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Hurdle #1: Getting in the Door
Research institutions are the primary producers of the nation’s scientific brain trust. Yet, the record of these institutions for producing African Americans in these disciplines is spotty. In this feature, Black Issues examines the experiences of three of the leading science and engineering institutions, citing examples of strategies that are yielding favorable results and those that leave senior scholars scratching their heads over why they’re not working.
July 12, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Charting a Black research agenda – interview with H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University – Cover Story – Interview
President H. Patrick Swygert, 54, assumed the helm of the nation’s only historically Black Research I institution in 1995. Since his arrival at Howard University, he has been crafting a strategy to carry the institution into the twenty-first century on a more stable financial footing, from which it will be poised to lead the nation in shaping and implementing the academic and research agenda for African Americans in the next millennium.
July 11, 2007
Students
Retaining master jugglers – junior faculty must learn to prioritize their schedules
Last week I got an e-mail from a young sister who is in her first year of university teaching. Curiously, the e-mail was time-stamped 2 a.m. Poignantly, it was a shout for help and advice.
July 11, 2007
Students
The ill-prepared and the ill-informed – remedial education feud in New York
NEW YORK City Council members presented three community college students here with a special proclamation this month, congratulating them on winning a national chess championship.
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Summer camp for profs! – Faculty Resource Network, New York University
When Morris Brown College wanted faculty members to participate in a highly regarded faculty development program during the summer of 1997, school administrators turned to Dr. Kathie Stromile Golden, a newly hired political science professor in the school’s social science department, to make a pitch to her peers.
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Recruiting professorial diversity – University of South Carolina
In a state where lawmakers currently are debating a bill that would scale back state-sanctioned affirmative action policies, a University of South Carolina (USC) faculty member is trying to lure under-represented minorities into the collegiate teaching ranks.
July 11, 2007
Students
The numbers may look good, but… – University of New Mexico, decrease in Hispanic faculty
Data collected by the federal government on the diversity and distribution of the nation’s academic labor force show that the University of New Mexico (UNM) ranks near the top at recruiting and retaining Latino/Hispanic faculty. In fact, when only tenured and tenure-track faculty are considered (see table on page 31). UNM ranks number one among Research I and II institutions (the ranking omits all University of california schools, as well as four other institutions for whom data were not available).
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
A scant presence – Black and Latino faculty at research institutions – includes related article
For many faculty, particularly those who favor research over teaching, securing a faculty position at a major research institution is a dream come true. These universities, of which there are 120 nationwide, offer some of the most ideal conditions available for the pursuit of scholarly and scientific research.
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
The word from Moses – educator Yolanda T. Moses – Interview – Cover Story
“WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT AN INSTITUTION BECOMES THEIR REALITY UNLESS THAT IS TURNED ON ITS HEAD.”
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Schools of cool: jazz performance education providing a different kind of gig – Cover Story
Janelle Gill is confident that she has a future in jazz. The eighteen-year-old freshman pianist began jazz performance studies last semester at Howard University. Since then, she has played in the school’s big band and the small-group jazz ensembles.
July 11, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
The evolving HBCU niche – historically Black colleges and universities
In recent years, much has been written about the challenges confronting American higher education. There is a growing interest in applying standards of accountability, and many states have reduced financial support, as colleges and universities find themselves competing with prisons and health care for the public treasury. On a variety of fronts, the nation’s colleges and universities are re-examining themselves and their value to society.
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Seeing no evil – Dr Shelby Steele’s speech on race-conscious affirmative action policies at the National Assn of Scholars conference in New Orleans – Cover Story
NEW ORLEANS Although academics who criticize multiculturalism often gripe about research or activism they contend represents nothing more than ideology masquerading as serious scholarly activity, a group of conservative scholars found several things to cheer about when the National Association of Scholars (NAS) honored the authors of California’s Proposition 209 and heard Dr. Shelby Steele deliver a withering critique of affirmative action.
July 11, 2007
Students
Derrick Bell: keeper of the flame – author of ‘Confronting Authority’ and Afro-American law professor at New York University
Editor’s note: No discussion of a commitment to diversity in higher education would be complete without talking to Derrick Bell. Unfortunately, as Black Issues was preparing the following article, Professor Bell fell ill and was unavailable for an interview. Black Issues is happy to report that at press time he was reported as doing better.
July 11, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Virginia Tech spearheads HBCU computer consortium – Virginia Polytechnic Institute; historically black colleges and universities
Dr. Joyce Williams-Green knows from direct experience that using computers in the classroom can be daunting for both students and faculty.
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Florida A&M advances with Internet2 – Florida A&M University
When the word went out last year that a consortium of major universities was forming to create the next generation of Internet technology and applications, Florida A&M University did not hesitate to join the initiative. Researchers at the nationally acclaimed school engaged in molecular database development, atmospheric physics calculations and other computing intensive research recognized that an advanced Internet could smooth the way for their collaboration with other researchers around the nation.
July 11, 2007
Students
The virtual classroom – new technology for teaching African American literature – includes related article on Western Governor’s University – Cover Story
Bryan Carter is devoted to teaching African American literature from the Harlem Renaissance era, a period considered one of the most creative in American history.
July 11, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Tenureless U: at Florida Gulf Coast University, tenure is out and multi-year contracts are in
FORT MYERS, Fla. The narrow band of habitable land between the Gulf of Mexico and Florida’s Everglades is where a band of 150 pioneers have staked their claims.
July 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Post-tenure review – college teachers
ATLANTA The rules have changed and if you don’t like it, you can go home.
July 11, 2007
Post-Tenure Review
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