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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Chicago State Faculty Say Flawed Presidential Search Led to Flawed Outcome
In the first of two stories chronicling the controversial appointment of a new president to lead Chicago State University, faculty members, shut out of a ‘less than transparent’ selection process, call on the governor of Illinois to intervene.
June 7, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Sun Ra Exhibit at UPenn Shows Jazz Pioneer’s Spacy Imagery
The late jazz musician and band leader Sun Ra told of having a mystical experience in his youth in which he was transported to Saturn and instructed to speak to the world in troubled times to come.
May 26, 2009
Faculty & Staff
A Chancellor’s Choice
Ask the University of California, Merced chancellor whether he misses teaching day to day, and his answer leaves no doubt: “Yes, I definitely do,” says Dr. Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang.
May 13, 2009
Faculty & Staff
When Work Experience Is Not Enough
Legal practitioners find the leap into academia difficult; scholars recommend non-academicians get assistance with the ‘nuanced’ application process.
May 13, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Ohio-based Professor Examines Lives of Black Women Scholars in Book
Finding herself the lone Black, female professor in her department, Dr. Joanne Kilgour Dowdy confronted her situation the best way she knew how.
May 11, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Cutting Costs, Improving Learning
Despite a decade-long track record, many academics are still skeptical of the technology-fueled course redesign movement.
April 29, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Perspectives: African-American Ph.D.s: Good Enough for America’s Educational Institutions?
For several years after receiving our doctorates, we struggled to find full-time work as tenure-track professors. Despite having more qualifications than many of the fresh Ph.D.s who were getting interviews and job offers, we were relegated to adjunct faculty positions that offered none of the benefits of tenure-track jobs.
April 29, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Women Professors Not Being Promoted as Rapidly as Men
Troubling inequities remain in career advancement between male and female college professors in English and foreign languages, according to a report being released today by the Modern Language Association.
April 26, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Study Finds Minorities Underrepresented in Graduate School
To broaden the participation of graduate studies among underrepresented minorities, graduate studies programs must go beyond simply recruiting students from diverse groups and provide students with the support and resources needed to graduate, says a new report released by the Council of Graduate Schools.
April 23, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Virginia Tech Decision Sparks Debate on Diversity Work and Faculty Evaluations
The decision by Virginia Tech to abandon a controversial proposal aimed at requiring faculty to engage in diversity-related activities, has prompted a larger debate on college campuses across the nation over what role, if any, should diversity work play in the evaluation of faculty members.
April 22, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Obama Agenda Focuses on Degree Completion
Advocates applaud $2.5 billion college retention proposal, but say insufficient financial aid is barrier to degree completion.
April 15, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Benedict College Settles With White Instructors Who Charged Discrimination
A historically Black college in South Carolina has been sued after three White faculty members say they were passed over for jobs or let go for because of their race, federal officials announced Wednesday.
April 9, 2009
Students
Haddon Selected as University of Maryland Law School Dean, Marking First for an African-American
University of Maryland officials last week announced the appointment of Phoebe A. Haddon as dean of the University of Maryland School of Law, effective July 1, 2009. Haddon, who will be the ninth dean and the second woman in the position, will be the first African-American to serve as the dean of the University of Maryland system’s only law school.
April 5, 2009
Faculty & Staff
A Pipeline to the Tenure Track
Postdoctoral Fellowships are increasingly being seen as a recruiting tool to improve faculty diversity.
April 1, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Broadening the Definition of Diversity
A new book examines the strategies of faculty to serve as “change agents,” encouraging diversity on campus.
April 1, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Broadening the Definition of Diversity
A new book examines the strategies of faculty to serve as “change agents,” encouraging diversity on campus.
March 26, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Relishing Reprisal-free Research
While growing up, a career in medicine appealed to Dr. Hana Abdalla because of the community good she could accomplish. Women’s health issues also intrigued her because so many of them were not openly discussed in her native Sudan.
March 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Saving Lives in the Academy and Operating Room
First Hispanic University of Texas System chancellor tackles financial problems and challenges Top 10 admission rule, while still performing surgeries.
March 19, 2009
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