Tenure: Page 9

Managing Motherhood and Tenure

Colleges are attempting to close the numerical gap between tenuretrack male and female faculty, but some schools, particularly larger institutions, are having more success than others at accommodating women’s needs.

Faculty & Staff

At Georgia Perimeter College, Online Teaching Has Its Benefits — Tenure

Michael T. Bradley is a full-time online- only professor. In the virtual classroom of his “World Religion and Introduction to Ethics” classes at Georgia Perimeter College, a two-year college in suburban Atlanta, Bradley employs a teaching style that both personalizes him to his students and encourages them to interact with one another.

Two UMKC Professors Speak Out About Resignations

Two tenured professors accused of sexual harassment at the University of Missouri-Kansas City said they resigned to protect their families and because they couldn’t afford to continue defending themselves against the university.

Leadership & Policy

Making the Leap

Sitting through a session at the annual American Council on Education meeting in February on “Advancing Diversity in the College Presidency,” the presenters discussed recent findings from the ACE study “The American College President.”

Faculty & Staff

Breaking Down Barriers: Women of Color in the Sciences

When Angelica Patterson became program manager for the department of environmental science at Barnard College, the undergraduate women’s college of Columbia University, she saw very few fellow women of color in her department.

Filipino American Studies Takes Root At UIUC

As scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.

FINALLY TAKING ROOT

As scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.

Expanding the Cultural Reach Of Environmentalism Through Diversity

In the fall of 2005, Yale graduate student Emily Enderle was asking some uncomfortable questions about faculty diversity at the university’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Leadership & Policy

Antioch College Campus To Be Closed For 2008-2009 Academic Year

Antioch University’s trustees decided Friday that Antioch College in Ohio will suspend operations June 30 and remain closed for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Leadership & Policy

UC Berkeley Creates Multidisciplinary Chair For Equity and Inclusion

The University of California, Berkeley has created a new $5 million faculty chair to further extend the university’s campus-wide initiative for equity and inclusion.

Stanford ‘Invests’ In Faculty Diversity

Stanford University has developed a $4.5 million program to provide two-year fellowships, faculty mentors and seminars on the academic profession to 36 doctoral candidates over the next four years as part of an effort to prepare graduate students from diverse backgrounds for a career in academia.

Faculty & Staff

Poll: Majority of Faculty Want Oral Roberts University President Gone

TULSA Okla. More than 80 percent of the faculty at Oral Roberts University do not want Richard Roberts to continue as president of the evangelical school, a new survey shows.

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