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Faculty & Staff

Bluefield State Told to Reinstate Fired Professor

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The West Virginia Education and State Employees Grievance Board last month ordered historically Black Bluefield State College to reinstate Garrett Olmsted as a tenured professor. Olmsted was fired after protesting the firing of the last Black faculty member and the fact that African American student enrollment had dropped under 8 percent. (See Black Issues, June 11)

July 14, 2007

Students

Tenure, science, and race matters

For the first time in the 100-year history of what many consider the most elite technical university in the world, the California Institute of Technology has granted tenure to an African American.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The tough sell – James Hill, University of Texas – Cover Story

With the appointment of its first African American vice president, the University of Texas tries to overcome its legacy of minority exclusion

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Growing from the center

Research centers abound on the nation’s campuses, offering dynamic career opportunities for scholars at every level

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

ACE report urges nontraditional admissions criteria – American Council on Education

WASHINGTON When it comes to admissions practices, the status quo has got to go. That was the core message of the American Council on Education’s (ACE) latest status report highlighting progress in the growth of minority students and faculty on American campuses.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Black Faculty Congress Advances Research Agenda

WASHINGTON The National Congress of Black Faculty met here last month for their twelfth annual conference to discuss a host of topics that ranged from affirmative action’s impact on Black access to higher education, to the role of Black scholars in shaping public policy, to the importance of computer literacy.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Is Tenure In Your Future?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Tenure, an institution as hallowed as universities themselves, has been subject to a torrent of criticism in recent years, forcing academics to decide whether it is a college’s hallmark of academic excellence or the bane of its existence.

July 14, 2007

Students

Chugging Toward Recovery

CSX Transportation is helping Edward Waters College get on track to a brighter future

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Black Geoscientists: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

African American earth scientists ponder strategies to attract more students of color to a field with growing opportunities

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Central State Must Ante-Up for Faculty

Wilberforce, Ohio The administration claimed at a fiscal and political crisis left it with no choice but to take the actions it did. However, the Central State University (CSU) faculty union has won a series of legal victories over the past few weeks that could pose new financial problems for the state’s only historically Black institution of higher education.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Faculty focus on technology

If you’re looking for new and exciting ways to adapt information technology to the classroom or to your research, an upcoming annual symposium hosted by the HBCU Faculty Development Network may have the answers you seek.

July 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Producing effective teacher preparation programs

During my twenty-two years in teacher education, I have seen my share of weaknesses in teacher preparation in private as well as public institutions. And there is no legitimate excuse for most of the problems that exist in teacher preparation today.

July 13, 2007