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Section: Faculty & Staff
Students
Commitment to Service Helps Global Go-Getter Stand Out
Baruch College junior Alyssa Alicino was raised with many friends from Latin America and a sense of responsibility toward her community.
April 9, 2013
Faculty & Staff
NCAA Tournament Important to Recruiting — But Not Likely to Rutgers
Anyone want to go to a school that now has a history of homophobia as well as physical abuse of students? Oh, and besides that, the team doesn’t win basketball games.
April 8, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Rutgers Commissioning Review of Basketball Scandal
Rutgers University announced Monday that it’s commissioning an independent review of the conduct of fired basketball coach Mike Rice and the way the university handled the situation when it learned that he was kicking and shoving players and berating them with gay slurs in practice.
April 8, 2013
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Faculty Salary Report Highlights Contingent Faculty, State Funding Concerns
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reports that average professor salaries are showing recovery, following three years of recession during which salary hikes for full-time faculty members fell below the inflation rate.
April 7, 2013
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Criticizes Southern’s Treatment of Faculty
A national organization of university professors is criticizing the way Southern University faculty members were treated immediately after the school declared a financial emergency nearly two years ago.
April 4, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Experts Differ on Route to Getting Talented Teachers to Most Challenged Schools
Consideration of talent, diversity and effectiveness urged in the ongoing struggle to boost student achievement, but should a ‘bar exam’ also be part of the process?
April 4, 2013
Students
All About Diversity
“Celebrate Diversity Month” was proposed in 2004, when two diversity companies, ProGroup, Inc. and Diversity Best Practices, created a proclamation for the observance. It is now widely observed in April.
April 3, 2013
Students
Drexel to Offer 2-Year Law Degree
With enthusiasm for law school waning over concerns about high student debt, Drexel University is creating a two-year degree program designed to help new attorneys get into the workforce sooner and start making money.
April 1, 2013
Faculty & Staff
U.S. Still Has More Work to Do in Technology Education
According to a recent survey, China leads in integrating technology into the curriculum, its students spend more time using technology in school and say their teachers are technologically savvy.
March 31, 2013
Students
Group Discusses Solutions for Raising the Number of Hispanic Teachers
Hispanics are underrepresented in the American higher education professorate. And the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education is working to change that.
March 28, 2013
Faculty & Staff
School Officials Oppose Campus Carry Bill
Supporters of a bill to allow employees of school districts and Nevada’s higher education system to carry guns on campus if they have a concealed weapon permit said Monday the issue is about responding quickly to imminent threats.
March 25, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Admissions and ‘Admission’
It seems wholly appropriate that most colleges send out their judgment notices around Holy Week when borderline applicants might resort to prayer, or give new meaning to the notion of being “passed over.”
March 24, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Reflections on Increased Visibility of Lesbian and Gay Leaders in Higher Education
I also want to celebrate and mark the positive shifts when we see them, such as increased visibility and acceptance of queer leaders on our campuses nationwide.
March 24, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Remembering a Giant of African Literature
Considered the father of modern African literature, acclaimed writer Chinua Achebe has died at age 82, leaving behind a body of work that scholars say will grow increasingly more influential over time.
March 24, 2013
Faculty & Staff
West Virginia Senate Bill Could Change How Tuition is Charged
A bill advanced by the West Virginia Senate Education Committee could change how tuition is calculated at up to six state colleges and universities.
March 21, 2013
Students
Kansas Immigration Hearing Draws Emotional Response
An emotional crowd gathered for a House committee hearing on a measure that seeks to repeal in-state tuition for Kansas students without legal residency.
March 21, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Paternalism and Temple’s Enduring Black Studies Crisis
Back in November, I blogged on the crisis in the Department of African-American Studies (DAAS) at Temple University. I would like to update you on what happened.
March 20, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Florida A&M Suspends Search for New President
Florida A&M University on Friday abruptly halted its search for a new president after the university board chairman contended it was the wrong time to move ahead with a new leader.
March 17, 2013
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