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Faculty & Staff

DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School

DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School By Ronald Roach OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.Business and technology education provider DeVry Inc. has announced that it will buy Ross University for $310 million in cash, in a bid to enter the medicine and health sciences education market. Ross, based in Dominica and St. Kitts-Nevis in the Caribbean, has more […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Teaming Up for Success

Teaming Up for SuccessPartnerships, collaborations help Tennessee State meet the challenges of securing research fundingBy Phaedra Brotherton For researchers, getting a single grant or award of at least $1 million takes skill and dedication, not to mention commitment to the university, students and to scholarship, says JoVita Wells, associate director of the Office of Sponsored […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

History’s Burden

History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

History’s Burden

History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

College, High School Teachers Disagree On Importance of Grammar, Usage Skills

College, High School Teachers Disagree On Importance of Grammar, Usage Skills IOWA CITY, IowaAlthough college faculty and high school teachers largely agree on the writing skills that are most important for students to possess, they disagree in one key area — grammar and usage skills. While college instructors believe these are the most important skills […]

May 7, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Talbert O. Shaw Retires After 15 Years at Shaw University

Talbert O. Shaw Retires After 15 Years at Shaw UniversityBy Eleanor Lee Yates RALEIGH, N.C.At a time when some historically Black colleges are making headlines for financial mismanagement and woes, Shaw University’s outgoing president is being remembered for daring to take the reins of a financially troubled institution and turn those troubles into opportunities.“Those were […]

March 12, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Old South, New South Clash on Vanderbilt’s Campus

Old South, New South Clash on Vanderbilt’s CampusDecision to change building’s name lands university in legal battleBy David Hefner NASHVILLE, Tenn. Vanderbilt University is ensnarled in a legal battle over its decision to remove the word “Confederate” from a campus building that was partially built by descendants of the Confederate Army. Vanderbilt Chancellor Gordon Gee […]

February 26, 2003

Students

A Month of Celebrations: A look at how colleges and universities are celebrating Black History Month.

Month of Celebrations: A look at how colleges and universities are celebrating Black History Month. Alabama A&M University, NormalBlack History Month Theme: “The Souls of Black Folk: Centennial Reflections”17th Annual “Celebrating Black History Thru Jazz” Reception featuring Pianist/Composer Randy Weston; Benjamin Banneker Banquet; Poetry: Poet Joye Pettis, author of African-American Poets: Lives, Works and Sources. […]

February 12, 2003

Faculty & Staff

UConn Seeks Improved Diversity Training Program

UConn Seeks Improved Diversity Training Program STORRS, Conn.The University of Connecticut is teaching more than 3,000 staff members to think before they speak. Dr. Carlian Dawson, director of diversity education, said a planned diversity training program will not tell campus employees what to think, but to consider the impact of what they say.“We want people […]

January 29, 2003

Students

English, Foreign Language Job Seekers Face Major Decline in Available Positions

English, Foreign Language Job Seekers Face Major Decline in Available PositionsBy Kendra Hamilton There were probably plenty of long faces at the annual convention for professors of English and foreign languages last month, as new data indicated the current crop of job seekers would face the toughest job market since the recession of the early […]

January 15, 2003

Faculty & Staff

A Scientific Approach

A Scientific Approach Kenneth RobertsTitle: Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C.Education: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina; M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina; B.S., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAge: 34As a child growing up in Atlanta, Kenneth Roberts showed an aptitude for math and science. His observant […]

January 1, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Professors: Higher Education’s Change Agents

Professors: Higher Education’s Change Agents All of us can remember a professor that made a difference when we were in college. We remember both those professors we absolutely adored as well as those we loathed. Ironically, we learned important lifelong lessons from both. From the ones that were in our corner and supportive, we learned […]

January 1, 2003