Diverse Issues in Higher Education articles from November 2005

Diverse Issues in Higher Education archives from November 2005

Reluctant discussions.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
November 3, 2005... Long before Hurricane Katrina hit, the academy was already looking more closely at the issue of class in regards to diversity. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies, several...

Federal student aid program funding in limbo.(WASHINGTON UPDATE)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Anyone wishing for immediate increases in student aid will have to wait at least a few more weeks. President Bush recently signed a continuing resolution funding the federal government through Nov. 18 at fiscal year 2005 levels. The resolution...

Two-year colleges enrolled more than 4 million in 2004.(WASHINGTON UPDATE)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... More than 4 million Americans attended two-year schools a year ago. The Census Bureau's figures for October 2004 show that an estimated 2.6 million attended full-time and 1.74 million part-time. The overwhelming majority (2.3 million full-time...

Two-year college students defaulting less.(WASHINGTON UPDATE)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Loan default rates among two-year college students are dropping, but they remain higher than those for other college students. The Department of Education reported that the overall default rate on Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loans...

Public, private degree rates vary widely.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Slightly more than 40 percent of public postsecondary schools and slightly more than half of for-profit colleges offer an associate degree as their highest degree. But only 6 percent of private nonprofit colleges do, reports the National Center...

Undocumented college students worry about job opportunities.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 3, 2005... OKLAHOMA CITY More than 200 undocumented college students are attending college at in-state tuition rates in Oklahoma, but many fear they will be unable to find work when they graduate. While states can help undocumented students go to...

How they beat the odds: Chicana scientists share stories of overcoming obstacles to achieve professional success.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 3, 2005... DENVER Their disciplines range from psychology to mathematics to biology, but their stories are nearly interchangeable. Chicano women have been making strides in academia in recent years, but much of that progress has come while battling...

North Carolina Central University to establish Institute for Homeland Security.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 3, 2005... DURHAM, N.C. North Carolina Central University announced in October that it will establish an Institute for Homeland Security & Workforce Development to better educate students and the local community about issues related to terrorism and...

Vivian Malone Jones, first Black to graduate from University of Alabama, dies at 63.(Biography)
November 3, 2005... ATLANTA Vivian Malone Jones, one of two Black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to former Gov. George Wallace's infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door" in 1963, died on Oct. 13. She was 63. Jones, who...

Civil rights activist C. DeLores Tucker dies at 78: waged campaign against violent, misogynistic rap lyrics.
November 3, 2005... PHILADELPHIA Longtime civil rights activist C. DeLores Tucker, a former Pennsylvania secretary of state and founder of a national Black women's political organization, died Oct. 12. She was 78. Tucker died at a suburban Philadelphia...

Xavier, Dillard to hold classes at Tulane and Loyola.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... NEW ORLEANS Students from Xavier and Dillard universities will be able to attend class and administrators from the two historically Black schools will share office space on the campuses of Tulane and Loyola universities this spring. ...

American University trustees oust President Amid spending scandal.
November 3, 2005... WASHINGTON American University trustees announced that Dr. Benjamin Ladner will not return as president of the institution after a months-long investigation into his spending (see Diverse, Oct. 20, 2005). The university's board of...

Public enemy's Chuck D urges students to be decisive.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... GREENVILLE, N.C. Chuck D, the primary voice behind rap group Public Enemy, urged students at East Carolina University to resist the dumbing-down movement occurring in American culture. "Minds are the real estate of the new millennium,"...

University of Kentucky president meets with lawmakers over drop in diversity.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 3, 2005... FRANKFORT, KY. University of Kentucky President Lee Todd met with a group of state lawmakers last month and apologized to the predominantly Black group for comments made by school officials implying that Black students could not survive...

Civil rights groups focus attention on Katrina victims.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Civil rights groups have centered much of their attention on victims of Hurricane Katrina, helping with emergency relief and advocating for poor and minority survivors during reconstruction. Some examples: * Asian American Justice...

HBCU alums on 2005 NFL rosters.(Historically Black Colleges and Universities, National Football League)
November 3, 2005... CURRENT NFL PLAYERS THAT ATTENDED HBCUs Baltimore Ravens # 80--Randy Hines, Grambling State University # 77--Orlando Brown, South Carolina State University * Buffalo Bills # 66--Bennie Anderson, Tennessee State University...

Virginia tech researchers identify influences in IT career choices for women.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 3, 2005... BLACKSBURG, VA. A team of researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have identified five factors that influence women's informational technology (IT) career choices. One of those factors appears to be race. Many...

