It’s also the name of Hampton University professor Dr. George Burbanck’s innovative grade calculation program, which is saving academic careers at Hampton and winning converts at schools as far away […]
February 27, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Ohio State English Professor Welcomes Prestigious Award
Ohio State English Professor Welcomes Prestigious AwardAward-winning book traces literacy, social activism in the lives of 19th century Black womenDr. Jacqueline Jones Royster of Ohio State University has won the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize from the Modern Languages Association, given annually for an outstanding work of research on the teaching of English.Royster’s award-winning book, Traces […]
February 13, 2002
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Faculty & Staff
Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?
Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?As college campuses become more diverse, many find the future of Black cultural centers in question.By David HefnerAsk most anyone on a college campus about the value of cultural centers, and most will quickly tout a number of virtues. They help retain students of color, many through graduation, help […]
February 13, 2002
Faculty & Staff
LeMoyne-Owen, S.C. State Presidents to Step Down
LeMoyne-Owen, S.C. State Presidents to Step DownMEMPHIS, Tenn.LeMoyne-Owen College president Dr. George R. Johnson Jr. says, “it’s time to do something else,” and plans to step down this summer. Johnson, who didn’t elaborate on what he’ll do, has been at the helm of the private, historically Black college for six years. Lucille V. Smith, chairwoman […]
February 13, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Appiah Accepts Princeton Appointment
Appiah Accepts Princeton AppointmentPRINCETON, N.J.Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, who has been a noted member of the Harvard University Afro-American studies department, will join the Princeton University faculty as a full professor effective Sept. 1, according to Princeton University officials. He submitted a resignation letter to Harvard officials in late January. Appiah has been the Charles […]
February 13, 2002
Faculty & Staff
The Great ‘Misunderstanding’ at Harvard
The Great ‘Misunderstanding’ at HarvardPresident’s criticism of Cornel West has left supporters of Afro-American studies unsettled.By Ronald RoachFor those who believed the long struggle to put Afro-American studies at Harvard University on solid footing had ceased years ago, the recent controversy over Harvard president Dr. Lawrence H. Summers’ private rebuke of Afro-American studies professor Dr. […]
February 13, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Unraveling The Science Of Success
Unraveling The Science Of SuccessDr. Cynthia Winston’s earliest memories of Howard University harken back to when she, as a young girl, spent time with her father, Dr. Michael Winston, at his office in the school’s history department.  “When I was at Howard with my father, I knew then, as a very young child, that something […]
January 2, 2002
Students
A Calculating Career
A Calculating CareerGrowing up as the child of two university professors, Dr. Jonathan Farley never thought of doing anything other than teaching. However, he is finding that the biggest challenge as a young scholar is balancing both professional and social responsibilities. “One year I noted I was on seven different committees — the Martin Luther […]
January 2, 2002
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