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Faculty & Staff
California chancellor’s compensation squabble – City College of San Francisco Chancellor Del M. Anderson
When Del M. Anderson accepted the position as chancellor of the City College of San Francisco (CCSF), she knew she wasn’t walking into the ideal situation. There had been relatively few applicants for the job, the pay was lower than she expected for such a large urban institution, and there was much work to be done in building community support.
July 4, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Ebonics IQI. What have we learned ? – use of Ebonics language to teach African American children – Cover Story
The Ebonics controversy in Oakland, California, took many people by surprise. Most had never heard of Ebonics before December 18, 1996, and once they did, few understood what the school district meant when it expressed its intent to use this new “language” to teach the district’s African American children.
July 4, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
A thoroughly satisfying look at community colleges… – again
The American Community College by Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco, 1996 512 pages Hardback: $38.95
July 4, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Flourishing in scientific careers – Black scientists on encouraging black students to take up science courses
While completing his master’s degree in zoology at the University of Maryland College Park in 1984, Dr. David Jett’s advisor and several faculty members told him that he was not Ph.D. material.
July 4, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Berklee College of Music’s New Mission Statement Reflects African Contributions to Contemporary Music
BOSTON In what Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown calls a “psychological victory for the institution,” the board of trustees recently adopted an amended mission statement for the college that acknowledges the historical contributions that African descendants have made to the development of the contemporary American musical genres on which Berklee’s curriculum and training are based.
July 4, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Pennsylvania’s proposed state university faculty pact has bonus, raises
HARRISBURG Pa. Professors at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities would each receive an immediate $1,750 cash bonus and annual salary increases totaling 10 percent under a four-year contract agreement released Tuesday.
July 2, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Missouri Professors Host Girls’ Science Camps
ROLLA Mo. Stern and unsmiling, the professorial portraits lining the hallways of the University of Missouri-Rolla’s chemical engineering department project a singular message: science is serious stuff. The graybeards in those photos would likely be aghast at the scene unfolding inside a nearby Schenk Hall classroom.
July 1, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
State universities, faculty extend contract talks 1 more day
HARRISBURG Pa. Representatives of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities and the faculty union resumed contract talks Monday and the union agreed to postpone any strike until Tuesday at the earliest, spokesmen for both sides said.
July 1, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Michael Eric Dyson Heads To Georgetown
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, the prominent African American scholar known for his writings on hip hop and African American life and culture is heading to Georgetown University in the fall, where he will hold the distinguished rank of University Professor—the highest position that a faculty member can have at the nation’s oldest Catholic university.
July 1, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Pennsylvania Universities, Faculty in Final Round of Contract Talks
HARRISBURG Pa. The administration and union representing faculty at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities are in the midst of a final round of contract talks, hoping to resolve their differences before the current work rules expire Saturday.
June 29, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Judge Acquits Dartmouth Faculty Member Accused of Shoplifting
LEBANON N.H. A Dartmouth College professor was acquitted on charges of shoplifting two bottles of diet supplements from the Lebanon Food Co-Op Store that she said she accidentally placed in her purse.
June 27, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Pa. universities, coaches’ union announce tentative contract
HARRISBURG Pa. Leaders of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities and the union representing 350 non-faculty coaches announced a tentative four-year contract Thursday, two days before the current pact was set to expire.
June 27, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Biology professor named interim provost at USM
HATTIESBURG Miss. Longtime biology professor Bobby L. Middlebrooks will become interim provost of the University of Southern Mississippi on Aug. 1, USM President Martha D. Saunders announced Wednesday.
June 26, 2007
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Students
OU regents approve tuition hike, $1.3 billion budget
ARDMORE Okla. University of Oklahoma regents on Wednesday approved tuition and mandatory fee hikes of nearly 10 percent for undergraduate students who will attend the university during the upcoming school year.
June 26, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Faculty hears explanation on probation
TALLAHASSEE Fla. The interim head of Florida A&M University told hundreds of faculty and staff Monday that he was stunned to learn in a telephone call last week that the school was being put on probation, largely for chronic financial mismanagement.
June 24, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Mississippi Valley State President Lester Newman Resigns
ITTA BENA, Miss. Dr. Lester C. Newman, the embattled president of Mississippi Valley State University, announced his resignation Friday, effective July 15.
June 24, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Examining higher education’s role in health care – educating personnel for allied health services – special report: health sciences
To meet health industry needs for thousands of physical therapists, occupational therapists and other trained health professionals, colleges and universities have revamped their course offerings. Even so, they turn down more students than they accept.
June 23, 2007
Students
Morehouse, community work to free Womack: Phi Beta Kappa Nominee Accused of Plotting to Overthrow Government
ATLANTA The chairman of the Morehouse College History Department is spearheading an effort to disentangle a former honor student of his from legal problems that have kept him behind bars since his arrest last December.
June 23, 2007
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