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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Keeping Pace, But Not Catching Up
Although women have surpassed men in degree attainment in many fields, women’s numbers in coveted tenure positions and leadership posts still lag behind.
March 4, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Professional Appointments
DR. MARK BREITENBERG is provost of the California College of the Arts. He previously served as dean of Humanities and Design Sciences at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. Breitenberg holds a bachelor’s from the College of William & Mary and a master’s and doctorate from the University of California, San Diego. WANDY […]
March 4, 2009
Faculty & Staff
California State University System Chancellor Takes on K-12
When California State University Chancellor Charles Reed talks about his commitment to cut the racial achievement gap in California’s primary and secondary schools, he has a ready response to those who say K-12 is not really the business of a higher education administrator.
March 3, 2009
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Students
Chronicling the Lives of Native Americans on Predominantly White Campuses
Amanda LeClair, a senior at the University of Wyoming, is not an activist by nature.
March 3, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Fisk Discloses Major New Problems
Fisk University, beset with financial troubles before the nation’s economy began a free fall last year, has joined a growing list of prominent historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) signaling tougher times at hand.
February 24, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Pushing for a More Inclusive University
From age 8 through his years as a Stanford University student, Dr. Charles Ogletree, the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard University, labored in the fields with his migrant-worker parents.
February 18, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
MIT Taking Steps to Ensure Minority Faculty Pipeline
When Dr. James L. Sherley began a hunger strike outside of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provost’s office in February 2007 alleging racism in his tenure denial, the thenassociate professor of biological engineering reignited, in a very public way, concerns about the institution’s commitment to diversity.
February 18, 2009
Faculty & Staff
A Practical Ethnic Studies Program
The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston complements students’ career tracks and engages them in the surrounding Asian American community.
February 18, 2009
Faculty & Staff
John Crain Named President of Southeastern
John L. Crain will become the new president of Southeastern Louisiana University, according to an announcement yesterday from the University of Louisiana System’s board of supervisors.   Crain will lead Louisiana’s third largest public university with over 15,000 students. Crain, a tenured faculty member at the institution, has served as faculty senate president, head of the department […]
February 17, 2009
Students
Creating a Sustainable Pipeline
After the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came under fire for a lack of diversity among its tenured faculty, the school’s administration is taking steps to ensure it is welcoming to faculty of color.
February 17, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
Economic Woes Test Historically Black Colleges
Historically Black colleges and universities, which for decades have been educating students who can’t afford to go — or can’t imagine going — elsewhere, have been particularly challenged by the nation’s economic meltdown.
February 15, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
UMass Boston’s Asian American Studies Program Takes a Practical Approach
The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston complements students’ career tracks and engages them in the surrounding Asian American community.
February 12, 2009
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Students
Black Males Achieving More on College Campuses
Colleges applying similar techniques to reach and keep Hispanic males.
February 10, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
Spelman, Morehouse Eliminate Positions
Spelman College will eliminate 35 positions, while Morehouse College will cut 25 adjunct faculty members, both belt-tightening moves sparked by the economic downturn and a drop in enrollment.
February 10, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
Higher Ed Leaders Debate Best Path to College Presidency
Should young and minority faculty take nontraditional route to leadership positions?
February 10, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Veteran Lawyer, Education Advocate Nominated to Head Office of Civil Rights
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wants a lawyer with a deeply unique understanding of academic challenges facing students of color to oversee the civil rights division in his department.
February 4, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
UCSC Professor to Unveil Research on Migration and Poverty
Patricia Zavella, a professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, will present the results of more than a decade of research during a talk, “Migration and Poverty in Santa Cruz County,” on Tuesday. February 10.
February 3, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Audit Clears Former North Carolina A&T Chancellor
Former North Carolina A&T Chancellor James C. Renick and Anna Anita Huff, a program manager, were accused of misusing university funds but now both are not found to be in violation of any laws nor did they personally spend the misused funds. Renick left the university in 2006 to take a position at the American Council on Education in Washington.
January 20, 2009
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