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African American Studies

African American StudiesFive minutes on the World Wide Web makes the point more plainly than a full weekend with a stack of college catalogs: There are as many types of African American Studies programs as there are institutions of higher learning offering them.Some programs — like those at California State University-Long Beach and Cornell University […]

May 24, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Department, Program, Institute or Other?

Department, Program, Institute or Other?When officials at the Alabama Commission on Higher Education announced in February that they would not approve a Black Studies major at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it was a slap in the face to university officials and students who say they have been fighting since desegregation to bring the […]

May 24, 2000

Faculty & Staff

SPECTRUM

SPECTRUM The old-style Black Studies discipline has refracted into a rainbow of African American research.In some ways, the state of the African American Studies discipline has never been healthier. According to the National Council for Black Studies, four schools currently offer doctoral studies in the discipline. That list doesn’t include Harvard University, which announced plans […]

May 24, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Warrick L. Carter has been named president of Columbia College in Chicago. He will take office July 1. He is currently director of entertainment arts for Walt Disney Entertainment. He previously served as dean of faculty and as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He […]

April 26, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Southern Faculty Upset Over Administrative Salary Hikes

Southern Faculty Upset Over Administrative Salary Hikes BATON ROUGE, La. — The Southern University board’s recent decision to give eight top administrators huge pay hikes has prompted the faculty senate to deliver a “no-confidence” vote and a professor to launch a nine-day hunger strike in protest.  Sudhir Trivedi, an associate professor of computer science, pitched […]

April 12, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Pleasure Principle: Focusing on the Good in Education

Pleasure Principle: Focusing on the Good in EducationMany readers of The Pleasures of Academe will sympathize with author James Axtell’s first sentence: “I couldn’t wait to go to college and I couldn’t stand to leave at graduation.”Despite the common sentiment, however, few people remain to become professors. And while many Americans have opinions about what […]

April 12, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Tech Briefs

$130 Million Partnership Will Bring Internet to HBCUsNEW YORK — The College Fund/UNCF announced a $130 million partnership with two computer industry giants earlier this month to bring Black colleges and universities into the Internet era. Microsoft Corp. and IBM have pledged $100 million in cash and equipment for students and faculty members at 39 […]

March 29, 2000

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Howard Bugs Typify Challenge Of Updating Technology

Howard Bugs Typify Challenge Of Updating  TechnologyWASHINGTON — Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. That’s what Howard University administrators here may be saying in light of criticism that has come their way in recent weeks.Anxious to update an old mainframe with  new software in time for the Y2K turnover, administrators implemented a system […]

March 29, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Challenging Times for Livingstone College

Challenging Times for Livingstone CollegeWhite professors allege discrimination, president resignsSALISBURY, N.C. — Five professors who say they were denied tenure and promotions because they are White are suing Livingstone College. Three of the professors, who filed a racial discrimination suit in Rowan County Superior Court, say they have documents showing a pattern of racial discrimination […]

March 29, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Pleasure Principle: Focusing on the Good in Education

Pleasure Principle: Focusing on the Good in EducationMany readers of The Pleasures of Academe will sympathize with author James Axtell’s first sentence: “I couldn’t wait to go to college and I couldn’t stand to leave at graduation.”Despite the common sentiment, however, few people remain to become professors. And while many Americans have opinions about what […]

March 29, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Hit and Myth: Conference examines successes, fallacies of affirmative action

Hit and Myth: Conference examines successes, fallacies of affirmative actionCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —  Ever since Hopwood  vs. Texas, the court decision that nullified minority admissions practices at the University of Texas Law School, the pundits have gleefully predicted the demise of campus affirmative action programs.But if a recent conference held at the University of  Virginia provides […]

March 15, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Plan Trends Aim to Meet 21st Century Challenges

Diversity Plan Trends Aim to Meet  21st Century Challenges The current generation of diversity plans seeks to be more inclusive — and we’re not just talking about numericallyCampus diversity practitioners often complain that diversity initiatives aren’t integrated into the core structures of their colleges or universities. They argue that until diversity becomes a central feature of […]

February 2, 2000