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Faculty & Staff

Tales From the Boondocks

Tales From the BoondocksRecruiting Black Faculty to Small Town, U.S.A., Can Be A Challenge. But Increasingly, It Is One That Colleges Are Taking on and ConqueringWhen Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer first arrived in Manhattan, she went to the local cable provider and asked that Black Entertainment Television be added to the basic cable offerings. Taylor-Archer was […]

October 27, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Reflections of Faculty Pipeline Program Progeny

Reflections of Faculty Pipeline Program Progeny Undergraduate Research Fellowships Often Are the Catalytic Event That Excite Students About Careers in the ProfessoriateNEW YORK — Not until his undergraduate years at Carleton College did Dr. Matthew Clayton start getting a sense that life in the academy suited his sensibility and talents. Teaching fellow students at his college’s […]

October 27, 1999

Grooming the 21st Century Professoriate

Grooming the 21st Century Professoriate Despite Challenges Posed by Anti-Affirmative Action Initiatives, the Ph.D. Pipeline Continues to Deliver a Diverse and Much Needed Group of Young ProfessorsCLAREMONT, Calif. — With just one Black professor, five Latino professors and five Asian American professors on its roster of 75 full-time faculty members, the Claremont Graduate University here recognized […]

October 27, 1999

Faculty & Staff

BI What’s New

Pennsylvania State University’s College of Health and Human Development has opened a new Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts to train scholars to look at what impacts families in the context of culture, race and socioeconomic status. The center’s mission is to enhance the lives of families by developing partnerships between […]

October 27, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Learning From Wilt And Milt

Learning From Wilt And MiltI was among those stunned earlier this month at the news that basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain and jazz legend Milt Jackson had died within days of each other. Chamberlain’s giant feet trampled over me once at a track and field meet that I and a few athletes he was mentoring were […]

October 27, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Report Finds Majority of Faculty Technologically Stressed

Report Finds Majority of Faculty Technologically StressedComputer anxiety is surpassing traditional faculty troubles, according to a new national survey of facultyWASHINGTON — As college students research papers on the Internet and manipulate numbers on spreadsheets, their professors are feeling a little less in tune with the newest computer trends.Two out of three professors say they […]

September 29, 1999

UNCF Gray’s Way

UNCF Gray’s WayWith Billion-Dollar Bill Gates Coup, ‘Bottom-Line’ Bill Gray Affirms His Stature and His Leadership Style FAIRFAX, Va. — When software tycoon William H. Gates III made a $1 billion pledge earlier this month to fund scholarships for minority college and graduate students in science, engineering, math and education, he turned to the United […]

September 29, 1999

Professional Appointments

Jones to Lead Community College Baltimore County-CatonsvilleDr. Andrew C. Jones has been named president at the Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville. Previously, he was executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Cedar Valley College in Lancaster, Texas. Jones earned a bachelor’s in economics and a master’s in library science, both, from the University […]

September 15, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:How can professors at predominantly White colleges and universities receive proper promotion and tenure credits for service to the African American community?Dr. Elaine Johnson CopelandAssociate Professor EmeritusDepartment of Educational PsychologyUniversity of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Business Administration Clinton Junior CollegeRock Hill, S.C.This question is an extremely difficult one. While most […]

September 15, 1999

Transcending the Classroom

Transcending the Classroom Men of scholarship and prophetic insight must show us the right way and lead us into the light which is shining brighter and brighter.” — Carter G. Woodson Over the past 15 years, the Black Issues staff has interviewed thousands of faculty. So, it was no small feat to come up with 15 […]

August 18, 1999

Teaching Tolerance

Teaching ToleranceWASHINGTON — Many colleges and universities have found that admitting a diverse student body is just the beginning of creating a diverse campus. Without conscious attempts at educating students about how to get along with others, some students may feel threatened or hostile and do things that are destructive to other students and to […]

August 18, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Why I’m Leaving UT-Brownsville

Why I’m Leaving UT-Brownsville This is, I assure everyone, a true story. Unfolding right now in 1999 and not 100 years ago. I offer it in order to illustrate race relations at the end of the millennium, lest anyone think everything is just fine. The place is Brownsville, Texas. The same place where 93 years ago […]

August 4, 1999

Faculty & Staff

United We Stand

United We StandNAFEO, HACU, and AIHEC have formed a new alliance to improve support for students of colorWASHINGTON — The old divide-and-conquer ploy may be harder to execute on future racial politics of higher education now that a new alliance has been formed between three of the largest organizations serving the needs of minority students.In […]

August 4, 1999

Faculty & Staff

E-Rate Boost May Spur Research Boom for Scholars of Color

E-Rate Boost May Spur Research Boom for Scholars of ColorWASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a major spending hike for the e-rate policy, in May, marking a significant boost to the controversial federal subsidy program that is helping wire many of the nation’s poorest schools for Internet access. The boost comes at a […]

July 7, 1999

Tempest in a Task Force

Tempest in a Task ForceWhile mayor lauds critical report on the City University of New York, many politicians and academics call it blatantly politicalBy Jamilah EvelynNEW YORK — The City University of New York system is poised to serve as a national model for urban institutions. That’s the good news. The bad news requires a […]

July 7, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Swatting the Millennium Bug

Swatting the Millennium BugAll too often, historically Black colleges and universities are burdened with day-to-day activities that are overwhelming, and it can be easy to just drift daily, procrastinating until Jan. 1, 2000, is here. Unfortunately, it will be too late to plan for the much-anticipated Y2K bug.Due to a variety of reasons, some HBCUs […]

June 23, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What kinds of initiatives do higher education institutions need to create supportive environments that facilitate minority faculty retention?Dr. Caroline S. Turnerassociate professor of educational policy and administration,University of MinnesotaThe recruitment and retention of faculty of color remains one of the most difficult challenges facing American higher education. Research findings — whether qualitative […]

May 26, 1999

Faculty & Staff

Exodus of Women Leave FSU Law School; Some Cite Racial Tension

Exodus of Women Leave FSU Law School; Some Cite Racial Tension TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Five female professors, including one of only three Black faculty members at the law school, resigned earlier this month from the Florida State University — four of them saying they had been harassed almost daily by fellow faculty members. All the […]

May 26, 1999