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Faculty & Staff

Still a No-go for Lifting Academic Travel Restrictions to Cuba

President Barack Obama’s campaign promises to rescind limits remain a ‘work in progress.’

Faculty & Staff

Survey Shows More Diversity and Higher Graduation Rates at Public HBCUs

Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities have grown and expanded in the last 20 years, making their students and faculty among the most intellectually and racially diverse in higher education, according to a survey released Monday.

USM Prepares for $2M Budget Cut

Deans from the University of Southern Mississippi’s five colleges are submitting $2-million budget cut proposals to the provost. It’s the first step in the possible elimination of staff, instructors and even tenured faculty. According to The Associated Press, the cuts are the university’s response to an anticipated $10 million to $12 million budget shortfall […]

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Tenured Faculty at Two-year Schools Impact Student Transfers

State articulation and transfer agreements do little to increase the number of community college students who transfer to fouryear institutions, but having tenured faculty at the community college level helps.

Tenured Faculty at Community College Favorably Impact Student Transfer Decisions

State articulation and transfer agreements do little to increase the number of community college students who transfer to four-year institutions, but having tenured faculty at the community college level helps, according to a recent study conducted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington.

Faculty & Staff

Cutting Costs, Improving Learning

Despite a decade-long track record, many academics are still skeptical of the technology-fueled course redesign movement.

Attitude Is Everything

Faculty attitude can dictate the success or failure of an online program.

Discussion-Based Online Teaching to Enhance Student Learning

Faculty & Staff

Keeping Pace, But Not Catching Up

Although women have surpassed men in degree attainment in many fields, women’s numbers in coveted tenure positions and leadership posts still lag behind.

Southern’s Chancellor Faces Questions From Students About Budget Cuts

Dr. Kofi Lomotey, chancellor of Southern University, faced tough questions from students concerning funding, fees and the university’s future.

Faculty & Staff

MIT Taking Steps to Ensure Minority Faculty Pipeline

When Dr. James L. Sherley began a hunger strike outside of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provost’s office in February 2007 alleging racism in his tenure denial, the thenassociate professor of biological engineering reignited, in a very public way, concerns about the institution’s commitment to diversity.

Faculty & Staff

John Crain Named President of Southeastern

John L. Crain will become the new president of Southeastern Louisiana University, according to an announcement yesterday from the University of Louisiana System’s board of supervisors. Crain will lead Louisiana’s third largest public university with over 15,000 students. Crain, a tenured faculty member at the institution, has served as faculty senate president, head of the department […]

Creating a Sustainable Pipeline

After the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came under fire for a lack of diversity among its tenured faculty, the school’s administration is taking steps to ensure it is welcoming to faculty of color.

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