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Faculty & Staff
Study Shows Top Chemistry Departments Lag Behind in Minority Hiring
Study Shows Top Chemistry Departments Lag Behind in Minority Hiring By Hilary HurdNorman, Okla.When Dr. Donna J. Nelson, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Oklahoma, decided to look at the numbers of underrepresented minorities at the top 50 chemistry departments in the country, she was not quite prepared for the results of the […]
June 6, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Our Top 100 Tops 100,000
Our Top 100 Tops 100,000For the 10th consecutive year, Black Issues In Higher Education has produced its rankings of the top 100 institutions that graduate the most students of color. Over the years, we have seen a steady increase in the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to African American students, and for the first time, […]
June 6, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Sounding the Alarm on Electronic Discrimination
Sounding the Alarm on Electronic DiscriminationTo Dr. Oscar H. Gandy Jr., putting computers and Internet access into the hands of disadvantaged minority and poor Americans falls short of addressing what he defines as one barely recognized version of the digital divide in the United States. Gandy, the Herbert I. Schiller professor in the Annenberg School […]
May 23, 2001
Faculty & Staff
To Be or Not To Be(loved)
To Be or Not To Be(loved)Although minority and female authors have found a place on many English departments’ reading lists, the debate over the benefits of a diverse  curriculum still linger. By Sophia N. KellmanIn the past few decades, English literature departments have added more women and minority writers to their course listings. Thanks to […]
May 23, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Casino Tax Money to Help Boost Pay for Louisiana’s College Faculty
Casino Tax Money to Help Boost Pay for Louisiana’s College Faculty By Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.After years of receiving the lowest wages in the South, college faculty in Louisiana have finally hit the jackpot. With a push from Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster, the Louisiana Legislature agreed to dedicate $109 million in state gambling taxes for […]
May 9, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsDr. Yvonne E. Collins has been appointed professor of physical and biological sciences at New York City Technical College. Previously she was an adjunct professor at City Tech for eight years and also taught at Nassau Community College. Collins earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of the West Indies and […]
April 25, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Report Addresses Allegations of Racism at Florida Law School
Report Addresses Allegations of Racism at Florida Law School GAINESVILLE, Fla.Aconsultant’s report on racial issues at the University of Florida College of Law says the school’s major problem is a “culture of name calling” in which professors lash out at each other through e-mail and in faculty meetings. “Everyone, almost without exception, complained about a […]
April 25, 2001
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Faculty & Staff
Distance Education Course to Explore African
Distance Education Course to Explore African And African American ArtWhen Dr. Grace Hampton took a sabbatical leave to research university-based art education and traditional art in Nigeria and Ghana, she regarded the opportunity as a means to emotionally and spiritually renew herself after holding academic administrative posts at Penn State University for much of the […]
April 11, 2001
Faculty & Staff
The Politics of Art
The Politics of ArtPaul R. Jones chose to donate his extensive collection of African American art to the University of Delaware, but not without making sure an HBCU would benefit. By Robin V. SmilesOn more than one occasion Paul R. Jones has been entangled in some of America’s most politically and racially charged events of […]
March 28, 2001
Students
New Book Explores the Black Experience at MIT
New Book Explores the Black Experience at MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass.Many stories about life as one of the few Black students at MIT are recounted in longtime professor Clarence Williams’ new book, Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999 (MIT Press, $37.95). The 1,042-page book is a look at racial issues […]
March 28, 2001
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Faculty & Staff
Rensselaer Receives Record Gift: $360 Million
Rensselaer Receives Record Gift: $360 MillionTroy, N.Y.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received earlier this month a gift of $360 million, the largest gift ever to a single U.S. college or university.The anonymous donor who pledged $130 million to RPI in December replaced the earlier gift with one almost triple in size, and gave the institute complete discretion […]
March 28, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Gaining New Perspectives on the Achievement GAP
Gaining New Perspectives on the  Achievement GAPScholars examining the academic achievement gap between Black and White students in grades K-12 worry that its persistence will result in continued social and economic inequality between Blacks and Whites in the United States. The concern is valid, given the widespread consensus among scholars and policymakers that solutions must […]
February 28, 2001
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Faculty & Staff
UC Hiring Fewer Women Professors After Prop. 209
UC Hiring Fewer Women Professors After Prop. 209 SACRAMENTO, Calif. The University of California has hired fewer female faculty following passage of anti-affirmative action ballot measure Proposition 209, creating a gender gap that needs bridging, women professors from across the 10-campus system said recently. “We are in serious discrimination mode at the university,” says UC […]
February 28, 2001
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Faculty & Staff
MIT Hosts Roundtable on Gender Disparities for Female Professors in Higher Education
MIT Hosts Roundtable on Gender Disparities for Female Professors in Higher EducationCambridge, Mass.Aroundtable on how best to ensure women professors experience the same opportunities, recognition and rewards as their male counterparts was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The decision to host a roundtable discussion on gender equity in higher education was the result of […]
February 14, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Other Types of Campus Crimes
Other Types of Campus CrimesIt is often said that our campuses reflect the society from which the students come and that, given some of the communities where our campuses are located, it is unrealistic to presume that they can be immune from crime. Indeed, when crime erupts on our campuses we usually react with, “How […]
February 14, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Building African American E-Culture
Building African American E-CultureSince his days as a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, computer scientist Dr. Juan E. Gilbert has sought to make his research in instructional technology relevant to the needs of African American students.His dissertation focused on creating a Web-based tutoring program and offered not just one teaching style but a […]
January 31, 2001
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Students
Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope
Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New HopeBy Eleanor Lee YatesNASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse learning environment. “This really gives TSU the chance to be the best […]
January 31, 2001
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Students
National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During Conference
National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During ConferenceBy Ronald RoachNew YorkAlthough members of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) consider the elimination of open admissions at the 11 senior colleges in the City University of New York system a victory in view of the group’s conservative mission, speakers and panelists at […]
January 31, 2001
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