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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Early Christmas Presents for Kids with Disabilities
A half-dozen children got some special early Christmas presents from a University of Georgia class this month.
December 22, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Summoning a Little Sympathy for the Harvard Non-Bomber, Eldo Kim
It’s sad that the academic and financial pressure in college is such that a student is unable to tell the simple truth that he is unprepared to take an exam.
December 22, 2013
Students
Harvard Student Appears in Court on Bomb Hoax Charge
A Harvard University student appeared briefly in federal court Wednesday, accused of making a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of four campus buildings so he could get out of a final exam.
December 18, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Boulder’s Anti-Intellectual, Unfree Culture of Fear
How are we supposed to develop as intellectuals if we shy away from challenging ideas?
December 17, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Minneapolis Community College Professor Denounced for Structural Racism Teachings
Shannon Gibney, an English professor at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, was accused of creating a hostile work environment for teaching about structural racism.
December 16, 2013
Faculty & Staff
The Economic Divide at New York University
There have been reports about the financial inequalities between faculty members at New York University, so how will this affect the college experience for prospective students?
December 15, 2013
Students
Colorado Professor Suspended After Silent Protest
Naropa University professor Don Matthews filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after several African-American faculty left the university.
December 12, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Lane College President McClure Dies
Veteran higher education leader, Dr. Wesley McClure, president of Lane College for two decades and a past national chair of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), died earlier this month after a short illness.
December 11, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Diverse December 6 Edition
In this edition, Diverse features a Spectrum reflection on James Meredith, activist and first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Also included are reports on the efforts of HBCUs to diversify and grow enrollment, the need for more alumni and wealthy donor giving at HBCUs, the struggle of Catholic universities adapting to modern changes in efforts to adhere to the Catholic Church, and the re-emergence of co-op programs that offer students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the real world.
December 10, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Conversations: You Can Go Home Again
Francis L. Hendricks is a 1979 graduate of Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. He recently returned to the university as its 28th president.
December 9, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Howard Univ. Honors Mandela in Photo Exhibit
“Nelson Mandela: Character, Comrade, Leader, Prisoner, Negotiator, Statesmen,” a 37-panel exhibit chronicling Mandela’s rise to South Africa’s first Black president, made its debut at Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center on Oct. 31.
December 8, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Ex-University of North Carolina Professor Charged Over No-show Class
A former professor at the center of an academic scandal involving athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been criminally charged.
December 2, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Yale Professor Dies After Being Taken to Jail
The medical examiner’s office said the cause of Samuel See’s death was pending further study. Police and court officials are investigating the death.
November 27, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Appiah Leaves Princeton, Headed to New York University
Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah — arguably the nation’s most prominent black philosopher — has decided to give up his endowed professorship at Princeton University and will join the faculty at New York University in January.
November 26, 2013
Students
Purdue Storm Chasers Hit Pay Dirt During Outbreak
Three Purdue University students who rejected a professor’s warning and became storm chasers during last week’s tornado outbreak say they hit pay dirt during their adrenaline-fueled trek.
November 26, 2013
Faculty & Staff
UM, MSU students want gender identity protection
University of Montana and Montana State University students want the state Board of Regents to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policy.
November 25, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Southern Cuisine, Civil Rights Author, Dies
John Egerton, an authority on the history of Nashville, Tenn., Southern cuisine and the early days of the civil rights movement, has died.
November 21, 2013
Faculty & Staff
The Philippines’ Super Typhoon and Americans’ Super Ignorance: Is Higher Ed to Blame?
Most people just didn’t know much at all about the Philippines and its historical connection to the U.S.
November 18, 2013
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