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Faculty & Staff
Tenure Controversy Trips Up DePaul
Claims of bias, violations of academic freedom and racism continue to dog DePaul University’s tenure process.
February 1, 2011
Quinetta Shelby
Students
Dormitories Seen as Retention Tools at Urban, Commuter Schools
In efforts to improve retention rates, commuter colleges are looking to an unusual suspect: residence halls.
January 30, 2011
The Summit
Students
Perspectives: Diversity and the Future of the Professoriate – A Call to Action
Princeton dean contends that hiring and admissions committees must be proactive about creating a diverse applicant pool that will result in a diverse academic landscape, including faculty, staff and students.
January 27, 2011
Karen Jackson-Weaver
Faculty & Staff
Psychologist Champions Cultural Competence in Mental Health Field, Academic Administration
As Dr. Stanley Sue planned for retirement from the University of California, Davis, this past summer, he realized he still wanted to work on projects of passion.
January 19, 2011
Stanley Sue
Faculty & Staff
Victims of Alabama-Huntsville Faculty Shooting Sue Over Killings
Relatives of two professors shot and killed during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville last year filed a lawsuit Friday claiming school administrators’ failure to follow safety rules contributed to the mass slaying.
January 17, 2011
Dr. Adriel Johnson (far left) was one of three professors who died in a Feb. 12 shooting at a University of Alabama Huntsville biology department faculty meeting
Faculty & Staff
Tenure Crusader
After winning the tenure race, Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore gave it up to help other young professors reach their own tenure goals.
January 10, 2011
Kerry Rockquemore
Faculty & Staff
Black Colleges Step Up Pursuit of Sponsored Research
Envisioning a more competitive future, a number of Black college leaders have challenged their faculties to pursue aggressive research agendas.
January 5, 2011
Henry Tisdale
Faculty & Staff
Theory in Practice
Rutgers University-Newark is a testing ground for demonstrating specific educational advantages of diversity.
January 3, 2011
Mark Winston
Students
College President Tackles Student Persistence, Campus Expansion
Helping students persist to graduation at Hispanic-serving New Jersey City University is a priority for Dr. Carlos Hernández.
December 16, 2010
Students
Keeping Latino Religion Scholars Faithful to the Classroom
The Princeton Theological Seminary’s Hispanic Theological Initiative helps Latino doctoral students launch careers as religion scholars.
December 15, 2010
Princeton HTI
Students
Garden State Abandons Minority Doctoral Program
New Jersey Legislature defunds the Minority Academic Careers program, making financing doctoral study a heavier burden for minority students.
December 14, 2010
Jose Lopez
Faculty & Staff
Belmont University Faculty Wants Discussion of Sexual Identity Issues
Professors at Belmont University in Tennessee, where a gay soccer coach recently resigned, want a campus discussion of sexual identity issues.
December 7, 2010
Faculty & Staff
DiverseBooks.net: A Year of Progress
Since we started diversebooks.net nearly a year ago (on January 22, 2010), we have added selections from additional publishers, including the University of Mississippi Press, the American Counseling Association, Africa World Press and Black Classic Press. We also made numerous adjustments to the content and design of our site.
December 6, 2010
Students
Book Reviews: Life Journeys in Academia
While college professors spend a lot of time preparing others for careers, three recent academic memoirs show it can be instructive when scholars share the stories of their own development and life journeys.
November 29, 2010
George Henderson
Students
Sullivan Seeks to Lead the University of Virginia at a Challenging Time
Dr. Teresa Sullivan, the first female president of the University of Virginia, leads the institution into a new era amid state budget cuts and other challenges.
November 28, 2010
Budget cuts to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Temple University resulted in staffers who mentored and assisted culturally based student organizations being re-assigned to other departments.
Students
Young Scholars Reflect on Family Ties in the Academy
Having grown up in the academy, second-generation scholars chart their own course to become their professor parents’ academic peer.
November 22, 2010
Dr. Imani Perry
Faculty & Staff
Blackboard Seeks to Reconnect With Faculty
Blackboard Inc. is launching next generation online technology that will be free to higher education instructors.
November 16, 2010
Lara Oerter is vice president of product strategy and product marketing for Blackboard.
Faculty & Staff
Academic Hiring Freeze Looms as Obstacle to Faculty Diversity
Recession reduces job opportunities in the professoriate, particularly in areas where minorities are clustered.
November 16, 2010
Dr. Christopher Tudico, who earned his doctorate this past spring, is realistic about his chances of landing a tenure-track position in this economy.
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