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Journalism Education Undergoes Academic Discipline Makeover

Media industry changes force the nation’s journalism schools to reinvent themselves to better prepare students for the demands of the job market.

July 28, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Tribute: Dr. David Blackwell, 1919-2010

Like many African-American mathematicians who came of age in the 1980s and afterward, I was first aware of professor David Blackwell’s contributions to probability theory before I knew that he was African-American.

July 26, 2010

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Arizona State University Journalism Professor Builds Expertise in Latino, Immigration Issues

Arizona State’s Rick Rodriguez is optimistic about news coverage of immigration issues. The shrinking news industry doesn’t stoke his hopeful outlook, but student journalists do.

July 25, 2010

Faculty & Staff

UC-Berkeley Mathematician Dr. David Blackwell Dead at 91

Dr. David Blackwell, a pre-eminent mathematician and the first Black scholar in the National Academy of Sciences, has died. He was 91.

July 20, 2010

Students

Who is Marybeth Gasman?

People are surprised, and not always pleasantly so, to discover that Dr. Marybeth Gasman, one of the leading scholars on historically Black colleges and universities, is White. When she was a graduate student, one professor tried to steer her away from the topic, advising her that research of this nature would be “ghettoized.”

July 20, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Mass. Minority Professor Program Marks 20th Year

The Phillips Academy Institute for Recruitment of Teachers in Andover, Mass., is celebrating its 20th year, this month.

July 18, 2010

Faculty & Staff

New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs

A new Kresge Foundation-funded research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.

June 20, 2010

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Community College Champion

In an exclusive interview with Diverse, Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón discusses community colleges’ pivotal role in revitalizing the U.S. economy.

June 14, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Academic Bullying: A Problem on College Campuses

The disintegration of civility in higher education is a growing concern for university faculty who say the disrespect has reached epic levels not only between professors and students but also among colleagues.

June 10, 2010

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.

June 9, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Scholars Discuss How U.S. Higher Education Can Avoid Decline

Higher education is widely viewed as an American success story during the twentieth century, but now it’s facing a series of challenges that threaten that preeminence, said one expert at an American Enterprise Institute forum on reinventing the American university last week.

June 6, 2010

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Hispanic College Success: It’s All in The Family

Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees.

June 3, 2010