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Faculty & Staff

Study Finds Women Faculty Experience More Stress Than Men in Higher Education

Study Finds Women Faculty Experience More Stress Than Men in Higher EducationCOLUMBIA, Mo. In today’s work force, stress is more prevalent than ever. While demands and pressures are the main fuel for the fire, gender can also play a key role. A new study from the University of Missouri-Columbia identifies factors causing female faculty in […]

March 23, 2005

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‘Taking Back the Music’

‘Taking Back the Music’Spelman students combat hip-hop’s negative portrayals of Black womenBy Ernest HolsendolphATLANTAMusic, by its nature, is a great unifier, able to turn a room into a rocking, bouncing good time. But in a stimulating evening of discussion on the Spelman College campus, music became something different: a veritable battleground of sorts. The debate, […]

March 23, 2005

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Dialogue, Personal Example Work Best For Parents in Drug Talks With Teens

Dialogue, Personal Example Work Best For Parents in Drug Talks With TeensUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Parents can more effectively advise teens about alcohol and drug use if they try dialogue before lecture and they set an everyday example, rather than give a one-time drug sermon, according to a Penn State University researcher.Drug talks can work best […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Harvard President Outlines Mission For Two Committees on Women

Harvard President Outlines Mission For Two Committees on WomenBOSTONSaying he hoped to “turn heat into light” after the recent controversy over his remarks on women in science, Harvard University President Lawrence Summers recently announced the appointment of two faculty task forces on women and pledged to create a senior administrative position to support gender diversity.Summers […]

February 23, 2005

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Film Honoring Gullah Heritage Selected for National Registry

Film Honoring Gullah Heritage Selected for National RegistryCOLUMBIA, S.C. A film honoring the Gullah heritage has been selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry.  Los Angeles director Julie Dash made the film, “Daughters of the Dust,” as an homage to her father’s heritage. The registry, which was founded by Congress in […]

January 26, 2005

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Effort to Ban Race, Gender Considerations Advances in Michigan

Effort to Ban Race, Gender Considerations Advances in MichiganBy Staff and News Wire ReportsLANSING, Mich.A group seeking to ban race and gender-based preferences in university admissions and government hiring says it submitted more than 508,000 signatures to state elections officials, a major step forward for the group’s campaign. At least 317,757 valid signatures of Michigan voters […]

January 26, 2005

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Keepers of the Dream

Keepers of the DreamAs Bethune-Cookman College celebrates 100 years, school officials, alumni say mission has not changedBy Kendra HamiltonDAYTONA BEACH, Fla.Mary McLeod Bethune founded Bethune-Cookman College 100 years ago with five little girls and  $1.50. Over the past month or so, college officials needed every bit of her determination — and a few dollars more […]

November 17, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Study: Women Faculty at Pharmacy SchoolsFace Barriers to Advancement

Study: Women Faculty at Pharmacy Schools Face Barriers to Advancement ALEXANDRIA, Va.A  recent study published in the online edition of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education reveals that women faculty at pharmacy schools continue to face disparities in administrative positions, salary and advancement opportunities despite a 30-year increase in the numbers of women entering higher […]

October 6, 2004

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Workplace Inequality Common in United States, Study Shows

Workplace Inequality Common in United States, Study ShowsNEW ORLEANSBlack men with the same skills as White men are only half as likely to rise from supervisor to manager and Black women are only a third likely to do so, according to a recent study by Tulane University sociologist Dr. James Elliot and City University of […]

October 6, 2004

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Hip-Hop Viewed Through the Prisms Of Race and Gender

Hip-Hop Viewed Through the Prisms Of Race and GenderAs the nation’s premier historically Black college for women, the Spelman community prides itself on addressing issues of race and gender through critical thinking and meaningful dialogue — asking questions and seeking answers to the nuances of history and popular culture that relate to and affect Black […]

August 11, 2004

Students

Knowledge Is Power

Knowledge Is PowerDouble the Numbers: Increasing Postsecondary Credentials for Underrepresented YouthEdited by Richard Kazis, Joel Vargas and Nancy HoffmanHarvard Education Press, 2004, 280 pp., $54.95 library, ISBN 1-891792-23-7; $28.95 paperback ISBN 1-891792-22-9Only 25 percent of U.S. high school students complete any college degree. Among African American youth, only 18 percent earn a baccalaureate by age […]

July 28, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Academics and Athletics: Playing for the Same Team

Academics and Athletics: Playing for the Same TeamHigh expectations greeted Dr. Myles Brand when he became president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in January 2003. As the fourth president of the nation’s most powerful amateur sports organization, Brand has the distinction of being the first to have been a college president. As president […]

April 7, 2004