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Leslie V. Forte: the woman behind the name on the scholarship – Obituary
Her life was a struggle. She grew up poor in the gritty projects of Los Angeles. She left California a well-educated woman with an associate’s degree from a community college, a master’s degree from Stanford University and an effervescent love for teaching.
July 7, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Suit threatens status of Georgia’s public Black universities
ATLANTA Alumni and supporters of Georgia’s historically Black public colleges and universities are beginning to mobilize in reaction to a law suit filed last month that seeks to increase white enrollment at those schools.
July 5, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Dillard’s Cook put hearts and minds to work – Dillard University Pres Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook
In September 1986, then-Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone shocked many Americans when he asserted that America was intellectually inferior to Japan “because of a considerable number of Blacks, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans.”
July 5, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Missouri bill gives legislators a leg up for academic jobs
ST. LOUIS Some higher education officials are complaining that a new law could give Missouri lawmakers an unfair advantage when it comes to getting a job in the ivory tower.
July 4, 2007
Faculty & Staff
The physician, the professor and the politico – candidates for the presidency of Spelman College – Cover Story
ATLANTA For Spelman College student Toria Davis, just the thought of getting a new campus president with ties to the White House speaks volumes about the search to replace Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole. “It’s an honor just to think someone who’s so important would be interested in coming to Spelman,” said Davis after learning that […]
July 4, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
From the ivory tower to the White House … and back again – African American public servants who came from, and came back, to the academe – Cover Story
Shortly after resigning as associate director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in February 1995, Christopher Edley Jr. prepared to resume teaching duties at Harvard Law School, where he had been tenured since 1986. But before he could leave the government, Edley was approached by White House officials who wanted him to chair a high-profile, interagency working group on affirmative action.
July 4, 2007
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
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