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Students

Chiang Remembered as Pioneer Biostatistician of Public Health

Chiang’s use of statistics helped transform the health care field, impacted analyses of public health issues and underscored why biostatistics deserved to become its own discipline.

May 15, 2014

Students

Mary Sias Stepping Down as Kentucky State University President

Kentucky State University President Mary Sias says she will step down from her position on June 30.

May 12, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Harrison B. Wilson Getting Honorary Doctorate from University of Kentucky

Denied admission to the University of Kentucky almost 70 years ago because it wouldn’t accept Black students, Wilson went on to become a coach and later a university president.

May 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Howard University Awarding School Record 105 Doctoral Degrees

Howard University has maintained it lead as the top producer of on-campus doctoral degrees awarded by Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

May 7, 2014

Students

Texas Tech Invites Rice as Commencement Speaker

Texas Tech University remained hopeful Tuesday that ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will accept one of three speaking offers for future graduation ceremonies.

May 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

LGBTQ Student Success in Higher Education

Too many LGBTQ students feel unsafe, unwelcome, or disconnected from social and/or academic life on their respective campuses.

May 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

UCLA Officials Propose Diversity Class Requirement

University of California, Los Angeles officials are proposing that most undergraduate students be required to take a class in racial cultural, gender or religious diversity in order to graduate.

May 5, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Motherhood & Scholarship

Many women in academia juggle not only the time demands and responsibilities of this choice of career but must also face the reality that their fertile years are limited and will roughly coincide with the years they need to be publishing and working toward tenure.

May 5, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Condoleeza Rice Backs Out of Rutgers Commencement

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. ― Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.

May 5, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Professor Makes Sure There’s No Disconnect in Her Online Program

Kari Frisch is maintaining 95 percent retention rates in her online courses at Central Lakes College through innovative methods.

May 5, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Georgia Employees Want Gender Identity Protections

Faculty members at Georgia’s largest university say they want discrimination against employees for gender identity banned more explicitly.

May 5, 2014

Faculty & Staff

For Minorities’ Educational Needs, Funding Lags Far Behind Effort

Today more than 90 percent of the nation’s population growth is from people of color, yet we are failing to address their educational needs.

May 5, 2014