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Faculty & Staff

State universities, faculty extend contract talks 1 more day

HARRISBURG Pa. Representatives of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities and the faculty union resumed contract talks Monday and the union agreed to postpone any strike until Tuesday at the earliest, spokesmen for both sides said.

July 1, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Michael Eric Dyson Heads To Georgetown

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, the prominent African American scholar known for his writings on hip hop and African American life and culture is heading to Georgetown University in the fall, where he will hold the distinguished rank of University Professor—the highest position that a faculty member can have at the nation’s oldest Catholic university.

July 1, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania Universities, Faculty in Final Round of Contract Talks

HARRISBURG Pa. The administration and union representing faculty at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities are in the midst of a final round of contract talks, hoping to resolve their differences before the current work rules expire Saturday.

June 29, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Judge Acquits Dartmouth Faculty Member Accused of Shoplifting

LEBANON N.H. A Dartmouth College professor was acquitted on charges of shoplifting two bottles of diet supplements from the Lebanon Food Co-Op Store that she said she accidentally placed in her purse.

June 27, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Pa. universities, coaches’ union announce tentative contract

HARRISBURG Pa. Leaders of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities and the union representing 350 non-faculty coaches announced a tentative four-year contract Thursday, two days before the current pact was set to expire.

June 27, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Biology professor named interim provost at USM

HATTIESBURG Miss. Longtime biology professor Bobby L. Middlebrooks will become interim provost of the University of Southern Mississippi on Aug. 1, USM President Martha D. Saunders announced Wednesday.

June 26, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Faculty hears explanation on probation

TALLAHASSEE Fla. The interim head of Florida A&M University told hundreds of faculty and staff Monday that he was stunned to learn in a telephone call last week that the school was being put on probation, largely for chronic financial mismanagement.

June 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Mississippi Valley State President Lester Newman Resigns

ITTA BENA, Miss. Dr. Lester C. Newman, the embattled president of Mississippi Valley State University, announced his resignation Friday, effective July 15.

June 24, 2007

Students

Morehouse, community work to free Womack: Phi Beta Kappa Nominee Accused of Plotting to Overthrow Government

ATLANTA The chairman of the Morehouse College History Department is spearheading an effort to disentangle a former honor student of his from legal problems that have kept him behind bars since his arrest last December.

June 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Videoconference examines changing role of today’s college president

American college and university presidents have less time than ever for the traditional rode of acting as the academic leader of their institutions. Instead they are fundraising, lobbying and acting as peacemaker among their different constituencies, several presidents and scholars told a nationwide audience at a recent Black Issues In Higher Education videoconference.

June 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

A morale dilemma – black professors on white campuses – includes related article on mentorship programs for black faculty – Cover Story

Strained relations with white colleagues. Constantly having one’s credentials questioned. An unwieldy workload. Job insecurity. Lack of respect from white students. Cultural, social and professional alienation.

June 22, 2007

Students

Technology … it’s not just for science departments anymore – implementing technology at colleges

As a graduate student at Ohio State University in the early 1990s, Dr. Leslie Fenwick had grown accustomed to having access to computers and to using her own campus-issued computer. “They were part of the landscape. Computers were just part of the university setting,” Fenwick said.

June 22, 2007