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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.

October 15, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Making a Positive Impact in Students’ Lives

Along with implementing deliberate retention policies, hiring the right people to encourage students to persist in college is essential.

October 15, 2008

Students

Using Social Networking Sites as Student Engagement Tools

Facebook and other sites may serve as a better communication channel between students and professors, but there are drawbacks to consider.

October 15, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Illinois Professor Wins Poetry Prize

Paul Martinez Pompa, a faculty member in the English department at Triton College in River Grove, Ill., is the 2008 recipient of the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize given by Letras Latinas, the literary program of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS), university officials announced.

October 7, 2008

Students

Building a Black Male Learning Community

A center at the University of West Georgia focused on Black male students prepares them for college success and beyond.

October 7, 2008

Students

Tuskegee University Leader in Producing Black Vets

Ask any African-American veterinarian — anywhere in the country — where they attended veterinary school.

October 5, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Meeting New Challenges

While leaders at North Carolina’s historically Black colleges and universities express optimism over the potential they envision for their individual campuses, they are mindful of the challenges they face.

October 1, 2008

Students

Suit Filed Against New Mexico State University

Four current and former New Mexico State University faculty members and a graduate student have filed a lawsuit in federal court charging university administrators with racial discrimination and unfair professional retaliation.

September 21, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Kent State Faculty Get Bonuses for Meeting Goals

Kent State University is offering financial bonuses to professors if they help student retention numbers and attract more research dollars, an incentive usually given to school presidents and top administrators.

September 10, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

Dr. Guy Bailey has been appointed president of Texas Tech University. Previously, he served as chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Bailey earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Alabama and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee. DR. DAVID KROLL has been named the first chairperson of the pharmaceutical sciences department […]

September 3, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Champions

Diversity — probably one of the most elastic and debated terms around today.

August 20, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Taking Faculty Development Online

The online medium nurtures dialogue among faculty coming from different disciplines and levels of experience.

August 20, 2008