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Faculty & Staff

Columbia Professor Latest High-Profile Defection

Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, one of the country’s most prominent Black intellectuals, is leaving Columbia University to join the University of Southern California as a joint professor of history and American studies and ethnicity…

May 1, 2006

Recruitment & Retention

Clinton, Dole Appear at Bennett College Fund-Raiser

Former President Bill Clinton and former Sen. Bob Dole, once political rivals, came together in September to

October 19, 2005

Students

Clinton, Dole Appear at Bennett College Fund-raiser

Former President Bill Clinton and former Sen. Bob Dole, once political rivals…

September 25, 2005

Recruitment & Retention

Columbia Dedicates $15 Million For Faculty Diversification Efforts

Columbia University recently announced the dedication of $15 million to jump start a new recruitment campaign and to accelerate other ongoing efforts to diversify its faculty. Story:

August 24, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Clemson, University of South Carolina Plan to Hire Hundreds

The universities of Clemson and South Carolina plan to hire nearly 1,300 new faculty over the next five years as some 5,000 college professors in South Carolina become eligible for retirement Story:

August 3, 2005

Recruitment & Retention

Columbia Dedicates $15M to Enhance Ongoing Efforts to Diversify Faculty

Columbia University this week announced the dedication of $15 million to jump start a new recruitment campaign and to accelerate other ongoing efforts to diversify its faculty Story:

August 2, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Women Faculty: Still Trailing After All These Years

Women Faculty: Still Trailing After All These YearsWASHINGTONThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has released an update on gender equity in academia. The sad story is that the 2003-2004 figures show little improvement in the salary gap over 25 years of higher education history.Among full-time faculty, for example, 38 percent are women. But among […]

January 12, 2005

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

Students

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising Campaign

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising CampaignGREENSBORO, N.C.Former U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole and the historically Black women’s college Bennett might appear to be an unlikely pair. Yet, the two have joined forces recently for an ambitious fund-raising endeavor.The former presidential candidate will serve as chairman of the school’s $50 million “Revitalizing Bennett Campaign,” […]

July 16, 2004

Students

Placing Diversity at the Core Of Institutional Excellence

Placing Diversity at the Core Of Institutional ExcellenceIn its Oct. 23, 2003, publication, Black Issues In Higher Education identified the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as one of a group of universities that have made progress in recruiting and retaining ethnically diverse faculty. As gratifying as that recognition is, it speaks to only part of […]

February 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Mission Possible: Three disparate institutions raise the bar nationwide for recruiting and retaining an ethnically diverse faculty

Mission PossibleThree disparate institutions raise the bar nationwide for recruiting and retaining an ethnically diverse facultyBy Kendra HamiltonIncreases in faculty diversity tend to come slowly and incrementally — a few percentage points here, a few percentage points there. But aggressive moves by three quite disparate institutions are raising eyebrows — and raising the bar for […]

October 22, 2003

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