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Emory, Mellon Foundation Team Up for Fellowship Program

Emory, Mellon Foundation Team Up for Fellowship ProgramATLANTAEmory University has received a $247,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to partner in a new fellowship program that will place some of the university’s top graduate students in the classrooms of six colleges and universities in Atlanta and New Orleans. The program expands and enhances […]

December 31, 2003

Faculty & Staff

On the Job Market

On the Job MarketNewly minted Ph.D. shares her experiences, advice on finding that coveted first academic job. By Keonya BookerIn these lean economic times, everyone is feeling the pressure to obtain full-time employment and the world of academia is no different. For a new Ph.D., securing a position in academia is becoming increasingly complicated. As […]

July 2, 2003

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New Web Site Highlights Liberal Arts Schools

December 4, 2002

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CollegeJournal.com Offers Job Market Advice

CollegeJournal.com Offers Job Market AdviceBy Ronald Roach PRINCETON, N.J.Liberal arts majors will need to work harder than ever to find jobs after graduation in this tough economy, according to CollegeJournal.com, . “It’s a poor hiring market for many job hunters, but new liberal-arts grads will have an especially tough time since fewer companies will be […]

November 20, 2002

Community Colleges

Stipulations on the Election of Undergraduate Members of PHI BETA KAPPA

Stipulations on the Election of Undergraduate Members of PHI BETA KAPPAIndividual chapters determine their specific criteria for election of members; however, all candidates must meet these minimal requirements.1) Eligible students shall be candidates for a liberal bachelor’s degree in a college of arts and sciences or its institutional equivalent.2) They shall be majoring in an […]

October 9, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Extending Their Reach

Extending Their ReachWith the 50th anniversaries approaching of the establishment of Phi Beta Kappa chapters at Howard and Fisk universities, the anniversary is a reminder that the honor society remains a remote influence on historically Black institutions and Black students at predominantly White college campuses.By Ronald RoachFew academic organizations can claim to have conferred as […]

October 9, 2002

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University of Washington Seeks Pacific Ocean Data Via Internet

University of Washington Seeks Pacific Ocean Data Via InternetSEATTLEScientists at the University of Washington have proposed an ambitious project that would place networked underwater cameras and recording equipment on the Pacific Ocean floor for the transmission of scientific data through the Internet. The NEPTUNE project, which means North East Pacific Time-series Undersea Network Experiments, would […]

September 25, 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

Faculty & Staff

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around: ‘Plugged in’ in the Piedmont

‘Plugged in’ in the PiedmontDr. Dorothy Cowser YancyJohnson C. Smith UniversityIt takes a lot of personal energy to be a college president, especially when one’s goal is to achieve more than the status quo. Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy has always been known as someone with energy to spare. As the president of Johnson C. Smith University, […]

August 28, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-Around

Secrets of the Presidential Turn-AroundVision, leadership and old-fashioned hard work help troubled schools reboundBy Cheryl D. FieldsIn today’s competitive higher education market, where institutions are struggling to balance the demands of tightening budgets, expanding technology needs, burgeoning enrollments and salary crunches, presidents who have a knack for turning water into wine are a sought-after lot. […]

August 28, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Morris Brown President to Resign in June

Morris Brown President to Resign in JuneATLANTADr. Dolores Cross, who has been president at Morris Brown College since 1999, announced plans to resign effective June 30. Cross was the first female president at the private liberal arts and historically Black college that now serves more than 2,700 students. The college is affiliated with the African […]

March 13, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Leon Wright Bey has been promoted to dean of the school of liberal arts and education at Virginia State University in Petersburg. Bey has been an employee of Virginia State for 22 years, serving most recently as chair of the health, physical education and recreation department. Bey received a bachelor’s at VSU; a […]

December 6, 2000