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Faculty & Staff

Affirmative Action Fallout:

Race-conscious affirmative action in higher education survived a close challenge in 2003 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race Story:

July 13, 2005

Latinx

From Oppression to Grace: Women of Color and Their Dilemmas Within the Academy

From Oppression to Grace: Women of Color and Their Dilemmas Within the AcademyEdited by Dr. Theodora Regina Berry and Dr. Nathalie MizelleStylus Publishing, 2004288pp., $24.95 paperback ISBN: 1579221114; $59.95 hardcover ISBN 1579221106 This book gives voice to the experiences of women of color — women of African, American Indian, Latina, East Indian, Korean and Japanese […]

January 12, 2005

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EDUCATION: Derrick P. Alridge

EDUCATIONRevisiting Intellectual TraditionsDerrick P. AlridgeTitle: Associate Professor, Social Foundations of Education, University of Georgia-AthensEducation: Ph.D., Educational Theory and Policy, Pennsylvania State University; M.Ed., History/Social Science Education, Winthrop University; B.A., History, Winthrop UniversityAge: 41If you ever get the chance to correspond with Dr. Derrick P. Alridge, be sure to pay close attention to the tagline on […]

January 12, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Lending a Helping Hand

Lending a Helping HandThank you for calling attention to President William Harvey’s excellent mentoring of chief administrators who later become college presidents (see Oct. 21, 2004). His grooming such leaders for a presidency bodes well for his commitment to genuine service in the academy. Lending a helping hand to others with leadership potential increases President […]

December 1, 2004

Students

Pursuing the Professoriate

Pursuing the ProfessoriateInstitute offers minority scholars tips, survival strategies for navigating graduate processBy Robin V. SmilesATLANTAAfter 40 years of affirmative action, still only 5 percent of faculty are African American; 3 percent are Latino or Hispanic; 2½ percent are Asian American and less than 1 percent are American Indian, according to Dr. Orlando Taylor, vice […]

November 17, 2004

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New Learning Community Promotes Diversity, Leadership At University of Nebraska-Lincoln

New Learning Community Promotes Diversity, Leadership At University of Nebraska-LincolnLINCOLN, Neb. Melvin Jones Scholars Learning Community supporters plan for students in this new University of Nebraska-Lincoln learning community to become leaders both in academic and off-campus settings.The community is named for former UNL Vice Chancellor Melvin Jones, who died in 1999. M. Colleen Jones, Melvin […]

November 3, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Brave New Leadership

Brave New LeadershipWith community college presidents retiring left and right, what’s an open-access institution to do? Leadership programs just might be the answerAs community colleges grapple with some of the most pressing issues they’ve ever faced — teacher shortages, swelling enrollments and budget cuts, to name a few — those at the helm of the […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Cracking the ‘Cement Wall’ To the College Presidency

Cracking the ‘Cement Wall’ To the College PresidencyBy Kendra Hamilton Millennium Leadership Initiative prepares minority higher education professionals for the administrative ranks     Dr. Livingston Alexander is finishing an “exhilarating” first year as president of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. He thanks the Millennium Leadership Institute. Dr. Gregory Williams, in his third year at the helm […]

August 25, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Award-Winning Approaches to Retention

Award-Winning Approaches to RetentionHigher education consulting firm Noel-Levitz recognizes a handful of universities with the most effective retention programsRetaining incoming freshmen is one of the most critical issues colleges and universities face, particularly among minority, poor and first-generation students. Though university retention programs share many similarities, institutions take many different and innovative approaches to best […]

July 16, 2004

Faculty & Staff

New Answers to Old Questions

New Answers to Old QuestionsUnderground Codes: Race, Crime and Related FiresBy Katheryn Russell-Brown, New York University Press, 2004, 175 pp., $18.00 paperback, ISBN 0814775411; $55.00, cloth, ISBN 0814775403In Underground Codes, Katheryn Russell-Brown tackles a range of race and crime issues. From outdated research methods that perpetuate stereotypes about African Americans, women and crime to the […]

June 30, 2004

Faculty & Staff

The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Black Junior Faculty

The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Black Junior FacultyHow do some Black junior faculty manage to successfully negotiate academic life? From my observation, they tend to have several things in common. First, highly successful Black junior faculty learn the expectations for promotion. Whether this information is provided directly (“We want a book and four articles […]

June 30, 2004

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In Memoriam

Walter H. Annenberg — businessman; statesman; publisher; philanthropist, The Annenberg FoundationArthur Ashe — tennis legend; educator; social activist; organizer, Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid Dr. Marguerite Ross Barnett — educator; political scientist; administrator; first woman and first African American president, University of Houston Dr. Ernest Boyer Sr. — educator; scholar; president, Carnegie Foundation for the […]

June 16, 2004