Tag: Faculty Research: Page 8

Students

SOUL SURVIVOR

A target in the 1990s culture wars, Temple\’s venerable African American studies department enters its third decade beset by a lingering faculty rift.

December 9, 2009

Faculty & Staff

SPECTRUM: GROWING BY LEAPS WITHOUT BOUNDS

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is familiar to millions of viewers on the popular PBS “History Detectives” program, a television series in its eighth season devoted to “exploring the complexities of historical mysteries.

December 9, 2009

Students

Despite Struggles, Pioneering Black Studies Department Presses Forward

A target in the 1990s culture wars, Temple University’s venerable African American studies department enters its third decade.

December 9, 2009

Students

Temple U. Establishes Center to Study, Promote Diversity-Related Issues

The discussion about race and the Philadelphia public school system had already lasted 20 minutes and Temple University students couldn’t stop talking. A forum on the country’s changing demographics hosted by the Philadelphia-based university’s new diversity research center left the students with more to say.

November 29, 2009

Students

Revisiting Higher Ed Accountability in the Obama Era

Panelists at a Washington think tank conference on higher education accountability questioned standards in financial management, accreditation, and the professoriate while addressing fundamental questions about the role and responsibility of U.S. higher education.

November 17, 2009

Students

PUBLISHING IN PERIL

Recent state budget cuts in education leave some university publishers pinched.

November 11, 2009

Faculty & Staff

LASTWORD: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Adjunct faculty are invaluable to community colleges, so why aren’t they taken into consideration in the colleges’ missions?

September 30, 2009

Faculty & Staff

NOTEWORTHYNEWS: STILL A NO-GO FOR LIFTING ACADEMIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CUBA

President Barack Obama’s campaign promises to rescind limits remain a ‘work in progress.’

September 16, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Still a No-go for Lifting Academic Travel Restrictions to Cuba

President Barack Obama’s campaign promises to rescind limits remain a ‘work in progress.’

September 16, 2009

Faculty & Staff

JUST A CLICK AWAY

University of Maryland University College has charted a unique path as a public insitution in online education.

September 2, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Just a Click Away

University of Maryland University College has charted a unique path as a public institution in online education.

September 2, 2009

Students

ETS Says New Assessment Tool Should Boost Minority Enrollment in Graduate Schools

A new product launched by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in July will help increase graduate school minority enrollment, according to officials with the Princeton, N.J.-based nonprofit testing and educational research organization.

August 31, 2009