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Faculty & Staff

Balancing Two Worlds: Issues Facing Black Faculty in Higher Education

Balancing Two Worlds: Issues Facing Black Faculty in Higher EducationGrowing up in the projects of East Orange, N.J., during the late 60s and early 70s, my mother used to dress me for Sunday morning worship in a cream and burgundy plaid two-piece suit with matching fedora. As a newly single parent, struggling then with the […]

January 17, 2001

Students

Explaining the Achievement Gap

Explaining the Achievement GapResearchers offer theories on Black underachievment — especially Black malesNew York     The warm reception accorded Dr. Claude Steele at a New York University School of Education policy breakfast earlier this month signaled the extent to which his social psychology research is finding acceptance among education experts and officials on the Black-White student […]

December 20, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What should African American faculty members do to prepare themselves for a career change from faculty to administration?Dr. Muriel Wright BraileyDirector of the Institute for African American Studies, Wilberforce UniversityI have had the experience of making a career change from faculty to administrator and back to faculty status. And now I am […]

November 22, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Mastering Technology’s…

Mastering Technology’s… Colleges encourage faculty to go high tech By Ronald RoachT o get students proficient and comfortable with the Internet and the latest information technology, Morris Brown College officials have required its undergraduates to participate in a laptop purchase program this fall, one of the first ever such initiatives at a historically Black institution. […]

November 22, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Predictive Value Educause 2000 conference highlights new technology

Predictive Value Educause 2000 conference highlights new technology By Ronald Roach  NASHVILLE, Tenn.T  here’s no doubt that rapid changes in information technology create uncertainty and anxiety throughout the economy and society at large. Experts agree that change is nowhere more revolutionary than in American higher education. “Moore’s Law continues. We’re not going to see a […]

November 8, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned

Johnson C. Smith Faculty Release Policy Praised and Questioned By Kendra HamiltonThere may be no sweeter words to a faculty member’s ears than “release time.” Try saying them out loud: “RELEASE TIME.” Notice how they trip off of the tongue, evoking visions of articles or even books completed, of new directions in research explored, of […]

October 11, 2000

Students

Chicano Studies

Chicano StudiesAs America’s Latino diaspora evolves, so does the fieldBy Roberto RodriguezFounded some 30 years ago and at one time believed to be on the verge of extinction, the field of Chicano studies is constantly expanding. As Puerto Rican and Cuban communities grew in the United States in the 1960s and ’70s, so did the […]

September 27, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Minority Faculty Promotions in Academic Medicine Lag Behind Those of White Counterparts

Minority Faculty Promotions in Academic Medicine Lag Behind Those of White CounterpartsThe representation of minority medical school faculty in academic medicine has steadily increased in recent years, but their rates of promotion continue to lag behind those of White faculty, according to a new study by the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC’s research, […]

September 27, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsFlorida Memorial College recently received a $500,000 grant from the Florida Department of State’s Division of Cultural Affairs. The grant was awarded to enhance the future Florida Memorial College Performing Arts Center, specifically Phase I of the project, which includes construction of an orchestra pit and increased seating capacity.Morgan State University has received […]

September 13, 2000

Faculty & Staff

The New Academic Year

The  New Academic YearThe short answer to any query about trends in higher education for the upcoming academic year: Ask after the presidential election. The upcoming election may well be the wild card that trumps all others in the deck being dealt to college administrators, faculty and students —  not just for 2000-2001, but for the […]

September 13, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Community College Faculty

Community College FacultyThough pursuing research can be difficult at two-year colleges, many scholars of color are drawn by the opportunities to teach an increasingly diverse student populationBy Kathleen Kennedy ManzoColumbus, Ga.Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Marilyn Howard fit the classic profile of the community college student. A first-generation college student from a working-class family, Howard did […]

August 16, 2000

Faculty & Staff

TECH briefs

TECH briefsMorris Brown College To Require Laptop Computers This FallATLANTA — Morris Brown College will require its students to buy laptop computers this fall, offering them at discount prices as part of school financial aid.School officials say they believe Morris Brown is the first historically Black college in the nation to make laptops available for […]

August 2, 2000