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Faculty & Staff
Two MVSU Professors Fired, At Least One Claims It’s Retaliation
JACKSON, Miss. Two Mississippi Valley State University professors have been fired, and at least one of them claims it was in retaliation for serving on a panel that was critical of university president Lester Newman.
June 7, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Minority Faculty Recruitment Program Under Fire
EUGENE, Ore. The University of Oregon is taking issue with an economics professor’s claim that a program developed to recruit more minority faculty members is illegal.
June 3, 2007
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Students say Northeastern U Terminating Non-Ph.D. Faculty to Move Up In the Rankings
BOSTON Northeastern University is purging its communications and journalism program of instructors who lack doctorates in a move students say is motivated by the university’s quest to improve its U.S. News & World Report ranking.
May 30, 2007
Students
Coming to Terms With the “R” Word
Colleges may boast diversity, but what does that really mean for campus climate?
May 30, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
A Tenure Not Soon Forgotten
After 34 years on the Wellesley College faculty, Dr. Tony Martin’s teachings have at times been controversial, but his mentoring of Black women is what his students will remember most.
May 16, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Race Cited as a Factor for Condemnation of Ohio U President
Its been an eventful month for Ohio University President Roderick McDavis, whose tenure has drawn competing letters of condemnation and support, spawned rival student protests and rallies, and generated open forums, administrative changes and a show of unwavering support from the board of trustees.
May 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
AAUP: New Orleans Institutions Failed Professors After Hurricanes
WASHINGTON, D.C The American Association of University Professors on Tuesday accused five New Orleans universities, including historically Black Southern University New Orleans, of abandoning their existing financial contingency plans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in favor of policies that contributed to the displacement of 15,000 faculty members.
May 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
New Harvard President Faces Balancing Act with Professors, Board Members
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Harvard University has unrivaled wealth and prestige, but the downside of its storied history is a patchwork of schools that make running the place one of the hardest jobs in 21st century higher education.
May 13, 2007
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Students
Perspectives: Boosting Criminal Justice Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
African Americans make up about 45 percent of the prison population, but fewer than 200 minorities hold doctorates in criminology. HBCUs provide the perfect environment for nurturing minority criminologists, but they need resources.
May 13, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Grants and Gifts
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-NORTHRIDGE has received a $150,000 gift from philanthropist Robert Barbera to support the university’s Collegiate Forensics Invitational Tournament and other debate programs. The gift will be used largely to help students recognize the value of public debate. HOWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Md.) has received a $1.5 MILLION gift from the Rouse Company Foundation to […]
May 2, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Howard University’s President Swygert To Retire
Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert announced on Friday his plans to retire effective June 30, 2008, the announcement coming just weeks after faculty members demanded he step down.
April 29, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Minority Scholars Share Strategies At ‘Keeping Our Faculties’ Conference
MINNEAPOLIS When Dr. John Brooks Slaughter was being recruited as president of Occidental College, he asked one professor on the search committee how many African-Americans were on the faculty. He vividly recalls her answer: “You’re looking at 50 percent of them.”
April 24, 2007
Students
Assessing Faculty Safety
Although attacks on college professors are not common, the horrific slayings at Virginia Tech show just how much at risk they can be when they try to do their jobs.
April 23, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Prairie View Boosters Petition For University To Leave Texas A&M System
A group of Prairie View A&M University alumni and university donors are petitioning the Texas A&M University System to either address concerns that its regents don’t represent the university’s interests, or let the university secede from the university system.
April 22, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Panels Calls For Mississippi Valley State U. President To Step Down
ITTA BENA, Miss. The panel Mississippi Valley State President Lester Newman created to study problems at the university has called for his dismissal.
April 22, 2007
Faculty & Staff
A One-Stop Shop
Funding and research opportunities are available for STEM faculty and students at minority-serving institutions, and one Web site provides access to this information.
April 18, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
A One-Stop Shop
Funding and research opportunities are available for STEM faculty and students at minority-serving institutions, and one Web site provides access to this information.
April 18, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Just the Stats: Inequality Still Persists in Faculty Positions and Salaries
Female professors are concentrated in non-tenure track positions, and overall professor salaries this academic year rose by 1.3 percent over 2005-2006, when accounting for inflation. These are some of the findings of the American Association of University Professors’ new report, “Financial Inequality in Higher Education: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession: 2006, 2007.”
April 11, 2007
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