Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 88

Faculty & Staff

It’s not rocket science – finding African American undergraduates for graduate study in science – includes related articles

Earlier in his career, Dr. Luther S. Williams spent nearly ten years as the only faculty member of color out of seventy in his department at Purdue University. The African American microbiologist is now assistant director of education and human resources at the National Science Foundation (NSF).

July 12, 2007

Students

Leading from Behind

Two historically Black colleges aspire to become more than just feeder schools

July 12, 2007

Students

Hurdle #1: Getting in the Door

Research institutions are the primary producers of the nation’s scientific brain trust. Yet, the record of these institutions for producing African Americans in these disciplines is spotty. In this feature, Black Issues examines the experiences of three of the leading science and engineering institutions, citing examples of strategies that are yielding favorable results and those that leave senior scholars scratching their heads over why they’re not working.

July 12, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Recruiting professorial diversity – University of South Carolina

In a state where lawmakers currently are debating a bill that would scale back state-sanctioned affirmative action policies, a University of South Carolina (USC) faculty member is trying to lure under-represented minorities into the collegiate teaching ranks.

July 11, 2007

Students

Chancellor of Southern University resigns amid scholarship flap – Marvin Yates

BATON ROUGE, La. The chancellor of Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus abruptly resigned in the wake of a scholarship scandal.

July 11, 2007

Students

Scholarship scandal in Louisiana

Baton Rouge, La. Last fall when William “Bud” Davis, the chancellor of State University, suddenly resigned his position in the wake of charges that his office awarded nearly fifty minority scholarships to White students, many educators and politicians around the state sighed a collective relief that this most recent scholarship fiasco appeared to end as Davis departed.

July 11, 2007

Home

Mischief makers: the men behind all those anti-affirmative action lawsuits – includes news analysis on court decisions that affect diversity in higher education

When a group of Republican state lawmakers last summer mounted a public campaign to find potential plaintiffs for a class-action lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s affirmative action admissions policies, Jennifer Gratz responded immediately. Gratz, a policeman’s daughter and former high school homecoming queen, had been rejected by Michigan in 1995 despite strong grades and high standardized-test scores.

July 11, 2007

Students

Historically Black Bluefield State’s ironic situation: desperately seeking Black students and faculty – Bluefield State College, West Virginia

Bluefield, W. Va. When a historically Black university fails to sustain, say, a ten percent African American student population, People are bound to start talking. Well, they have.

July 11, 2007

Community Colleges

Committed to diversity? Where’s the evidence? – Special Report – Cover Story

An often-expressed apprehension within the Black community is that traditionally White institutions were never really committed to integration, diversity, or affirmative action. The fear was that many of these colleges undertook halfhearted minority student recruitment and retention efforts and occasional Black faculty/staff appointments while waiting for relief from conservative courts, legislatures and voters.

July 11, 2007

HBCUs

Preparing students of color for global opportunities – minority students – Forum – Column

Whenever I am asked how a campus should begin to internationalize, I recommend a short, inexpensive report titled Educating Americans for a World in Flux, published by the American Council on Education (ACE). This report focuses on the task of educating all U.S. students to be global citizens.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The shelter of tenure is eroding and for faculty of color gaining membership may be tougher than ever – African American teachers – includes related articles on several cases regarding tenure

Hazing is the dark side of campus life. Desperate to be accepted into an exclusive club, bright young people will tolerate long periods of psychological abuse, often being forced to perform onerous tasks which established members consider below their dignity.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty. – movie reviews

I am associated with [the] Chicano Studies [department], where many people on this campus assume that we do second-rate scholarship and third-rate research, and that most of us are-fourth-rate teachers…. It is a continuous process of having to prove myself, including to students.” – Dr. Alex M. Saragoza, University of California Berkeley.

July 11, 2007