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Faculty & Staff
Minority College Presidents Share Their Stories
Along with the former president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Drs. Sidney Ribeau of Howard University and Tomas Morales of the College of Staten Island, CUNY, shared insights Thursday with National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education attendees about how they positioned themselves to become college presidents.
June 3, 2010
Bob Suzuki
Faculty & Staff
Symposium: Education Leaders Recommend Priorities for HBCUs
In the view of the Obama administration’s top education official, historically Black colleges and universities face two looming challenges as they look to define themselves in the 21st century – preparing students to be the next cadre of minority teachers and improving their retention and graduation rates.
June 3, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke Thursday at the North Carolina Central University Centennial HBCU Symposium in Durham, N.C. (photo by Robert E. Lawson)
Faculty & Staff
Kagan Known for Openness, Assertiveness at Harvard
Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, gets high marks as a peacemaker for the fractious faculty of Harvard Law School while she was dean. But even her supporters here say she also has a temper.
May 20, 2010
Elena Kagan
Faculty & Staff
Christian Seminary Leader Faces Questions About Muslim Past
Ergun Caner, the president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary who made a career as a go-to authority on Islam for the evangelical world, is being investigated over allegations that he fabricated or embellished his past.
May 18, 2010
Ergun Caner is a Southern Baptist minister and president of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. (photo courtesy of Liberty University)
Faculty & Staff
JSU’s Mason Ready for Challenges at Southern
Anticipating new leadership, the Southern University System expects incoming president Ronald Mason to raise external funds and improve student outcomes.
May 16, 2010
Ronald Mason Jr.
Faculty & Staff
Slain UAH Professor Had integral Role in Minority STEM Education Network
Through Alabama’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, students of color at the University of Alabama Huntsville worked with mentors, such as the late Adriel Johnson (far left in photo), and earned degrees in STEM disciplines.
April 29, 2010
Dr. Adriel Johnson (far left) was one of three professors who died in a Feb. 12 shooting at a University of Alabama Huntsville biology department faculty meeting
Faculty & Staff
From the Cultural Revolution to Computer Science
When Dr. Wei Chen received the 2010 IBM Faculty Award, the Tennessee State University computer science professor was puzzled over all the fuss about the honor. The IBM award was for Chen’s work on “cloud computing,” an emerging field in information technology.
April 12, 2010
Dr. Wei Chen
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Report Paints Bleak Picture on Faculty Salaries
No Refuge: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2009-10, released by the American Association of University Professors, discusses faculty salaries in the context of the current turbulent financial times.
April 11, 2010
Frustrated professor
Faculty & Staff
Chicago State Provost: Famed Black Poet Not Singled Out for Retaliation
In a public response to the resignation of one of Chicago State University’s most celebrated faculty members, the university provost reiterated the position that the administration has not singled out acclaimed poet and activist Haki R. Madhubuti for retaliation.
April 6, 2010
Haki R. Madhubuti
Faculty & Staff
Professors Enlighten Radio Audiences With Philosophy Talk
Two California philosophy professors have mused and opined on the radio airwaves for six years. Their growing audience illustrates the receptiveness among the public to set aside time for quiet reflection
March 31, 2010
Dr. John Perry (left), a University of California, Riverside philosophy professor, and Dr. Ken Taylor, a Stanford University philosophy professor, host “Philosophy Talk.”
Students
Making it Mandatory
With high-profile digital devices such as the Apple iPad hitting the consumer market, higher education institutions consider the latest wave of mobile computing gadgets for adoption as campuswide tools.
March 30, 2010
During the 2008 and 2009 fall semesters, Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, distributed either an iPhone or iPod Touch to all incoming freshmen. (photo courtesy of Abilene Christian University)
Faculty & Staff
STEM Careers and 21st Century Academic Racism
This week, I came across a study that found that a significant number of women and AALANAs (African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans) were discouraged from pursuing their STEM careers.   In “Facts of Science Education XIV,” the research firm Campos surveyed 1,226 women and AALANA members of the American Chemical Society—particularly chemists and chemical engineers […]
March 25, 2010
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