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Faculty & Staff
Black Colleges Step Up Pursuit of Sponsored Research
Envisioning a more competitive future, a number of Black college leaders have challenged their faculties to pursue aggressive research agendas.
January 5, 2011
Henry Tisdale
Faculty & Staff
Theory in Practice
Rutgers University-Newark is a testing ground for demonstrating specific educational advantages of diversity.
January 3, 2011
Mark Winston
Students
Garden State Abandons Minority Doctoral Program
New Jersey Legislature defunds the Minority Academic Careers program, making financing doctoral study a heavier burden for minority students.
December 14, 2010
Jose Lopez
Faculty & Staff
DiverseBooks.net: A Year of Progress
Since we started diversebooks.net nearly a year ago (on January 22, 2010), we have added selections from additional publishers, including the University of Mississippi Press, the American Counseling Association, Africa World Press and Black Classic Press. We also made numerous adjustments to the content and design of our site.
December 6, 2010
Students
Young Scholars Reflect on Family Ties in the Academy
Having grown up in the academy, second-generation scholars chart their own course to become their professor parents’ academic peer.
November 22, 2010
Dr. Imani Perry
Faculty & Staff
Academic Hiring Freeze Looms as Obstacle to Faculty Diversity
Recession reduces job opportunities in the professoriate, particularly in areas where minorities are clustered.
November 16, 2010
Dr. Christopher Tudico, who earned his doctorate this past spring, is realistic about his chances of landing a tenure-track position in this economy.
Faculty & Staff
UT-Knoxville Chancellor Says Diversity is a Goal
The chancellor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville says there is slow progress diversifying the faculty, which is mostly made up of White men.
November 2, 2010
Dr. Jimmy Cheek, the chancellor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, says there is slow progress diversifying the faculty, which is mostly made up of White men.
Faculty & Staff
Rutgers University Helps Entrepreneurs Revitalize Newark
Rutgers University’s Entrepreneurship Pioneers Initiative hopes to revitalize New Jersey’s urban centers by putting the school’s resources at the disposal of small businesses in the inner city.
September 9, 2010
The Coffee Cave was the first business on Halsey Street to obtain funds from the Profeta Urban Investment Foundation.
Students
Fisk-Vanderbilt Program Set to Become Top Producer of Minority Scientists
The Bridge program, a partnership between Fisk and Vanderbilt universities, is likely to become the nation’s leading producer of minority doctoral graduates in astronomy, physics and material sciences.
August 24, 2010
Dr. Arnold Burger, a professor of physics and vice provost for academic initiatives at Fisk University
Faculty & Staff
NSSE Data Helps Institutions Foster Minority Student Success
Founded 11 years ago at Indiana University, the National Survey of Student Engagement program has grown in size and influence. Its annual results are widely reported in the media.
August 15, 2010
Alex McCormick
Faculty & Staff
Accelerated Community College Program Puts Achievement in Reach for Disadvantaged Students
Ivy Tech Community College’s one-year associate degree program places low-income and first-generation college students on a faster route to higher education attainment.
August 12, 2010
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Faculty & Staff
Oil Spill Mars UC Berkeley’s BP-funded Research
BP’s catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley’s research partnership with the British company, with activists on the famously liberal campus demanding a severing of ties.
August 1, 2010
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