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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Black Intellectuals Ponder How Best to Share Knowledge
A recurring theme was how the world beyond the academy has to affect how a Black intellectual views his or her teaching and research within a broader societal context.
April 14, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Expert: Student Data Underutilized in Promoting Success
Colleges and universities must make better use of the vast amount of student data that is available in order to bring about more timely graduations for all students.
April 11, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Last-minute Deal Averts Cal State Faculty Strike
A view from one Asian American faculty member.
April 10, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Nevada Hires Embattled ex-UC Berkeley Assistant Coach
SAN FRANCISCO — A University of California, Berkeley assistant basketball coach who resigned following a reporter’s sexual harassment allegations has been hired by another Division I team. The University of Nevada, Reno said Friday it has hired Yann Hufnagel as assistant coach for the Wolf Pack. Hufnagel resigned from UC Berkeley on Thursday, a day […]
April 10, 2016
Faculty & Staff
In Case You Missed It…
Professor Tackles Turbulent History of Latinos and the LAPD Duke Students Persist in Demands for Asian American Studies Major Is it Time for a New NCAA? Final Four of Urban Design Gives Students Real-life Experience
April 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Historian Cobb Joining Faculty at Columbia University
Dr. William Jelani Cobb, a prolific Black historian and journalist, is joining the faculty of Columbia University??s Graduate School of Journalism.
April 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Cal State System, Faculty Union Reach Tentative Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO — California State University officials and the union that represents campus faculty members say they have reached a tentative salary agreement that has postponed a five-day system-wide strike scheduled to start next week. The California Faculty Association and the Cal State system said in a joint announcement Thursday that details of the preliminary […]
April 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Report: 19 UC Berkeley Employees Violated Harassment Policy
BERKELEY, Calif. ― Documents released by the University of California, Berkeley show 19 employees, including six faculty members, were found to have sexually harassed students, employees or both since 2011. The records obtained Tuesday by the East Bay Times after a Public Records Act request reveal 11 new cases that had not been disclosed during […]
April 6, 2016
Students
Diverse Docket: Title IX Suit Against Stony Brook Moves Forward
Stony Brook University must defend a Title IX suit accusing it of deliberate indifference to the alleged sexual assault of a student, a federal judge in White Plains, N.Y., has ruled.
April 6, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Thought Leader
Diverse salutes community college pioneer Terry O’Banion, the 2016 recipient of the Diverse Champion Award.
April 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS
MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS has been appointed dean of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University, effective July 1. She is the Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Princeton University, a master’s from Tufts University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.
April 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
SUSAN D. STUEBNER
SUSAN D. STUEBNER has been named president of Colby-Sawyer College, effective July 1. She is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. Stuebner earned a bachelor’s from. Dartmouth College, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.
April 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Study: Higher Ed Would Pay Steep Price for Unionized Adjuncts
As adjuncts throughout the nation continue to organize themselves into collective bargaining units and push for more resources, two university professors have publicly questioned whether it’s wise for institutions to cave in to their demands.
March 31, 2016
Students
Expert: Higher Ed Needs to Embrace Assessments of Student Learning
Colleges and universities should embrace assessments of student learning in order to prove their worth as college costs rise and the job market remains tough.
March 31, 2016
Students
March Madness: The Rest of the Story
March harkens the smell of roses, cut grass and light spring rains for most folks. For me, March ushers in the smell and shine of hardwoods, leather and tennis shoes—and sheer Madness.
March 31, 2016
Students
Chicago State Backs Off Request that Employees Turn in Keys
CHICAGO ― Chicago State University backtracked Wednesday from a plan to collect keys from faculty and staff members, instead announcing that it would take an inventory of keys that might have to be collected should layoffs be necessary amid the state’s financial crisis. Administrator Aleshia Renee Terry had asked deans on Monday to begin collecting […]
March 30, 2016
Students
Faculty Criticize UC Berkeley Over Sexual Harassment Claims
BERKELEY, Calif. ― University of California, Berkeley faculty members are condemning the university’s handling of yet another sexual harassment case. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Monday that in a letter to Vice Provost Janet Broughton, tenured professors in Berkeley’s South and Southeast Asian Studies department say they are frustrated that numerous complaints against an assistant […]
March 28, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Louisville Professor Offers Farm to Syrian Family
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ― He was a vegetable farmer in Syria before the civil war forced the family of seven to flee. She is a University of Louisville professor who lives on an unused 16-acre farm. So when sociologist Patricia Gagne read in The Courier-Journal about Ahmed Al Tybawi, his wife and five children ― she […]
March 27, 2016
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