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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Strike by Professors Leads to Canceled Classes in Michigan
Classes at Oakland University were canceled Thursday after professors went on strike the day that fall classes were supposed to start. According to the New York Times, professors went on strike because they were upset over being asked to freeze their salaries a year after the university’s president received a $100,000 raise. The union, which […]
September 3, 2009
Faculty & Staff
JUST A CLICK AWAY
University of Maryland University College has charted a unique path as a public insitution in online education.
September 2, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Just a Click Away
University of Maryland University College has charted a unique path as a public institution in online education.
September 2, 2009
Students
ETS Says New Assessment Tool Should Boost Minority Enrollment in Graduate Schools
A new product launched by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in July will help increase graduate school minority enrollment, according to officials with the Princeton, N.J.-based nonprofit testing and educational research organization.
August 31, 2009
Faculty & Staff
UH semester starts with fewer classes, more Anxiety
Classes were cut this semester at the University of Hawai’i-Manoa and students worried as they returned to the university Monday. According to the Honolulu Advertiser, the public university system struggled to slash $76 million from its budget, including $45 million at its flagship Manoa campus. At the same time, enrollment is up on all campuses. […]
August 24, 2009
Faculty & Staff
CHANGING COURSE
The University of the District of Columbia’s problems are so deep and longstanding that some people thought it would take a rocket scientist to figure them out.
August 19, 2009
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 Columbia’s 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 […]
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 […]
August 5, 2009
Faculty & Staff
“Green” For All
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson works to ensure minorities are not left out of the burgeoning ‘green’ 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
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