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Faculty & Staff

In Memoriam: Ruth Simms Hamilton

In MemoriamRuth Simms Hamilton (1937-2003)The Michigan State University community, along with others in higher education, mourned the loss of long-time MSU professor of sociology Ruth Simms Hamilton. She was 66 years old.“Dr. Hamilton was a valued member of our community for more than 30 years,” said Dr. Marietta Baba, dean of the MSU College of […]

December 17, 2003

Students

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student press

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student pressBy Lydia LumHAMPTON, Va.Hampton University’s confiscation of student newspapers earlier this semester is a reminder of the long-standing problems of maintaining a free press at Black colleges and building strong journalism programs there. In fact, some media professionals have grown so skeptical of the integrity of […]

December 3, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Changing Faces

Changing FacesGeorgia Tech program helps minority scholars in science and engineering jump-start their careers in academia By Kendra HamiltonWith the ink barely dry on her diploma from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Chekesha Liddell is heading off to a dream job at Cornell University in New York, one of the top 10 engineering schools […]

November 19, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Study Links Academic Achievement To Racial-Ethnic Pride

Study Links Academic Achievement To Racial-Ethnic PrideUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.Anew study links academic achievement among African American students to racial-ethnic pride. The study, conducted by a Penn State University researcher, found that African American fourth graders with higher levels of racial-ethnic pride were found also to have higher academic achievement levels measured by reading and math […]

November 19, 2003

Faculty & Staff

The Temple of My Unfamiliar: Faculty of Color at Predominantly White Institutions

The Temple of My Unfamiliar: Faculty of Color at Predominantly White InstitutionsThe following commentary highlights common themes uncovered not only through my discussions with other African American tenure-track faculty members in predominantly White institutions, but also from my own experiences as a tenure-track faculty member of color within these institutions.  “The Proof Is in the […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Revisiting Black History, Examining Future Paradigms

Revisiting Black History, Examining Future ParadigmsSoulstepping: african american step showsBy Dr. Elizabeth C. FineUniversity of Illinois Press, 2003, 208 pp., $24.95 cloth, ISBN 0-252-02475-3Soulstepping documents the history of stepping, which is defined as a complex performance that melds folk traditions with popular culture and involves synchronized percussive movement, singing, chanting and drama. The author traces […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Bringing More Than Skin Color to the Party Faculty of color realize their market value

Bringing More Than Skin Color to the Party Faculty of color realize their market valueDr. Tom Smith is a world-renowned expert in polymer sciences. And though he has impeccable academic credentials — he got his Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of Michigan, is a former president of the Rochester chapter of the American Chemical […]

October 22, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Harvard’s New Chapter in Black Studies

Harvard’s New Chapter in Black StudiesA neglected African studies program finally gets a departmental home By Ronald RoachFrom afar, it seemed that Afro-American studies at Harvard had taken a nasty tumble when two of its best-known scholars announced their resignations in early 2002, and its venerable chairman, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., let it be […]

October 8, 2003

Faculty & Staff

AAUP Issues Statement on Use Of Contingent Faculty Appointments

AAUP Issues Statement on Use Of Contingent Faculty Appointments WASHINGTONThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) issued a draft policy statement last month on the overuse and abuse of part-time and non-tenure track faculty — practices that threaten the quality and stability of higher education today.The proportion of faculty appointed to tenure-line positions is declining […]

October 8, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Morris Brown Reopens $1 Million Richer, But Without Accreditation

Morris Brown Reopens $1 Million Richer, But Without AccreditationBy Tracie Powell ATLANTAAtlanta’s Morris Brown College reopened its doors late last month to fewer than 150 students, without a marching band, football team or accreditation. They are, however, $1 million richer. The million-dollar donation from the Tom Joyner Foundation, headed by the syndicated radio personality the […]

September 10, 2003

Students

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

August 27, 2003

Students

From Opening Doors to Opening Minds

From Opening Doors to Opening MindsBy Dr. George L. Daniels It was 40 years ago this past June that the late Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium trying to prevent the enrollment of Vivian Malone and James Hood. His defiant stance against integration won him […]

August 13, 2003