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Faculty & Staff

First Generation Civil Rights Fellows Head to Washington

This summer, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will introduce its First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship (FirstGEN) program for undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in social justice.

May 7, 2013

Students

City College of New York Honors Colin Powell

General Colin Powell returned to his alma mater, City College of New York, to commemorate the school’s decision to rename its division of social sciences after him.

May 5, 2013

Faculty & Staff

American Indian Activist Horse Capture Dies

American Indian activist, curator and professor George Horse Capture has died in Great Falls. He was 75.

May 2, 2013

Faculty & Staff

First Black Professor at University of Missouri Dies at 82

A retired University of Missouri historian who broke racial barriers as the school’s first tenured Black professor has died.

May 1, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Gift List For Grads

Many graduations will no doubt take place this month. If you will be giving gifts to a graduate or two, books are always appreciated.

May 1, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Students Sought for Lollapalooza Tech Side Event

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office is looking for 100 technology and computer science college students from across the nation to travel to Chicago during Lollapalooza 2013 weekend.

April 29, 2013

Faculty & Staff

HBCU Deans of Education Rethinking How to Make Teaching a Major Attraction

The workshop was part of the AERA conference that attracted 14,000 scholars and thought leaders, who examined topics such as rural education, queer studies, indigenous peoples of the Americas and charter school research and evaluation.

April 29, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Special Report: Money and Finance

Balancing Act: Many contingent faculty struggle with lack of financial security: Holding the line: Colleges choose to make big moves to battle tuition increases.

April 26, 2013

Students

CyberLearning Summit Highlights Jackson State University’s iPad, e-Textbook Initiatives

Jackson State faculty members, administrators and students took the opportunity to tout the university’s iPad and e-textbook initiatives.

April 25, 2013

Students

Florida A&M School of Business and Industry Earns Accreditation

Florida A&M University took another step forward out of the shadows of controversy when it learned Tuesday that its School of Business and Industry has been granted initial accreditation by the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs Board of Commissioners.

April 24, 2013

Students

Diversity in College Faculty Just as Important as Student Body

In order for colleges and universities to truly prepare students for the real world, these places of higher learning need to cultivate diverse populations.

April 24, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Dartmouth College Cancels Classes After Protest

Administrators announced that Wednesday’s classes would be replaced by programs focused on the college’s commitment to fostering respectful debate.

April 24, 2013