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Faculty & Staff

Virginia Commonwealth University Group Seeks to Increase Number of Black Faculty

RICHMOND, Va. — A group at Virginia Commonwealth University is working to reverse a decline in Black faculty members. Black Education Association president and psychology teacher Faye Z. Belgrave tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the percentage of Black faculty is lower today than it was a decade ago. A report presented to the Board of […]

December 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Illinois Faculty: Reconsider Professor’s Job

A committee of University of Illinois faculty members is recommending that the school reconsider its decision to rescind a job once offered to a Native American studies professor.

December 23, 2014

Faculty & Staff

LSU Law Center Offers Buyouts to Cut Budget

LSU’s Law Center is offering an incentive to seven professors if they retire next summer as it looks to cut costs amid a dwindling interest in law schools nationally.

December 23, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Ex-University of Southern California Professor Fined for Grant Application Lie

A former University of Southern California math professor has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines and restitution for lying about his employment on a grant application he made to the U.S. Department of Energy.

December 22, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Judge to Resign as Ohio State University Trustee in Ethics Deal

A federal judge will resign his seat as an Ohio State University trustee and teach two semesters of law school classes without pay to resolve an ethics investigation over his law school teaching job, under an agreement announced Thursday.

December 18, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Drug Evidence Against Professor Ruled Inadmissible

A Missouri appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that evidence of a marijuana-growing operation found in a university professor’s home can’t be used against him because of an invalid search warrant.

December 16, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Picture Books For Gifting

Hidden among our weightier academic books, we often find some jewels that we don’t expect and that would be suitable for pleasure reading. Our search for books worthy of holiday gift giving this season turned up a number of illustrated storybooks suitable for children or adults

December 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Higher Education: Identifying the Senior Team

There are big changes coming in American higher education. College and university governance must accommodate these changes and shape rather than be shaped by them.

December 3, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Berkeley’s Campus Free Speech Movement Turns 50

In the waning days of 1964, University of California, Berkeley, students found their collective voice in challenging a campus ban on political advocacy.

December 2, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Venida Chenault Triumphs Despite Adversity

Dr. Venida Chenault’s success at Haskell Indian Nations University comes full circle.

December 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Utah Professor Wants ‘Drone Court’ to Approve Strikes

Today, when U.S. intelligence agencies believe they know the location of a terrorist in Pakistan and a few other countries, they are largely free to deploy a weapon that’s become the symbol of war on terror: an aerial drone.

November 30, 2014

Students

Court Rejects Fired Iowa Professor’s Appeal

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― An appeals court upheld the firing of a University of Iowa radiology professor Wednesday, rejecting claims that he did not receive a fair hearing.

November 26, 2014