Microsoft founder calls on more minority students to consider computer science.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 3, 2005... WASHINGTON From applications that allow you to scan business receipts and send the data directly to your expense account software, to a version of the Xbox gaming machine that makes the software "more social" by allowing you to link up...

Millions more movement.(10th anniversary of the Million Man March )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... On Oct. 15, 2005, thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March and renew commitments to work toward positive change. The primary message of the day-long event was unity,...

Gordon Parks gives collection of photos to hometown community college.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 3, 2005... FORT SCOTT, KANSAS Gordon Parks, the Fort Scott native who gained international fame as a photographer, author and filmmaker, has donated 30 of his photographs to the center bearing his name at Fort Scott Community College. The...

The Sallie Mae Fund launches $1 million Florida campaign to increase financial aid awareness among minorities.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 3, 2005... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. The Sallie Mae Fund kicked off its Florida "Paying for College" bus tour Oct. 12 at Godby High School, where students participated in a workshop on planning and paying for college. The bus tour is part of the...

In memoriam: August Wilson: 1945-2005.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Biography)
November 3, 2005... In 10 plays, nine set in Pittsburgh's "Hill District," August Wilson, more than any writer of his generation, chronicled the lives of the "ordinary" Black folks. He documented in a poet's voice the history, culture, vision, pain, psychology,...

Class matters: Skidmore College professor urges an examination of whether the academy ignores class in the push for diversity.(Interview)
November 3, 2005... Ever since George Washington opted for the title of president rather than king, Americans have been uncomfortable with the idea of class distinctions. But Dr. Janet Galligani Casey says it's time for liberal arts colleges to examine how current...

Contemplating Katrina's Chaos: focused on evacuees, scholars urge multifaceted response to their plight.
November 3, 2005... To get some notion of how deeply scholars have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, you might look to someone like Dr. Erma Lawson, a medical sociologist from the University of North Texas. Lawson. who has been coordinating the assistance...

(Un)rankings and degrees.(Degrees of Choice: Social Class, Race and Gender in Higher Education )(Book Review)
November 3, 2005... Degrees of Choice: Social Class, Race and Gender in Higher Education By Diane Reay, Miriam E. David and Stephen Ball Trentham Books distributed in the U.S. by Stylus Publishing, 2005 192pp., $29.95 paper, ISBN: 1-85856-330-5 Degrees of...

Dimensions of diversity.(SPEAKING OF EDUCATION)
November 3, 2005... Most of the time, when people of color talk about diversity, we refer to race and gender. We want to see faculties and boardrooms that "look like America," with representation that approximates population representation. In other words, we want...

Ford, Boeing and Northwestern University to form nanotechnology alliance.(TECH BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... EVANSTON, ILL. Ford Motor Co., the Boeing Co. and Northwestern University plan to form an alliance to research and develop commercial applications of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is the branch of engineering that deals with things...

Emotional IQ contributes to computing coursework success, Virginia tech researchers say.(TECH BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... BLACKSBURG, VA. The emotional intelligence of students indirectly contributes to academic success in information technology studies, according to preliminary results from research conducted by researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute...

A question of academic integrity: one scholar challenges the scholarship of Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.(DIVERSE FORUM)
November 3, 2005... After reading Ronald Roach's interview (see Black Issues In Higher Education, Aug. 11, 2005) with Dr. Michael Dyson concerning Dyson s latest book--Is Bill Cosby Right? (Or Has The Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?)--my first impulse was to do...

New York City College of Technology/CUNY.(appointment of Miguel Cairol )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Miguel Cairol has been named vice president for administration and finance at New York City College of Technology/CUNY. Previously, he served as acting dean for planning and special assistant to the president. Cairol holds a bachelor's from...

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.(appointment of Zenobia L. Hikes )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Zenobia L. Hikes has been named vice president for student affairs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Most recently she was vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Spelman College in Atlanta. Hikes...

South Carolina State University.(appointment of Vanessa R. Lancaster )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Vanessa R. Lancaster has been appointed director of the Felton Laboratory School at South Carolina State University. Most recently she served as the state director for the Teacher Advancement Program for the Milken Foundation and the South...

California State University.(appointment of Gordon Nakagawa )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Gordon Nakagawa has been named associate dean of humanities at California State University, Northridge. Most recently he served as interim associate dean and chair of Asian American studies. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from...

Alabama A&M University.(appointment of Christopher Odionu )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Christopher Odionu has been named chief information officer at Alabama A&M University. Most recently he was associate vice president and chief information officer at the University of Detroit. He earned a bachelor's, master's and doctorate...

