Tag: Faculty Research: Page 13

Faculty & Staff

The Heart of the Mission

As a top producer of minority health practitioners, a University of Illinois at Chicago program seeks to improve the quality of medical care in communities of color.

April 2, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Chicano/Latino History Scholar Named Dean at UC Irvine

Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz, a University of California/Irvine historian specializing in Chicano/Latino studies, has been named dean of the UCI School of Humanities.

April 1, 2008

Faculty & Staff

WOMEN REDEFINING LEADERSHIP

Nine recently appointed college and association presidents discuss the challenges unique to their own institutions, those facing higher education in general, and more.

March 19, 2008

Students

Grants & Gifts

CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Ala.) has received a donation of $1.8 MILLION from the late Josephine Powell of Decatur, Ala. The gift is the largest one-time monetary donation in the school’s 60-year history, and the funds will be used for Calhoun’s current capital campaign and to create new scholarships. The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has […]

March 19, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Improving the Communities Scholars Study

The research taking place in Africa on educational equity most often benefits the scholars who publish studies and has little direct impact on the lives of those being studied, a researcher said during a presentation Monday at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Comparative & International Education Society.

March 17, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Making Strides

HBCUs seek progress on information technology resources.

March 4, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Demythologizing Diversity in Higher Education

Why has it taken so long for institutions of higher education to move beyond lip service to genuine inclusion for minority and female faculty and staff?

March 2, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Descendant of University of Missouri Founder Creates Slavery Atonement Fund

Endowment will help support research into the impact, effects of slavery in the United States.

February 19, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Students to Study University of Maryland’s Ties To Slavery

The University of Maryland, College Park is the latest institution of higher education to announce plans to examine its ties to slavery, this time doing so with the help of students in a research course.

February 19, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Harvard Arts & Sciences Faculty Approve Open Access To Research

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted yesterday to give the university a worldwide license to publish their work online at no cost to the reader. The university will feature faculty’s scholarly articles in an open-access repository supported and maintained by the university.

February 13, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Harvard Arts & Sciences Faculty Approve Open Access To Research

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted yesterday to give the university a worldwide license to publish their work online at no cost to the reader. The university will feature faculty’s scholarly articles in an open-access repository supported and maintained by the university.

February 12, 2008

Faculty & Staff

ACE: ‘Significant Efforts’ Needed To Improve Diversity In College Presidency Ranks

There’s been little increase in the number of minority college presidents in the last 20 years. A new report suggests efforts to diversify college president ranks begins with the recruitment and retention of minority faculty members.

February 6, 2008