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Section: Faculty & Staff

A Rich History

Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.

August 8, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Minority Junior Professors Less Satisfied With Campus Climate Than White Professors

Minority professors at both private and public institutions are not as satisfied as their White counterparts with their institutions. According to a report by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, or COACHE, campus climate plays a significant role in the satisfaction disparity.

August 6, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Lincoln University to Investigate Colon Cancer in the Black Community

Lincoln, a historically Black university in Pennsylvania, is collaborating with several medical institutions to investigate the prevalence of colorectal cancer among residents in northeastern Pennsylvania. The study is part of Lincoln’s long-term goal to identify specific risk factors that make Blacks across the country more prone to the disease.

August 1, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Some university leaders not waiting for next Missouri president

COLUMBIA Mo. As the search for a new University of Missouri president forges ahead, some high-ranking academic leaders aren’t waiting around to meet the new boss.

July 28, 2007

Faculty & Staff

University of Colorado fires professor after remarks likening Sept. 11 victims to Nazi

BOULDER Colorado The University of Colorado’s governing board fired a professor whose essay likening some Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack victims to a Nazi leader provoked national outrage and led to an investigation of research misconduct.

July 26, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Manic Over Multimedia

Having technical skills is a plus, but editors and recruiters say “traditional” journalists are still in demand.

July 25, 2007

Texas State U. Professor Teaches South African University How To Infuse ‘Multiculturalism’ in Curriculum

Texas State University-San Marcos’ Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Project, a program designed to help diversify its faculty teaching methods and course content, has caught the attention of a university a world away — in South Africa.

July 22, 2007

Dustup Over Racial Slur Comes at Delicate Time for Young Law School

PROVIDENCE, R.I. The law school at Roger Williams University is a relative infant among peers, opened less than 15 years ago and angling ever since to elevate its national profile and climb the rankings ladder.

July 21, 2007

Hudson Begins Tenure as Miss. Valley State U. Leader

ITTA BENA Miss. It was a pivotal moment in the 56-year history of Mississippi Valley State University.

July 18, 2007

Best & Brightest: Obligation To Native Culture, Community Fuels Academic Drive

Karletta Chief has come a long way since the days when, as a Stanford University undergrad, her father had to sell the family’s cattle to cover the costs of her engineering books. Such were the sacrifices of the Navajo first-generation college student and her parents, a minister and a Navajo weaver.

July 18, 2007

High-Tech Cheating

With dozens of online term paper mills appearing on the Internet, professors and institutions are imposing new strategies to deter students from using them

July 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

BIG Black Issues Quiz

The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth 10 points.

July 14, 2007

Cyber Diversity – online instruction

It’s not unusual that all 15 students in one of Dr. Maureen Eke’s African American literature course sections at Central Michigan University are White. What’s striking, however, is that Black students and their Black professor from a campus located hundreds of miles away are beamed onto a large television screen to join Dr. Eke and her students in class discussions and lectures.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

BI What’s New: Programs, Accreditations, & Initiatives

Southeast Missouri State University has a new bachelor of science degree program in environmental science. The program was approved by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education and was established in response to the growing demand for environmental science professionals.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Alabama’s Decree Of Difficulty

Despite a court order, achieving racial parity still appears a long way off

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Emerging From the Shadows – Spelman College

Audrey Forbes Manley, M.D., is a former student, activist alumna, trustee, and widow of a former Spelman College president. Now she’s in charge, but after more than a year in office, some observers still don’t know what she’s about.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Career CONSULTANTS – race education

For years, I’ve been teaching course in which the issue of race was virtually irrelevant. Recently, I’ve developed an interest in working the matter of race and culture into my course, but I fear that by doing so, I’ll be marginalized by colleagues on the faculty. Should I even bother, and if I do, how should I handle it?

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Professional APPOINTMENTS

FISK UNIVERSITY NAMES NEW LEADER

July 14, 2007