Tag: Faculty Research: Page 2

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: Understanding the Peer-Review Process

Up there with the tenure system, the peer-review process is perhaps one of the most baffling and convoluted aspects of modern academia.

July 13, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Former Pro Football Player Shifts into Role of Scholar

Dr. Pellom McDaniels describes himself as a conundrum in the world of higher education.

July 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Florida Takes Giant Step Onto Center Stage

Hiring computer science guru Dr. Juan E. Gilbert and colleagues from Clemson is just the start for the school on a mission to raise its profile and diversify.

May 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: What K-12 Systems Can Learn from Best Education College Rankings

Student success stems from teacher capability. The educators who oversee today’s classrooms directly determine how much their students learn.

April 9, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Report: Part-time Professors Represented Among the Working Poor

House Democratic education committee staffers release congressional study that documents difficult working conditions under which many part-time and adjunct faculty members endure.

February 6, 2014

Students

Samford Law’s Wendy Greene Uses Lessons of Civil Rights Movement to Fight Current Day Racial Inequality

This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar, inspired by the work of Thurgood Marshall and student-led sit-ins during the civil rights movement, is a sought-after speaker on racial and gender inequality in the workplace.

January 27, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Former ASU Doctoral Student Sexual Harassment Case Moves Forward

Former doctoral student Tasha Kunzi’s sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation case against Arizona State University can move forward, a federal judge has ruled.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Stanford Dean Claude Steele Selected as UC Berkeley Provost

Claude Steele, social psychology scholar and dean of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, has been tapped to serve as the next executive vice chancellor and provost of the University of California, Berkeley.

January 13, 2014

Students

Diverse Conversations: Current Issues in Higher Education

University of the Sciences President Dr. Helen F. Giles-Gee assesses the challenges facing colleges and universities and how institution presidents can respond to them.

October 7, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Financier’s $15 Million Gift to Expand Black Studies Research at Harvard

Harvard University announced that it is launching the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research with a $15 million gift from a family foundation endowed by financier Glenn Hutchins.

September 18, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Howard University Extending Reach Via Online Programs

At a time when universities are attempting to make up for revenue shortfalls, Howard University is expanding its reach through its planned online course offerings that will be available in the fall of 2014.

August 21, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Stanford University Releases First of Two Faculty Diversity Studies

In an effort to ensure that Stanford retains underrepresented minority faculty members, university officials are seeking to improve the campus climate such that the faculty members feel more valued at Stanford.

May 30, 2013