Johnson C. Smith University.(appointment of Nathaniel Pollard Jr.)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Nathaniel Pollard Jr. has been named executive vice president/provost at Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. A former president of Bowie State University, he earned a bachelor's from Miles College and a doctorate from Oklahoma...

Palm Beach Community College.(appointment of Beverly J. Robinson )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Beverly J. Robinson has been named the new provost for Palm Beach Community College's Belle Glade campus. Most recently she was associate vice president of community development at Central Florida Community College. Robinson earned a...

University of Kansas.(appointment of Robert G. Rodriguez )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Robert G. Rodriguez has been named the associate director of the McNair Scholars Program at the University of Kansas, where he has served in various capacities over the past eight years. He received a bachelor's from the University of...

North Carolina Central University.(appointment of Dorothy Singleton )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Dorothy Singleton has been appointed director of North Carolina Central University's Institute for the Study of Minority Issues. Most recently, she served as director of the Office of Student Services and Certification at Winston-Salem...

Dr. Maria D. Suarez has been appointed director of the Douglass Project for Women in Math, Science and Engineering and assistant dean at Douglass College, Rutgers University.(appointment)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Maria D. Suarez has been appointed director of the Douglass Project for Women in Math, Science and Engineering and assistant dean at Douglass College, Rutgers University. She earned a bachelor's from the University of Puerto Rico and a...

Winston-Salem State University.(appointment of Peggy Valentine )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Peggy Valentine has been named dean of the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University. She previously served as associate dean of pharmacy, nursing and allied health sciences at Howard University. Valentine earned a...

Boston College.(appointment of Cynthia Young )(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Dr. Cynthia Young has been named director of Boston College's Black studies program. Most recently she was an assistant professor of English and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Young earned a bachelor's...

Albright College (Pa.) received a $10,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to purchase safety and security equipment for the campus.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Albright College (Pa.) received a $10,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to purchase safety and security equipment for the campus. The new equipment includes a portable radio and radio control...

Daemen College (N.Y.) has been awarded a $155,984 grant for the Teacher/Leader Quality Partnership through the New York State Education Department.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Daemen College (N.Y.) has been awarded a $155,984 grant for the Teacher/Leader Quality Partnership through the New York State Education Department. The Education and the Natural Sciences Department at Daemen are partnering with the Buffalo...

Delaware State University's Applied Optics Center received a $630,000 grant from the U.S. Defense Department to establish a multi-disciplinary research collaboration project with cancer researchers from Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Delaware State University's Applied Optics Center received a $630,000 grant from the U.S. Defense Department to establish a multi-disciplinary research collaboration project with cancer researchers from Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center....

Duke University (N.C.) received a $75 million gift from the Duke Endowment of Charlotte for student financial aid.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Duke University (N.C.) received a $75 million gift from the Duke Endowment of Charlotte for student financial aid. This is the largest single gift made by the endowment in its 81-year history and the largest single gift ever received by the...

Huston-Tillotson University (Texas) received $100,000 from Johnson Controls Inc. to support an environmental research center that will facilitate the establishment of a consortium.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Huston-Tillotson University (Texas) received $100,000 from Johnson Controls Inc. to support an environmental research center that will facilitate the establishment of a consortium and partnerships to increase research opportunities in science,...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $30,000 grant from the BellSouth Foundation.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $30,000 grant from the BellSouth Foundation for its comparative media studies department.

Moraine Valley Community College (Ill.) received two state-funded grants totaling $123,000 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Illinois Department of Labor.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Moraine Valley Community College (Ill.) received two state-funded grants totaling $123,000 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Illinois Department of Labor to continue offering assistance to area businesses...

New York City College of Technology received a one-year $197,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to expand the college's involvement with Brooklyn, New York's at-risk youth population.(GRANTS & AWARDS)(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... New York City College of Technology received a one-year $197,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to expand the college's involvement with Brooklyn, New York's at-risk youth...

Norfolk State University (Va.) has received a five-year $3.6 million grant from the National institutes of Health Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions program.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Norfolk State University (Va.) has received a five-year $3.6 million grant from the National institutes of Health Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions program to assist in the creation of a center for Biotechnology and Biomedical...

North Carolina Central University received a $100,000 gift from alumnus attorney Willie E. Gary.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... North Carolina Central University received a $100,000 gift from alumnus attorney Willie E. Gary to fund scholarships at the university's School of Law.

Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) National Technical Institute for the Deaf received a $100,000 grant from The Max Factor Family Foundation.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... The Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) National Technical Institute for the Deaf received a $100,000 grant from The Max Factor Family Foundation for an information technology training and career development workshop series for deaf and...

