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Faculty & Staff

National Faculty Group Takes Two New Orleans Universities Off Censure List

The University of New Orleans and Loyola University of New Orleans have been removed from a national academic group’s censure list.

U.S. Higher Education Confronts Historic Financial Challenges

Diverse brings together an expert panel to dissect the situation of public and private institutions and offer solutions. This is a two-part series.

Financial discussion

Faculty & Staff

Theology Professor’s Discrimination Lawsuit Raises Thorny First Amendment Issues

Dr. Jimmy Kirby, a former tenured professor at the Lexington Theological Seminary, is appealing a lower court’s ruling that dismissed his lawsuit against the seminary last year for breach of contract and racial discrimination.

Hundreds Mark Institute for Recruitment of Teachers’ 20th Anniversary Milestone

Getting first-hand accounts of recruitment program’s success was easy as dozens of alumni gathered in Andover, Mass., to celebrate the IRT’s 20-year anniversary.

Leadership & Policy

Mississippi Universities Seek Restoration of Stimulus Funds

Anticipating the coming dearth of federal stimulus funding, Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds says Mississippi’s universities have shaved $91 million from operating expenses, but will still need more state money next fiscal year.

Faculty & Staff

Scholar Says Research Universities Not Serious About Faculty Diversity

To Dr. M. Cookie Newsom, director for diversity education and assessment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, there’s no delicate way of describing the lack of commitment she believes many top research universities demonstrate as they allegedly seek to diversify their faculties.

M. Cookie Newsom

New Academic Home Expected To Help Maryland Update Journalism Education

With the National Association of Black Journalists on board as a tenant, the University of Maryland’s new state-of-the-art journalism building is said to embody the innovation of a changing media landscape.

Community Colleges

Dire Financial Future Projected for U.S. Community Colleges

Hundreds of community college trustees and officials, meeting in Washington this week, are girding themselves for projected state funding shortfalls in 2012 when stimulus funds will dry up and recessionary budget gaps are expected to swell.

2010 Community College National Legislative Summit (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

Faculty & Staff

Letters – January 21, 2010 Issue

Readers share opinions on recent Diverse stories.

New Minority Engineering Leader Stresses K-12 Exposure to Careers

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, president and CEO of the National Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), says developing more elementary and secondary school initiatives that help steer under-represented minority students into undergraduate engineering programs will be a high priority during his tenure.

Irving Pressley McPhail

Leadership & Policy

Asian-Americans Hope To Build Pipelines to College Presidencies

Dr. Ding-Jo Currie has long been aware that she is one of only a handful of Asian American college presidents in the U.S. today. What she did not know until recently, however, is how few mid- and senior-level Asian administrators are groomed into becoming presidents.

Faculty & Staff

NOTEWORTHYNEWS: STILL A NO-GO FOR LIFTING ACADEMIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CUBA

President Barack Obamaâ€™s campaign promises to rescind limits remain a â€˜work in progress.â€™

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