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Faculty & Staff

Fort Valley State Students Back Ousted Swanier in Bid to Save Job

A group of current and former Fort Valley State students are rallying behind a popular tenured associate professor who was notified earlier this year that her position is being eliminated due to efforts to cut costs at the financially strapped public Black university.

October 28, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Peniel Joseph

Peniel E. Joseph is a tenured professor of history at Tuft s University and the author of several award-winning books, including Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama. He is a frequent commentator on issues of race, democracy […]

May 1, 2014

Students

Dr. Donna Shalala – President, University of Miami

Shalala became professor of political science and president of the University of Miami in June 2001 after eight years as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Shalala has more than 30 years of experience as a scholar, teacher and administrator. In 2011, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca […]

April 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers – President, Jackson State University

Meyers is the 10th president of Jackson State University and a professor of civil and environmental engineering. She is the former president of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va. Meyers was also a tenured faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the first associate dean for research in its College of Engineering. She […]

April 28, 2014

Students

Dr. Ana Gil-Garcia – University Professor, Northeastern Illinois University

Gil-Garcia is a three-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar, author and tenured professor at Northeastern Illinois University. An advocate for Latino educational leaders, she was named as one of the “Top Ten Chicago Latinos” in 2009. At the beginning of 2014, Chicago Public Schools appointed Gil-Garcia one of the 13 Latino Advisory Committee members, the District’s first-ever […]

April 25, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Review for Colorado University Professor Who Teaches Deviance Course

Patti Adler was ordered to stop teaching the class following complaints about a prostitution role-playing skit.

January 21, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student

Fort Valley State University, a state and land-grant institution of the University System of Georgia, seeks an experienced financial administrator to serve as Vice President for Business and Finance. Reporting to the President, the Vice President for Business and Finance is the University’s chief fiscal officer and provides strategic and tactical leadership.

August 27, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Kansas Board of Regents Considering ‘Post-Tenure’ Reviews

The Kansas Board of Regents will consider requiring the six state universities to put in place procedures for conducting periodic performance reviews for tenured faculty members.

November 5, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Southern University Considers Merging Colleges

The proposed plan would consolidate engineering with architecture, agriculture with the natural sciences and business with public policy, among other changes.

November 13, 2011

Tenure

Appreciation: The Moral Integrity of Derrick Bell

The heroic life of Derrick Bell demonstrates that even in the most difficult of circumstances, it is possible to protect one’s moral autonomy, an Eckerd College political scientist writes.

October 17, 2011

Tenure

Furlough Deal Fails at Southern University

The Southern University Faculty Senate has failed to reach an agreement on faculty furloughs that could prevent the administration’s call for a declaration of financial emergency on the campus.

August 30, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Decision Postponed on Southern University Financial Status

A decision on whether to declare a financial emergency for Southern University’s main campus was delayed Friday until this week, while school leaders try to broker a compromise with faculty over salary cuts.

August 29, 2011