Texas College received a $79,233 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through the Southern Education Foundation to assist student evacuees from Hurricane Katrina.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... Texas College received a $79,233 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through the Southern Education Foundation to assist student evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. Texas College currently has 21 students enrolled from several Louisiana...

The University of Hawaii Pacific Business Center Program received $250,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... The University of Hawaii Pacific Business Center Program received $250,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to improve the level of private sector-led economic development in the U.S. insular areas.

The Yale University (Conn.) School of Law received a gift of more than $30 million from the estate of Oscar M. Ruebhausen, a 1937 graduate of the Yale Law School..(Brief Article)
November 3, 2005... The Yale University (Conn.) School of Law received a gift of more than $30 million from the estate of Oscar M. Ruebhausen, a 1937 graduate of the Yale Law School. The gift is one of largest in the history of American legal education.

Events.(Calendar)
November 3, 2005... NOVEMBER Nov. 13-15 NASULGC 118th Annual Meeting Hilton Washington and Towers Washington, D.C. Phone: (202) 478-6050 Web: www.nasulgc.org Nov. 14-16 National Action Council for Minorities In...

From the eye of the storm to the eyes of the nation: Katrina victims' health disparities take center stage.(LAST WORD)
November 3, 2005... While Katrina no longer dominates the evening news, the inadequate and negligent response of our government to the New Orleans tragedy presents an unprecedented challenge equal to or exceeding that of rebuilding that city's infrastructure. Our...

The pivotal role of women.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial)
November 17, 2005... The recent passings of leading ladies of the civil rights movement, Constance Baker Motley, Vivian Malone, C. Delores Tucker and Rosa Parks saddened me, but they also have made me marvel at and appreciate the pivotal role women had in the...

Pew report: Latinos more likely than Blacks, Whites to attend the largest public high schools.(WASHINGTON UPDATE)
November 17, 2005... WASHINGTON Hispanic teens are more likely than Blacks and Whites to attend public high schools that have the most students, the highest concentrations of poor students and highest student-teacher ratios, according to a new Pew Hispanic...

Government questions effectiveness of STEM expenditures.(science, technology, engineering and math)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2005... About $2.8 billion from nearly every federal cabinet department went into 207 education programs designed to increase and improve the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math. But one equation no one has solved is what we get for...

Katrina relief continues.(disaster relief)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2005... The Department of Education extended paperwork deadlines for schools and lenders in Hurricane Rita's damage zone. It previously did so for schools affected by Hurricane Katrina. Anyone who missed the Sept. 30 deadline for filing a Fiscal...

A quiet crisis: conference highlights higher education disparities between Latino men and women.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 17, 2005... LOS ANGELES The higher college enrollment and graduation rates of women versus men has long been considered a crisis in the Black community. But the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute recently addressed a similar, less well-documented,...

UNC-Chapel Hill opens up records about ties to slavery.(University of North Carolina)
November 17, 2005... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. In the early decades of the nation's oldest public university, students at the University of North Carolina had servants who kindled fires in their rooms and cut wood to fuel their stoves. And at the school that's so...

Study: gender, race gap still exists in sports front offices, sidelines: WNBA receives top marks for opportunities for women and minorities.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 17, 2005... ORLANDO, FLA. The WNBA was the only major professional sports league to receive top marks in a comprehensive study comparing opportunities for women and minorities in sports. The University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity...

Georgia's only HBCU engineering program fighting closure: Clark Atlanta University says program would be too costly to bring up to accreditation standards.
November 17, 2005... ATLANTA Yemaya Stallworth came to Clark Atlanta University to be an engineer, choosing to pursue her destiny at a school where her teachers and classmates looked like her. Working at General Electric while taking classes full time toward...

Air Force coach under fire for comments on minority players.(Fisher DeBerry)(Interview)
November 17, 2005... COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. Air Force Academy head football coach Fisher DeBerry, expressing frustration after a recent 48-10 loss to Texas Christian University, attributed the loss in part to TCU's having more "Afro-American" players who "can...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore aims to start first golf degree at HBCU.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 17, 2005... PRINCESS ANNE, MD. A manicured golf course was right across the street from the house where Christina Cooper spent her childhood. But growing up Black in Baltimore, Cooper never thought of golf as a game for her--until her college...

Alcorn State first to receive endowment money from Ayers settlement.(Alcorn State University, Jake Ayers Sr.)
November 17, 2005... JACKSON, MISS. Alcorn State University has received $1.7 million in endowment money as part of the settlement of Mississippi's college desegregation lawsuit. The state College Board approved the distribution last month. Alcorn,...

