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Students
Controversy Erupts at N.Y. College Over Tenure for Palestinian Professor
Another controversy involving Mideast politics has erupted on the Columbia University campus, and this time it is over whether to grant tenure to an anthropology professor of Palestinian descent.
September 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Combating the Model Minority Stereotype
The University of California has established a multi-campus research program to study and develop solutions for problems affecting Asian Americans.
September 5, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Ward Churchill: By Firing Him, CU Regents ‘Gutted Academic Freedom’
Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill may have lost his job, but he hasn’t lost his nerve.
September 5, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Living With a Majority-Minority Mindset
While race relations have improved over the years, a lack of understanding regarding inequalities still exists.
September 5, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Combating the Model Minority Stereotype
LOS ANGELES For more than a decade, a group of educational leaders within the University of California system have been working towards a common goal: the development of a statewide think tank that would address the issues of the growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population.
September 4, 2007
Faculty & Staff
In Brief: Floyd Flake’s No-Confidence Vote, Diversity Efforts Pay Off At CU, Kentucky Institutions
The labor union representing the faculty at Wilberforce University has issued a vote of no confidence in President Floyd Flake that the school said on Friday is tied to contract talks. Black enrollment at the University of Colorado is up 24 percent within this year’s freshman class while the University of Louisville has hired 45 Asian, Black and Hispanic professors.
September 4, 2007
Faculty & Staff
U.S. Housing Secretary, Former Regent Says He Lost Confidence in Texas Southern
HOUSTON The U.S. housing secretary and former regent testified Friday that he lost confidence in Texas Southern University’s ex-president after details about a spending scandal became public.
August 25, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Students Could Not Reverse Tenure Denial of Popular Black Professor at Washington University
In the effort to win tenure for Washington University professor Dr. Leslie Brown, some unlikely alliances were forged. A diverse coalition of several hundred students petitioned the administration urging them to reconsider Brown’s tenure, arguing that the popular professor of African-American studies was a valued asset to the university — particularly a university with a miniscule number of tenured Black professors.
August 22, 2007
Faculty & Staff
The Secrets Behind Their Success
Attracting and graduating minorities in large numbers, for-profit universities offer access, convenience and some risk.
August 22, 2007
Students
Moving Forward
For some faculty displaced by Hurricane Katrina, relocating has been a mixed blessing, but others still long
August 22, 2007
Students
Challenging Issues for Academia
Disparities in achievement and educating for a diverse culture are the focus of new books by leading scholars in education.
August 22, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Tulane gets almost $11 million for kidney, blood pressure work
NEW ORLEANS The National Institutes of Health has given Tulane University $11 million to continue research on kidney function and high blood pressure a major problem in Louisiana, and the principal cause of kidney failure.
August 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
When Presidential and Pastoral Duties Collide
College presidents who also serve as spiritual leaders are criticized for not devoting enough attention to either job.
August 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
UNH accepts factfinder report in faculty contract dispute
DURHAM N.H. There is a break in the impasse in contract talks between faculty and the University of New Hampshire.
August 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Faculty members sue Antioch College over planned closure
YELLOW SPRINGS Ohio Antioch College professors have sued the private liberal arts school to keep it from closing next summer, saying trustees violated the college’s contract with faculty members.
August 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Board narrows education commissioner list to 7
TALLAHASSEE Fla. The chancellor who oversees Florida’s elementary and secondary schools and her predecessor are among seven semifinalists in the State Board of Education’s nationwide search for a new education commissioner.
August 13, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Ex-Colorado education commissioner a candidate for Florida post
TALLAHASSEE Fla. Former Colorado Education Commissioner William Moloney is a semifinalists for the education commissioner’s job in Florida.
August 13, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Ward Churchill: By Firing Him, CU Regents ‘Gutted Academic Freedom’
BOULDER, Colo. Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill may have lost his job, but he hasn’t lost his nerve.
August 9, 2007
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