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From Opening Doors to Opening Minds
From Opening Doors to Opening MindsBy Dr. George L. Daniels It was 40 years ago this past June that the late Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium trying to prevent the enrollment of Vivian Malone and James Hood. His defiant stance against integration won him […]
August 13, 2003
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A Rich, Disappearing Legacy Remembering Black boarding schools: A tradition obscured by desegregation’s impact.
A Rich, Disappearing Legacy Remembering Black boarding schools: A tradition obscured by desegregation’s impact. By Ronald Roach There’s no doubt that the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board school desegregation case next year will generate much-needed discussion about the ongoing struggle over providing quality education for American children, especially for […]
August 13, 2003
Students
Survey Reinforces Value of Faculty Diversity in the Classroom
Survey Reinforces Value of Faculty Diversity in the ClassroomMONTVALE, N.J. A survey of undergraduate and graduate students at U.S. colleges and universities reveals that diversity in the front of the classroom enhances the educational experience for all. The survey disclosed that minority professors have significant influence on the education of both minority and non-minority students. When […]
August 13, 2003
Students
Aiming for the Top
Aiming for the TopFoundation backing puts school’s journalism and communications program on new footingBy Ronald RoachHAMPTON, Va. When Erin Hill read a magazine article her senior year in high school about Hampton University’s plans for a new journalism and communications building, she saw the project validating her desire to attend the historically Black school in […]
July 30, 2003
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Taking Care of Business
Taking Care of Business Commitment to faculty, students and fund raising brings Florida State dean early legacy of successBy Pearl Stewart Tallahassee, Fla. One morning about three years ago, Dr. Melvin Stith brushed past a student who seemed to need assistance in his outer office. When the dean of the Florida State University College of […]
July 2, 2003
Faculty & Staff
On the Job Market
On the Job MarketNewly minted Ph.D. shares her experiences, advice on finding that coveted first academic job. By Keonya BookerIn these lean economic times, everyone is feeling the pressure to obtain full-time employment and the world of academia is no different. For a new Ph.D., securing a position in academia is becoming increasingly complicated. As […]
July 2, 2003
Job Search in Academe
Students
Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your Homework
Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your HomeworkSo you’ve gotten the good news: “Overproduction” of Ph.D.s is, by and large, a myth. Many fields are experiencing painful shortages of Ph.D.s. Bioinformatics is one, notes Peter Syverson, vice president of research for the Council of Graduate Schools. “We’re not producing any Ph.D.s in bioinformatics because, […]
July 2, 2003
Preparing Graduate Students to Teach
Faculty & Staff
Report Lists Top Threats to Campus Freedom
Report Lists Top Threats to Campus Freedom NORMAL, Ill. As colleges finish the academic year, a report on academic freedom in America identifies the leading dangers to intellectual freedom on college campuses, with “Patriotic Correctness” leading the list of violations of academic freedom. The “2002-2003 Report on Academic Freedom” details hundreds of incidents at colleges […]
July 2, 2003
Academic Freedom without Tenure
Faculty & Staff
Ole Miss Acquires Unique Drums From Ghana
Ole Miss Acquires Unique Drums From Ghana UNIVERSITY, Miss. Music lessons at the University of Mississippi are about to become even more dynamic, thanks to a recently acquired, hand-carved drum set from West Africa. Intricately decorated and culturally rich, the 15 drums are native to the Ewe of southeastern Ghana. For centuries, Ewe drums have […]
June 18, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Labor of Love
Labor of LoveLaw professors’ study provides new weapons in fighting job discriminationBy Ben HammerRuth and Alfred “Al” Blumrosen have worked for almost 50 years to improve labor conditions in this country and around the world. And despite recently buying a beach house in Naples, Fla., the couple, law professors at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., […]
June 4, 2003
Faculty & Staff
UC Regents Turn the Tables on Ward Connerly
UC Regents Turn the Tables on Ward Connerly Regents oppose initiative to outlaw collection of racial data even as Connerly predicts victory at the ballot boxBy Pamela Burdman SAN FRANCISCO The University of California Board of Regents went on the offensive recently against fellow regent Ward Connerly, formally opposing his campaign to outlaw the collection […]
June 4, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Wayne State Opens High-Tech Clean Room
Wayne State Opens High-Tech Clean Room DETROITIn an effort to bolster its high-tech research capabilities, Wayne State University is launching a 3,700-square-foot clean room this month as part of its Sensors and Integrated Microsystems laboratories in the university’s College of Engineering.A clean room is an area in which the air quality, temperature and humidity are […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Rice University Launches Minority Scholar Lecture Series
Rice University Launches Minority Scholar Lecture SeriesHOUSTONRice University in March began a twice-a-year lecture series featuring leading minority scholars in an effort to build the school’s commitment to diversity and relationship with the minority community. Initiated by Rice President Malcolm Gillis, the President’s Lecture Series of Diverse Scholars each year will feature one speech of […]
May 21, 2003
Students
Community College’s New Foray
Community College’s New ForayAs more two-year colleges begin to offer bachelor’s degrees, higher education officials ponder benefits, possible pitfalls By Kristina Lane WASHINGTON What does two plus two equal? Usually posed in the very early stages of a child’s education, the question is being looked at afresh by higher education leaders postulating a new sum: two […]
May 21, 2003
Students
Banking on the Future
Banking on the Future By Kendra Hamilton NEW YORKOn a snowy day back in February, during its annual African American History Month assembly, the very best of the “Bank Street way” was on display.There’s no “star system” at the Bank Street School for Children — every class has its moment, every child his or her […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
In Search of the Most Effective Education
In Search of the Most Effective EducationHow do we ensure that students, particularly students of color, get the best education possible? From standardized testing to teacher education, there are ongoing debates about who and what most affects a student’s achievement. And how do we best measure students’ progress over the years? Do we compare them […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Finding the ‘Right’ Research Mix
Finding the ‘Right’ Research MixSticking to what they know and love helps some scholars chart successful research careersBy Kendra Hamilton The research enterprise is the cornerstone of the modern academy. It is so much a feature of the landscape that perhaps it’s not surprising that no aspect of the scholarly condition has been subject to […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School
DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School By Ronald Roach OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.Business and technology education provider DeVry Inc. has announced that it will buy Ross University for $310 million in cash, in a bid to enter the medicine and health sciences education market. Ross, based in Dominica and St. Kitts-Nevis in the Caribbean, has more […]
May 7, 2003
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