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Faculty & Staff
Gaining New Perspectives on the Achievement GAP
Gaining New Perspectives on the  Achievement GAPScholars examining the academic achievement gap between Black and White students in grades K-12 worry that its persistence will result in continued social and economic inequality between Blacks and Whites in the United States. The concern is valid, given the widespread consensus among scholars and policymakers that solutions must […]
February 28, 2001
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Faculty & Staff
UC Hiring Fewer Women Professors After Prop. 209
UC Hiring Fewer Women Professors After Prop. 209 SACRAMENTO, Calif. The University of California has hired fewer female faculty following passage of anti-affirmative action ballot measure Proposition 209, creating a gender gap that needs bridging, women professors from across the 10-campus system said recently. “We are in serious discrimination mode at the university,” says UC […]
February 28, 2001
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Faculty & Staff
MIT Hosts Roundtable on Gender Disparities for Female Professors in Higher Education
MIT Hosts Roundtable on Gender Disparities for Female Professors in Higher EducationCambridge, Mass.Aroundtable on how best to ensure women professors experience the same opportunities, recognition and rewards as their male counterparts was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The decision to host a roundtable discussion on gender equity in higher education was the result of […]
February 14, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Other Types of Campus Crimes
Other Types of Campus CrimesIt is often said that our campuses reflect the society from which the students come and that, given some of the communities where our campuses are located, it is unrealistic to presume that they can be immune from crime. Indeed, when crime erupts on our campuses we usually react with, “How […]
February 14, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Building African American E-Culture
Building African American E-CultureSince his days as a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, computer scientist Dr. Juan E. Gilbert has sought to make his research in instructional technology relevant to the needs of African American students.His dissertation focused on creating a Web-based tutoring program and offered not just one teaching style but a […]
January 31, 2001
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Students
Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope
Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New HopeBy Eleanor Lee YatesNASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse learning environment. “This really gives TSU the chance to be the best […]
January 31, 2001
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Students
National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During Conference
National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During ConferenceBy Ronald RoachNew YorkAlthough members of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) consider the elimination of open admissions at the 11 senior colleges in the City University of New York system a victory in view of the group’s conservative mission, speakers and panelists at […]
January 31, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Balancing Two Worlds: Issues Facing Black Faculty in Higher Education
Balancing Two Worlds: Issues Facing Black Faculty in Higher EducationGrowing up in the projects of East Orange, N.J., during the late 60s and early 70s, my mother used to dress me for Sunday morning worship in a cream and burgundy plaid two-piece suit with matching fedora. As a newly single parent, struggling then with the […]
January 17, 2001
Faculty & Staff
Creating a Fitting Tribute Duke University Honors Historian John Hope Franklin
Creating  a Fitting Tribute Duke University Honors Historian John Hope FranklinThe idea of creating a tribute to world-renowned historian Dr. John Hope Franklin at Duke University was easy for administrators and faculty to support. Deciding what the tribute should be and raising the $20 million dollars needed to build it, however, has proven more challenging than […]
January 17, 2001
Faculty & Staff
The Fabric of a Black Woman President
The Fabric of a Black Woman PresidentHere at the Fashion Institute of Technology, officials would like people to understand one thing: FIT is not just about fashion. With course offerings in museum studies, graphic design and even toy manufacturing, officials at the school feel they are truly on the cutting edge. They brought in a […]
January 3, 2001
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Faculty & Staff
Moynihan Takes Job At Syracuse University
Moynihan Takes Job At Syracuse UniversitySYRACUSE, N.Y. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the former Democratic senator from New York, has accepted a faculty position with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. The 73-year-old will continue to live and keep an office in Washington and commute regularly to Syracuse, The New York […]
January 3, 2001
Students
Explaining the Achievement Gap
Explaining the Achievement GapResearchers offer theories on Black underachievment — especially Black malesNew York     The warm reception accorded Dr. Claude Steele at a New York University School of Education policy breakfast earlier this month signaled the extent to which his social psychology research is finding acceptance among education experts and officials on the Black-White student […]
December 20, 2000
Faculty & Staff
What Are Think Tanks Thinking About?
What Are Think Tanks  Thinking About?And are they thinking enough about minorities and higher education?By Eleanor Lee Yates“C olleges would be great places to work if there were no students,” or so goes the age-old joke among college research professors. Long considered coveted respites as well as invaluable institutions for lawmakers and other information hungry […]
December 20, 2000
Students
The Miseducation of Hip-Hop
The Miseducation of Hip-HopAre Today’s Faculty and Administrators Simply Out of Touch? Or Has Today’s Popular Music Truly Corrupted the Minds of a Whole Generation? By Jamilah EvelynNEWARK, Del.When Jason Hinmon transferred to the University of Delaware two years ago from Morehouse College in Atlanta, the 22-year-old senior says he almost dropped out his first semester.He […]
December 6, 2000
Faculty & Staff
Students Come to Aid of Popular African American Law Professor
Students Come to Aid of Popular African American Law ProfessorLexington, KentuckyS tudents and alumni at the University of Kentucky’s College of Law are throwing their support behind a popular African American law professor who was denied tenure. Darlene Goring, one of three Black faculty members at the college, was being considered last month for tenure […]
December 6, 2000
Faculty & Staff
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November 22, 2000
Faculty & Staff
How to Recruit and Promote Minority Faculty: Start By Playing Fair
How to Recruit and Promote Minority Faculty: Start By Playing FairSometimes, you have to review the rules of the game to make sure that you are applying them fairly to everyone. Recent legal attacks on affirmative action have made colleges and universities nervous about their efforts to recruit faculty (as well as students) from underrepresented […]
November 22, 2000
Faculty & Staff
Dear BI Career Consultants:
Dear BI Career Consultants:What should African American faculty members do to prepare themselves for a career change from faculty to administration?Dr. Muriel Wright BraileyDirector of the Institute for African American Studies, Wilberforce UniversityI have had the experience of making a career change from faculty to administrator and back to faculty status. And now I am […]
November 22, 2000
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