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Faculty & Staff

The American University: Private Benefit or Public Good?

The American University: Private Benefit or Public Good?Phoenix Harvard University’s Dr. Cornel West, the scheduled keynoter, wasn’t able to make it, but the nearly 1,000 faculty and administrators who gathered for the American Association of Higher Education’s 10th annual Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards received a rousing call to arms nonetheless.These are perilous times […]

February 27, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?

Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?As college campuses become more diverse, many find the future of Black cultural centers in question.By David HefnerAsk most anyone on a college campus about the value of cultural centers, and most will quickly tout a number of virtues. They help retain students of color, many through graduation, help […]

February 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

The Great ‘Misunderstanding’ at Harvard

The Great ‘Misunderstanding’ at HarvardPresident’s criticism of Cornel West has left supporters of Afro-American studies unsettled.By Ronald RoachFor those who believed the long struggle to put Afro-American studies at Harvard University on solid footing had ceased years ago, the recent controversy over Harvard president Dr. Lawrence H. Summers’ private rebuke of Afro-American studies professor Dr. […]

February 13, 2002

Students

Howard Symposium Highlights

Howard Symposium Highlights Scholarship of Teaching, LearningWASHINGTONA lecture by Dr. Lee S. Shulman on the scholarship of teaching and learning attracted an enthusiastic audience of more than 150 Howard University faculty members and graduate students to a half-day symposium on improving doctoral education. With as many faculty members as graduate students in attendance, Shulman, president […]

December 19, 2001

Faculty & Staff

(Re)Tracing

(Re)Tracing Oral History in InkAfter years of teaching, researching and writing about literature of the African Diaspora, several English professors have turned their focus toward a more personal nature. By Robin V. SmilesGrowing up in Charles City County, Va., Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance and her family did not know the story of their great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother Elizabeth […]

December 19, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Finding Room for Improvement

Finding Room for ImprovementHoward University-based team rates HBCU Web sitesThe perception that a “digital divide” exists in higher education between historically Black institutions and most predominantly White colleges and universities has enabled advocates for Black schools to raise money, attract computer equipment donations, and build awareness to help bridge the divide.One effort that started this […]

December 5, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Colleges Provide Testing Ground for E-Book Innovations

Colleges Provide Testing Ground for E-Book InnovationsWhen librarians at Robert Morris College in Moon Township, Penn., sought volunteers for a research study on using e-books in an undergraduate class, Ashley Hamilton eagerly volunteered to experience what she considers to be an inevitable wave of academic technology. This semester, Hamilton, a sophomore elementary education major from […]

October 10, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Taking Stock of GIS Technology at HBCUs

Taking Stock of GIS Technology at HBCUsRecent surveys of information technology resources at historically Black colleges and universities have yielded not only valuable information technology inventories but have provided the basis for new funding and equipment made available to Black campuses by government agencies and Black college organizations, such as the United Negro College Fund. […]

September 12, 2001

Students

Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr. is known to be enthusiastic about superstring theory and supersymmetry, but another passion has him speaking out —  his commitment to education.By Robin V. SmilesYou have to be a brave person to persevere in a field like theoretical physics. It requires a command of both science and mathematics. The work […]

September 12, 2001

Students

CU-Boulder Joins National Leadership Alliance

CU-Boulder Joins National Leadership AllianceBoulder, Colo.The University of Colorado at Boulder has become the 29th member of the Leadership Alliance, the premiere coalition of the nation’s top research and teaching institutions seeking to increase the numbers of traditionally underrepresented students in graduate study.“CU-Boulder has a long-term commitment to diversity,” says Chancellor Richard L. Byyny. “Throughout […]

August 15, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Go Abroad, and Save the Excuses

Go Abroad, and Save the ExcusesI  had no idea the day I left Los Angeles in 1979, to begin a six-month study abroad program in Bogota, Colombia, that the experience would be one of the most profound of my undergraduate career and subsequent life. Not only was it deeply rewarding on a personal level, but […]

August 1, 2001

Faculty & Staff

A World-Class Education

A World-Class EducationRewards abound for those who dare to teach or study abroad.By Robin V. SmilesWhen information about Brethren Colleges Abroad’s international seminars for faculty and administrators came across Dr. Amee Carmines’ desk, she glanced at it quickly and put it aside. Caught in the middle of a hectic semester advising senior English majors and […]

August 1, 2001