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Faculty & Staff
National Faculty Group Convened at Atlanta HBCUs Urged to Help Determine U.S. Education Priorities
Faculty members from more than 50 U.S. colleges and universities gathered in Atlanta for the Faculty Resource Network’s annual national symposium, which was held this year at three neighboring historically Black campuses.
November 24, 2009
Faculty & Staff
National Faculty Group Convened at Atlanta HBCUs Urged to Help Determine U.S. Education Priorities
Faculty members from more than 50 U.S. colleges and universities gathered in Atlanta for the Faculty Resource Network’s annual national symposium, which was held this year at three neighboring historically Black campuses.
November 24, 2009
Dr. Martha Kanter
Faculty & Staff
Va. Military Institute Faces Sexism Accusations
The Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school’s policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets.
November 24, 2009
Virginia Military Institute
Students
Revisiting Higher Ed Accountability in the Obama Era
Panelists at a Washington think tank conference on higher education accountability questioned standards in financial management, accreditation, and the professoriate while addressing fundamental questions about the role and responsibility of U.S. higher education.
November 17, 2009
Faculty & Staff
LASTWORD: Tending to Diversity at an HBCU
Diversity acquires a new meaning and perspective at historically Black colleges and universities, where African- Americans are the majority and others are in the minority.
November 11, 2009
Faculty & Staff
LEGENDS OF THE ACADEMY
For this special edition on ‘Higher Education Careers,’ Diverse caught up with some legends whose careers have made an indelible impact on the academy. We found that even in retirement, or semi-retirement, these pioneers n
November 11, 2009
Students
PUBLISHING IN PERIL
Recent state budget cuts in education leave some university publishers pinched.
November 11, 2009
Faculty & Staff
New Study Examines Gender-based Pay Gaps in Academia
A paper in the new issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly examines gender-based pay gaps among U.S. faculty using two methodologies.
November 11, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
Publishing in Peril
Recent state budget cuts in education leave some university publishers pinched.
November 9, 2009
Dr. Francisco Jimenez
Faculty & Staff
SPECTRUM: CONFINEMENT TOO COSTLY FOR MIDDLE-CLASS BLACK WOMEN
It is time for middle-class Black women to break the mold, argues Lisa B. Thompson argues in her new book.
October 28, 2009
Faculty & Staff
ECONOMIC BLUES
As the recession continues to take its toll, many Black Americans find themselves almost back at square one.
October 28, 2009
Students
Minority Graduate Students Urged to Address Pipeline Issues
During mentoring institute, minority graduate students were told by senior scholars that they will soon inherit responsibility to help lead the push for diversity in American higher education.
October 25, 2009
Dr. Ansley Abraham
Students
REINVENTING REMEDIAL EDUCATION
When Kafayat Olayinka graduated from Spingarn High School in Washington, D. C., with a 3.5 grade point average, she was certain those kinds of grades would help her zip right through her college years.
October 14, 2009
Students
UMass-Amherst Journalism Professor Teaches Students To Be Culturally Sensitive
Journalism professors say it’s imperative to sensitize future journalists to racial issues so that they can adequately report on hot-button topics such as this summer’s arrest of Harvard University professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. by a White police officer.
October 7, 2009
Nick McBride
Faculty & Staff
LASTWORD: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Adjunct faculty are invaluable to community colleges, so why aren’t they taken into consideration in the colleges’ missions?
September 30, 2009
Faculty & Staff
CONVERGING INTERESTS
Environmental and sustainability issues have permeated every level of academia, from art instruction to business courses.
September 30, 2009
Students
Black College Advocate Questions Funding Formula for Southern University Campuses
While serving as an appointee on a panel examining ways to overhaul Louisiana public college systems, the president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education questioned whether state funding practices are fair to the historically Black schools
September 30, 2009
Lezli Baskerville
Faculty & Staff
NOTEWORTHYNEWS: STILL A NO-GO FOR LIFTING ACADEMIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CUBA
President Barack Obama’s campaign promises to rescind limits remain a ‘work in progress.’
September 16, 2009
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