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Faculty & Staff

Women Faculty: Still Trailing After All These Years

Women Faculty: Still Trailing After All These YearsWASHINGTONThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has released an update on gender equity in academia. The sad story is that the 2003-2004 figures show little improvement in the salary gap over 25 years of higher education history.Among full-time faculty, for example, 38 percent are women. But among […]

January 12, 2005

Leadership & Policy

University of Virginia Panel Recommends Diversity Officer

University of Virginia Panel Recommends Diversity Officer, Collaboration with HBCUs  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. A committee that was formed after racially tinged incidents at the University of Virginia recommended recently the creation of an officer for “diversity and equity” who would report to the president. The panel also recommended the development of an academic program on issues […]

October 20, 2004

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Joy Gates Black has been appointed dean of student affairs at San Antonio College in Texas, effective Aug. 18. Currently, she is dean of equity and diversity at Los Angeles City College. Black earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree at Cambridge College, and a doctorate from Pepperdine University.Dr. Wanda Colston has been […]

July 16, 2004

HBCUs

The Affirmative Action Watch Begins

The Affirmative Action Watch Begins Access and equity — two underlying themes present in the majority of articles in .Black Issues In Higher Education. That’s what we’re all about. So the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court could very well deliver a landmark ruling that could change the way most U.S. colleges and universities have […]

February 26, 2003

Students

A Tribute to Carter G. Woodson

A Tribute to Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950)By Dr. James L. Conyers Jr. Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson is one of the most important but largely overlooked figures in American history. He challenged conventional wisdom, questioned authority and sought equity. As a result of Woodson’s scholarly contributions and activism, Negro History Week was established in 1926 and […]

February 12, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Female Professors Earn Less At University of North Carolina

Female Professors Earn Less At University of North Carolina CHAPEL HILL, N.C.Female professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earn less than male professors, with wide disparities in the medical school, according to a detailed analysis of salary equity. Women earn an average of $1,332 less than White men on the campus. […]

November 20, 2002

HBCUs

Teachers College Honors Civil Rights Pioneers

Teachers College Honors Civil Rights PioneersNEW YORKGraduates of Columbia University’s Teachers College were reminded last month of the lasting importance of the civil rights movement and its influence on the struggle for equity in education. The university used the 2002 Master’s Convocation setting to honor several important leaders who played crucial roles in shaping America’s […]

June 19, 2002

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Report: Women Throughout MIT Face Discrimination

Report: Women Throughout MIT Face DiscriminationCambridge, Mass.Women faculty throughout the Massachusetts Institute of Technology long have faced bias and inequality, according to a report released last month on gender equity at the school. Although the university has made progress in correcting longstanding discrimination, work is still needed, such as correcting the near-complete absence of minority […]

April 10, 2002

Leadership & Policy

University of Maryland Honors Civil Rights Activist

University of Maryland Honors Civil Rights Activist For Seven-Decade StruggleBALTIMOREDorothy Height’s fight for civil rights and gender equity began with anti-lynching protests in New York in the 1930s. The Richmond, Va., native worked on voter registration drives in the South during the 1950s and was at the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s side when he […]

August 15, 2001

Sports

Most Sports Organizations Are Far from Achieving Racial, Gender Equity

Most Sports Organizations Are Far from Achieving Racial, Gender Equity     BOSTONOnly the WNBA and the NBA are close to genuine equity when it comes to opportunities for women and people of color in professional and decision-making positions in pro, Olympic and college sports, according to a report released last month. The two organizations were the […]

August 15, 2001

MSIs

Letter from Alliance for Equity in Higher Education

Letter from Alliance for Equity in Higher EducationThe Honorable John BoehnerChairman, Committee on Education and the WorkforceThe Honorable George MillerRanking Member, Committee on Education and the WorkforceU.S. House of Representatives2181 Rayburn HOBWashington, DC  20515Dear Representatives Boehner and Miller:The Alliance for Equity in Higher Education was founded in 1999 to serve as a consensus-building mechanism and […]

March 28, 2001

Women

Cleveland State President to Head Up ACE’s Office of Women in Higher Education

Cleveland State President to Head Up ACE’s Office of Women in Higher EducationWashington The American Council on Education has appointed Dr. Claire Van Ummersen as vice president and director of the Office of Women in Higher Education. Van Ummersen, president of Cleveland State University since 1993, has been involved with women’s development and advancement for […]

December 6, 2000