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An Institution of the People

It may have produced one of the most contentious fights ever in U.S. higher education

February 21, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

Dr. James Earl Lyons has been named secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission. He is currently president of California State University-Dominguez Hills. Lyons holds a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Angela Lintz has been appointed director of higher education programs at the Level Playing Field Institute, a nonprofit organization […]

February 21, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Black Scientist Says Hunger Strike Is About Ending Racism At MIT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dr. James L. Sherley is waging a hunger strike to protest the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s decision to deny him tenure after eight years as an associate professor of biological engineering. But Sherley, a rare Black scientist who researches human stem cells, says his ultimate cause is bigger than his own academic status.

February 15, 2007

Students

SUNO Turns To Other Universities For Help

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. More than a year after Hurricane Katrina, Southern University at New Orleans is still operating in a temporary campus of FEMA trailers and waiting for money to rebuild.

February 8, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The Journey for Jackson State

In recent years, construction cranes have loomed over the bustling campus of Jackson State University. The historically Black school of more than 8,000 students is undergoing a building boom…

February 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

In the Name of Diversity

When word spread around campus that Dr. Luis R. Fraga, a 15-year associate professor in Stanford University’s political science department…

February 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The Journey for Jackson State

In recent years, construction cranes have loomed over the bustling campus of Jackson State University…

February 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

January 24, 2007

Students

Project Town Gown

The neighborhood surrounding Rhodes College suffers from high infant mortality rates, among other ills; but the college refuses to stand by and watch its community deteriorate.

January 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

January 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Studies on Faculty Bias Are Severely Flawed, Says Study

Studies that indicate college faculty members are liberals who pound a liberal ideology into the minds of impressionable college students rely on flawed methodology, according to a new assessment of faculty bias studies.

January 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke Professors Reject Calls to Apologize to Lacrosse Players

Increasingly under attack from newspaper editorials and online bloggers, the Duke faculty members known as “The Group of 88” posted a letter online yesterday defending themselves against accusations that they had rushed to judge the three men’s lacrosse players.

January 16, 2007