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Faculty & Staff

Ohio State English Professor Welcomes Prestigious Award

Ohio State English Professor Welcomes Prestigious AwardAward-winning book traces literacy, social activism in the lives of 19th century Black womenDr. Jacqueline Jones Royster of Ohio State University has won the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize from the Modern Languages Association, given annually for an outstanding work of research on the teaching of English.Royster’s award-winning book, Traces […]

February 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?

Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?As college campuses become more diverse, many find the future of Black cultural centers in question.By David HefnerAsk most anyone on a college campus about the value of cultural centers, and most will quickly tout a number of virtues. They help retain students of color, many through graduation, help […]

February 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

LeMoyne-Owen, S.C. State Presidents to Step Down

LeMoyne-Owen, S.C. State Presidents to Step DownMEMPHIS, Tenn.LeMoyne-Owen College president Dr. George R. Johnson Jr. says, “it’s time to do something else,” and plans to step down this summer. Johnson, who didn’t elaborate on what he’ll do, has been at the helm of the private, historically Black college for six years. Lucille V. Smith, chairwoman […]

February 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Appiah Accepts Princeton Appointment

Appiah Accepts Princeton AppointmentPRINCETON, N.J.Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, who has been a noted member of the Harvard University Afro-American studies department, will join the Princeton University faculty as a full professor effective Sept. 1, according to Princeton University officials. He submitted a resignation letter to Harvard officials in late January. Appiah has been the Charles […]

February 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

The Great ‘Misunderstanding’ at Harvard

The Great ‘Misunderstanding’ at HarvardPresident’s criticism of Cornel West has left supporters of Afro-American studies unsettled.By Ronald RoachFor those who believed the long struggle to put Afro-American studies at Harvard University on solid footing had ceased years ago, the recent controversy over Harvard president Dr. Lawrence H. Summers’ private rebuke of Afro-American studies professor Dr. […]

February 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Unraveling The Science Of Success

Unraveling The Science Of SuccessDr. Cynthia Winston’s earliest memories of Howard University harken back to when she, as a young girl, spent time with her father, Dr. Michael Winston, at his office in the school’s history department. “When I was at Howard with my father, I knew then, as a very young child, that something […]

January 2, 2002

A Calculating Career

A Calculating CareerGrowing up as the child of two university professors, Dr. Jonathan Farley never thought of doing anything other than teaching. However, he is finding that the biggest challenge as a young scholar is balancing both professional and social responsibilities. “One year I noted I was on seven different committees — the Martin Luther […]

January 2, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Low Number of Black Faculty, Students Draws Concern

Low Number of Black Faculty, Students Draws Concern KNOXVILLE, Tenn.A climate of racial hostility and discrimination at the University of Tennessee has led to a disproportionately low number of minority faculty and students, claims a campus group. Members of the recently rekindled Black Faculty and Staff Association say the situation is worsening. “I have watched […]

January 2, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Taking the Road Less Traveled

Taking the Road Less TraveledHappy New Year, and I hope you had a safe and happy holiday season. As many of us set goals and resolutions for the new year, our first edition in 2002 should prove inspirational to anyone in the academy. Our cover article, “The Academy’s New Cast,” profiles 10 rising stars in […]

January 2, 2002

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:I have heard of programs to increase the number of minority faculty by allowing them to teach if they are in the final stages of their doctorate. Can you tell me if there are any programs like thisfor prospective college administrators?Programs to increase the number of minority college administrators — analogous to […]

December 19, 2001

Howard Symposium Highlights

Howard Symposium Highlights Scholarship of Teaching, LearningWASHINGTONA lecture by Dr. Lee S. Shulman on the scholarship of teaching and learning attracted an enthusiastic audience of more than 150 Howard University faculty members and graduate students to a half-day symposium on improving doctoral education. With as many faculty members as graduate students in attendance, Shulman, president […]

December 19, 2001

The Assessment of Doctoral Education

Faculty & Staff

North Carolina Central Employees Give University Early Christmas Present

North Carolina Central Employees Give University Early Christmas PresentSixty-six professors and administrators from North Carolina Central University in Durham have given their institution an early Christmas present: They gave back their salary increases in November to help the school deal with a reversion crisis that threatens to swamp all North Carolina campuses.The amount of the […]

December 19, 2001

Faculty & Staff

(Re)Tracing

(Re)Tracing Oral History in InkAfter years of teaching, researching and writing about literature of the African Diaspora, several English professors have turned their focus toward a more personal nature. By Robin V. SmilesGrowing up in Charles City County, Va., Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance and her family did not know the story of their great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother Elizabeth […]

December 19, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Prairie View President Faces Criticism

Prairie View President Faces CriticismOver Commitment to ResearchPRAIRIE VIEW, TexasPrairie View A&M President Charles Hines is the target of a letter signed by 18 faculty members criticizing him for repeatedly interfering with research and academics at the historically Black university about 50 miles northwest of Houston. In addition, a group of Waller County ministers recently […]

December 19, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Finding Room for Improvement

Finding Room for ImprovementHoward University-based team rates HBCU Web sitesThe perception that a “digital divide” exists in higher education between historically Black institutions and most predominantly White colleges and universities has enabled advocates for Black schools to raise money, attract computer equipment donations, and build awareness to help bridge the divide.One effort that started this […]

December 5, 2001

Rhetoric vs. Reality

Rhetoric vs. RealityColleges confront quagmire of issues associated with remediation. By Kendra HamiltonThere’s no getting around it. Remedial education — also called developmental education — suffers from an image problem. The fact is all too evident at the macro level — the California State University (CSU) System, for example, expelled 2,009 students in January for […]

December 5, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Professors Receive National Award

Professors Receive National AwardWashingtonFor dance professor Cornelius Carter, being named 2001 U.S. Professor of the Year last month was not just a personal triumph or a victory for his institution, the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), but a milestone for the field of dance as well.“I felt so proud that dance was viewed with the same […]

December 5, 2001

Faculty & Staff

‘Reality-Based Education’

‘Reality-Based Education’Webster University’s agGressive marketing and flexible scheduling leads to a large enrollment, but accreditation questions persist. By Pearl StewartTwenty-one years ago Brenda Newberry had just given birth to her first child, a girl, in a St. Louis hospital. The next day, she had a visitor, one of her professors from Webster University where she […]

November 21, 2001