University of Georgia Terry College of Business wins first place in 2005 National Black MBA Association competition.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2005... ATHENS, GA. A polished presentation prepared by a team of Terry College of Business MBA students from the University of Georgia earned first place in the National Black MBA Association-DaimlerChrysler Case Competition held in San Diego...

Michigan State professor wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize.(Dr. Laurent Dubois for its book 'A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804' )
November 17, 2005... NEW HAVEN, CONN. Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition recently awarded the Seventh Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize to Dr. Laurent Dubois for his study of the trans-cultural...

John Hope Franklin publishes memoirs of life.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 17, 2005... DURHAM, N.C. These days, Dr. John Hope Franklin spends more time in the greenhouse with his collection of 300 orchids than in library stacks. Franklin fell in love with orchids because "they're full of challenges, mystery"--the same...

Fiscal strains force Xavier University to cut programs, faculty.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2005... NEW ORLEANS Campus damages, combined with fiscal uncertainty in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, have prompted Xavier University of Louisiana to announce faculty and staff personnel reductions--as well as the suspension of several...

College price increases moderate, but reliance on borrowing still rising.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2005... NEW YORK Price increases at colleges and universities slowed down somewhat this year, but students who need financial aid are still relying increasingly on loans to pay for higher education, according to figures released by the College...

UMass study ranks Delaware first, Louisiana last for work environment.(University of Massachusetts)
November 17, 2005... BOSTON Delaware ranked first and Louisiana last in a University of Massachusetts study that attempted to measure the quality of worker treatment, based on factors including job opportunities, job quality and workplace fairness. After...

ECS reprinted report highlights continued need to improve student learning.(Education Commission of the States)
November 17, 2005... DENVER The Education Commission of the States released in October the 2005 edition of "Prisoners of Time," a reprint of the 1994 report produced by the National Education Commission on Time and Learning. The reprint was funded by...

Tommie Smith, John Carlos sculpture unveiled at San Jose State University.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Brief Article)
November 17, 2005... SAN JOSE, CALIF. The three-year effort at San Jose State University to honor 1968 Olympic gold and bronze medal winners and SJSU student activists, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, culminated on Oct. 17, with the unveiling of a 20-foot...

Student looks to open Latino fraternity at Iowa State University.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 17, 2005... AMES, Iowa Is there enough interest at Iowa State University to support a multicultural fraternity aimed at Latino students? That's the question facing Juan Guardia, a graduate student who held a recent meeting about opening a chapter of...

Remembering Rosa Parks, 1913-2005.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 17, 2005... Rosa Parks smiles during a ceremony where she received the Congressional Medal of Freedom in Detroit, Nov. 28, 1999. Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a White man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died of natural causes in...

College faculty more confident regarding retirement savings than general working population, survey finds.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
November 17, 2005... NEW YORK TIAA-CREF, the financial services organization, released in October the findings from the first-ever "Retirement Confidence Survey of College and University Faculty." The survey shows that faculty in higher education are more...

Getting off the burnout track? For "freeway faculty," new models of work could be an escape route--or a roadblock.(SPECIAL REPORT: CAREERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION)
November 17, 2005... For those bright, young scholars who seek an idyllic life of secure full-time employment while engaging in the teaching and research of their choice, the cozy confines of higher education has always been seen as the Mecca. But according to...

Flying standby: the life of an adjunct professor can be rewarding but uncertain.(SPECIAL REPORT: CAREERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION)
November 17, 2005... The plight of graduate assistants in the academy has repeatedly made headlines in recent years. Just last month, the union representing New York University graduate teaching assistants said it had authorized a strike over the university's...

The ticking of the biological and tenure clocks: Princeton University institutes new policy, placing the school at the forefront of family-friendly workplaces.(Cover Story)
November 17, 2005... Colleges and universities are arguably among the most enlightened and progressive institutions in America. So when it comes to maternity and career policies, one would expect that they'd be at the forefront of similarly progressive...

Diversity officers--coming to a campus near you? From diversifying the curriculum to the faculty, these senior-level administrators are taking on unprecedented roles.(SPECIAL REPORT: CAREERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION)
November 17, 2005... In the long line of equity and access shifts, maneuvers and descriptive title appointments in higher education, yet another has emerged. One of the newest titles, "chief diversity officer," owes its lineage to its more controversial...

Cultural collisions: the relationship between international teaching assistants and American students can often be challenging--tips to ease the tension.
November 17, 2005... Much has been written about the sometimes contentious relationship between international teaching assistants and their American students. ITA's sometimes unfamiliar accents, teaching styles and cultural nuances can create an environment where...