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Faculty & Staff

Affirmative Action Fallout:

Race-conscious affirmative action in higher education survived a close challenge in 2003 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race Story:

July 13, 2005

Students

UMass Chancellor’s Diversity Plan Draws Fire From Students, Faculty

University of Massachusetts students and faculty members sharply criticized Chancellor John Lombardi’s proposal to improve campus diversity issues… Story:

April 20, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Deconstructing Controversy With Innovation, Information

Challenging longstanding practices or questioning conventional wisdom are actions that leaders seldom are willing to take. Story:

April 20, 2005

Students

Hide and Seek: Diversity in the Ivy League

By Dr. Yolanda Pierce The New York Times recently published an article titled “Little Advance Is Seen in Ivies’ Hiring of Minorities and Women.” The article leaves the reader with two distinct impressions: First, the pool of qualified minority scholars is just too small. And second, domestic issues make these high-powered jobs unattractive to female […]

April 6, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Harvard Lack of Confidence Vote Countered by Board

Harvard Lack of Confidence Vote Countered by BoardCAMBRIDGE, Mass. Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences passed a motion last month saying it lacked confidence in President Lawrence Summers — the first such action in the nearly 400-year history of the university. However, days later, the Harvard Corporation, the university’s governing board, came out in support […]

April 6, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Technology’s Latest Wave

Technology’s Latest WaveColleges and universities areincreasingly exploring the academic use of digital mobile devices — but lack of money sometimes stands in the wayBy Peter GaluszkaReaching for her iPod, Dorian Scheuch gets ready to study. The student at Georgia College & State University tunes into special music she has downloaded from a Web site prepared […]

February 23, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Report Finds Faculty Pay Up — Barely

Report Finds Faculty Pay Up — BarelyBy Garry BoulardDespite record state budget deficits resulting from the recession of 2001 and 2002, faculty members at the nation’s two- and four-year public colleges and universities enjoyed a marginal 2.5 percent increase in their salaries in 2003, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Education’s National […]

February 23, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Former La Raza Leader Joins ASU To Develop Hispanic-Based Community Development Institute

Former La Raza Leader Joins ASU To Develop Hispanic-Based Community Development InstitutePHOENIXThe former head of the Washington-based National Council of La Raza joined Arizona State University earlier this month. Raul Yzaguirre will develop a Hispanic-based community development institute and bolster the school’s efforts to raise money, recruit minority faculty and students and accelerate partnerships with […]

January 26, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Princeton, Smith College Partner To Increase Women in Engineering

Princeton, Smith College Partner To Increase Women in EngineeringFive out of six engineering students and nine out of 10 engineering professors are malePRINCETON, N.J.Advancing its goal of increasing the number of women in engineering, Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with Smith College to create a student exchange program. Smith, the nation’s […]

January 26, 2005

Students

CLASSICS: Leah Rochel Johnson

CLASSICSClassical FoundationsLeah Rochel JohnsonTitle: Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient MediterraneanStudies and History, Pennsylvania State University Education: Ph.D., M.A., Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Classics, Harvard UniversityAge: 40The scarcity of minorities in the classics is apparent to any observer. What isn’t as obvious is how much African American intellectuals such […]

January 12, 2005

Faculty & Staff

CHEMISTRY: Edwin H. Walker Jr.

CHEMISTRYFinding the Right FormulaEdwin H. Walker Jr.Title: Associate Professor, Southern University and A&M College at Baton RougeEducation: Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University; B.S., Chemistry, Southern University and A&M College at Baton RougeAge: 34Dr. Edwin H. Walker Jr. remembers a wave of misery washing over him during graduation as he walked across the stage at Southern University […]

January 12, 2005

Faculty & Staff

MUSIC: Teresa L. Reed

MUSICMaking A Joyful NoiseTeresa L. ReedTitle: Associate Professor of Music Theory and Literature and Director, African American Studies Program, University of TulsaEducation: Ph.D., Music Theory, Indiana University; M.M., Music Theory, University of Tulsa; B.A., Music, Valparaiso UniversityAge: 40 Her friends, colleagues and even the critics agree: Dr. Teresa L. Reed is making a joyful noise […]

January 12, 2005