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Section: Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
New Chancellor Named For UMass-Amherst
An administrator and German scholar who has made a career of working at public universities has been selected to be the next chancellor of the University of Massachusetts’ flagship Amherst campus.
April 30, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Professor Sues Students for Character Defamation
Amidst claims that he unfairly targets Black students and disparages affirmative action, an Arkansas law professor is suing two students who he says have damaged his reputation.
April 30, 2008
Faculty & Staff
WVU Professors Want Officials to Resign over Bresch Affair
Days after a panel’s damning report about West Virginia University’s handling of a degree improperly awarded to the governor’s daughter, members of the faculty are debating what should come next.
April 27, 2008
Faculty & Staff
First Female Dean of Temple University’s Law School Talks of New Plans
Diverse talks with JoAnne Epps, recently named dean of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, who is the first woman to hold that position and one of a few female African-American deans at major law schools in the United States.
April 20, 2008
Faculty & Staff
New Mexico State Official Apologizes for Bad ‘Humor’
An associate dean at New Mexico State University who was accused of e-mailing pornography to others at the school has apologized, according to a confidential memo.
April 15, 2008
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Report on Faculty Salaries Asks “Where Are the Priorities?”
Faculty members’ salaries nationwide are not keeping up with inflation, while head football coaches, college presidents and other high level universities official are seeing a significant rise in pay, says a report by the American Association of University Professors.
April 13, 2008
Students
Perspectives: The Diversity Project Provides a Different Look at Professional Development
What happens when teachers from a mostly White, suburban district and a predominantly minority urban school visit each other’s school district and share ideas about education, attended diversity seminars and worked with students throughout the experience? A new model for professional development regarding diversity emerges.
April 10, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Breaking Down Barriers: Women of Color in the Sciences
When Angelica Patterson became program manager for the department of environmental science at Barnard College, the undergraduate women’s college of Columbia University, she saw very few fellow women of color in her department.
April 7, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Johns Hopkins Pledges $5 Million Toward Faculty Diversity Initiative
Johns Hopkins University announced plans to invest at least $5 million over the next five years in the Mosaic Initiative, a program focused on hiring and retaining women and people of color.
April 7, 2008
Students
Filipino American Studies Takes Root At UIUC
As scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.
April 2, 2008
Students
DIVERSIFYING FACULTY IN ILLINOIS
A revamped initiative aims to increase minority faculty numbers throughout the state.
April 2, 2008
Students
FINALLY TAKING ROOT
As scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.
April 2, 2008
Faculty & Staff
A ‘Patron Saint’ for Chicago State University
Long-neglected Chicago State University has a powerful friend in the Illinois Legislature, and the school is not even in his district.
April 2, 2008
Faculty & Staff
The Heart of the Mission
As a top producer of minority health practitioners, a University of Illinois at Chicago program seeks to improve the quality of medical care in communities of color.
April 2, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Chicano/Latino History Scholar Named Dean at UC Irvine
Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz, a University of California/Irvine historian specializing in Chicano/Latino studies, has been named dean of the UCI School of Humanities.
April 1, 2008
Faculty & Staff
At Diversifying Colleges Tenure Still a Hurdle for Women, Minorities
Educators gathered for the workshop on promoting faculty diversity at the National Education Association: American Federation of Teachers (NEA-AFT) conference held in Washington last week, heard from higher education officials about not only achieving a racially diverse faculty, but achieving a diversity, which also includes women and people with disabilities.
March 30, 2008
Faculty & Staff
WOMEN REDEFINING LEADERSHIP
Nine recently appointed college and association presidents discuss the challenges unique to their own institutions, those facing higher education in general, and more.
March 19, 2008
Students
Grants & Gifts
CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Ala.) has received a donation of $1.8 MILLION from the late Josephine Powell of Decatur, Ala. The gift is the largest one-time monetary donation in the school’s 60-year history, and the funds will be used for Calhoun’s current capital campaign and to create new scholarships. The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has […]
March 19, 2008
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