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Dr. Ana Gil-Garcia – University Professor, Northeastern Illinois University

Gil-Garcia is a three-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar, author and tenured professor at Northeastern Illinois University. An advocate for Latino educational leaders, she was named as one of the “Top Ten Chicago Latinos” in 2009. At the beginning of 2014, Chicago Public Schools appointed Gil-Garcia one of the 13 Latino Advisory Committee members, the District’s first-ever […]

Faculty & Staff

Review for Colorado University Professor Who Teaches Deviance Course

Patti Adler was ordered to stop teaching the class following complaints about a prostitution role-playing skit.

Faculty & Staff

Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student

Fort Valley State University, a state and land-grant institution of the University System of Georgia, seeks an experienced financial administrator to serve as Vice President for Business and Finance. Reporting to the President, the Vice President for Business and Finance is the University’s chief fiscal officer and provides strategic and tactical leadership.

Faculty & Staff

Kansas Board of Regents Considering ‘Post-Tenure’ Reviews

The Kansas Board of Regents will consider requiring the six state universities to put in place procedures for conducting periodic performance reviews for tenured faculty members.

Faculty & Staff

Southern University Considers Merging Colleges

The proposed plan would consolidate engineering with architecture, agriculture with the natural sciences and business with public policy, among other changes.

Appreciation: The Moral Integrity of Derrick Bell

The heroic life of Derrick Bell demonstrates that even in the most difficult of circumstances, it is possible to protect one’s moral autonomy, an Eckerd College political scientist writes.

Furlough Deal Fails at Southern University

The Southern University Faculty Senate has failed to reach an agreement on faculty furloughs that could prevent the administration’s call for a declaration of financial emergency on the campus.

Southern University Faculty Senate President Sudhir Trivedi

Faculty & Staff

Decision Postponed on Southern University Financial Status

A decision on whether to declare a financial emergency for Southern University’s main campus was delayed Friday until this week, while school leaders try to broker a compromise with faculty over salary cuts.

Faculty & Staff

Southern University Furlough Request Vote Rejected

Tenured and tenure-track faculty cannot be furloughed unless they voluntarily accept the pay cuts or if financial exigency is approved this week by the Southern Board of Supervisors.

Southern University at Baton Rouge Pushes Its Faculty for Pay Cuts

Some faculty members at the historically Black Louisiana school are balking at furlough requests, essentially creating a standoff with Southern’s administration which is ready to declare a financial emergency.

Leadership & Policy

Southern University Chancellor Sees Challenges

New Southern Chancellor James Llorens, who has been on the job one week, said Thursday that declaring a state of financial emergency, called exigency, is a last-step resort, but it must remain on the table.

Faculty & Staff

First African-American Named to Lead Lexington Theological Seminary

The flagship seminary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) made history last week when trustees voted to name Dr. Charisse Gillett, the 17th president of the Lexington Theological Seminary.

Charisse Gilbert

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