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Faculty & Staff

Aptitude or Acculturation?

Aptitude or Acculturation?By Julianne MalveauxWhat was Larry Summers thinking? The Harvard president, as well known for his brilliance as for his tactlessness, must enjoy the taste of shoe leather, given the frequency he puts his foot in his mouth. Some “off the record” remarks he made at a research meeting of the National Bureau of […]

February 23, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Harvard President Outlines Mission For Two Committees on Women

Harvard President Outlines Mission For Two Committees on WomenBOSTONSaying he hoped to “turn heat into light” after the recent controversy over his remarks on women in science, Harvard University President Lawrence Summers recently announced the appointment of two faculty task forces on women and pledged to create a senior administrative position to support gender diversity.Summers […]

February 23, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Association Criticizes Meharry for Treatment of Faculty

Association Criticizes Meharry for Treatment of FacultyNASHVILLE, Tenn. A national higher education advocacy group is defending several former Meharry Medical College faculty members who say they were wrongfully let go.Dr. Joel Trupin, 70, and three other professors sued Meharry in September 2003 after their contracts weren’t renewed. They argued they had been singled out for […]

December 15, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Finding The Right Prescription

Finding The Right PrescriptionIn stiff competition with the private sector for pharmacy faculty, academia often finds itself on the losing side By Tracie PowellAn aging population, the changing role of pharmacists as health systems rely more heavily on newer, sophisticated drug therapies to cure ills, and a proliferation of corner drug stores is driving a […]

November 17, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Study: Women Faculty at Pharmacy SchoolsFace Barriers to Advancement

Study: Women Faculty at Pharmacy Schools Face Barriers to Advancement ALEXANDRIA, Va.A  recent study published in the online edition of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education reveals that women faculty at pharmacy schools continue to face disparities in administrative positions, salary and advancement opportunities despite a 30-year increase in the numbers of women entering higher […]

October 6, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Wilberforce Faculty Endure Pay Cut, Increased Course Load

Wilberforce Faculty Endure Pay Cut, Increased Course Load WILBERFORCE, OhioFaculty members at Wilberforce University have agreed to work longer hours for less pay to keep the private, historically Black university afloat. The concessions will allow Wilberforce to avoid eliminating majors and laying off employees, the university’s president, the Rev. Floyd Flake, said last month.“Every part […]

September 10, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Developing Faculty For Academic Leadership

Developing Faculty For Academic Leadership By Dr. S. Keith Hargrove There are many challenges confronting higher education in the 21st century. These challenges range from cyclical state and federal support, legislative oversight and accountability to a changing student population and the need for more effective leadership in academia. One key to addressing these and many […]

January 15, 2003

Students

English, Foreign Language Job Seekers Face Major Decline in Available Positions

English, Foreign Language Job Seekers Face Major Decline in Available PositionsBy Kendra Hamilton There were probably plenty of long faces at the annual convention for professors of English and foreign languages last month, as new data indicated the current crop of job seekers would face the toughest job market since the recession of the early […]

January 15, 2003

Faculty & Staff

A Scientific Approach

A Scientific Approach Kenneth RobertsTitle: Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C.Education: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina; M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina; B.S., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAge: 34As a child growing up in Atlanta, Kenneth Roberts showed an aptitude for math and science. His observant […]

January 1, 2003

Students

Morris Brown Faces Increased Pressure to Solve Financial Crisis, Pay Back Money

Morris Brown Faces Increased Pressure to Solve Financial Crisis, Pay Back Money ATLANTAMorris Brown College’s financial crisis appears to be growing as recent newspapers report in addition to being $23 million in debt, things are so bad that the cafeteria sometimes runs out of food, computer labs carefully ration paper and laptop computers that cost […]

November 20, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Dual Dilemma

Dual DilemmaBlack faculty work to ensure access, while making the academy hospitable to minority faculty, students”Like most non-Blacks, I guess, I have, anyway, always thought that Afro-American Studies is a pseudo-discipline, invented by guilty White liberals as a way of keeping Black intellectuals out of trouble and giving them a shot at holding professorships at […]

October 23, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Knox’s Little Secret

Knox’s Little SecretIllinois liberal arts college succeeds in hiring, retaining African American facultyA recent nationwide survey reported that, among universities, New York’s Columbia University and, among colleges, Pennsylvania’s Haverford College had the highest percentages of African American faculty in the nation, with 4.3 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively.But there’s another institution that has both schools […]

September 11, 2002