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Faculty & Staff

Letters – January 21, 2010 Issue

Readers share opinions on recent Diverse stories.

January 20, 2010

Students

New Minority Engineering Leader Stresses K-12 Exposure to Careers

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, president and CEO of the National Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), says developing more elementary and secondary school initiatives that help steer under-represented minority students into undergraduate engineering programs will be a high priority during his tenure.

October 29, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Asian-Americans Hope To Build Pipelines to College Presidencies

Dr. Ding-Jo Currie has long been aware that she is one of only a handful of Asian American college presidents in the U.S. today. What she did not know until recently, however, is how few mid- and senior-level Asian administrators are groomed into becoming presidents.

October 4, 2009

Faculty & Staff

NOTEWORTHYNEWS: STILL A NO-GO FOR LIFTING ACADEMIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CUBA

President Barack Obama’s campaign promises to rescind limits remain a ‘work in progress.’

September 16, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Still a No-go for Lifting Academic Travel Restrictions to Cuba

President Barack Obama’s campaign promises to rescind limits remain a ‘work in progress.’

September 16, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Survey Shows More Diversity and Higher Graduation Rates at Public HBCUs

Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities have grown and expanded in the last 20 years, making their students and faculty among the most intellectually and racially diverse in higher education, according to a survey released Monday.

September 13, 2009

Tenure

USM Prepares for $2M Budget Cut

Deans from the University of Southern Mississippi’s five colleges are submitting $2-million budget cut proposals to the provost. It’s the first step in the possible elimination of staff, instructors and even tenured faculty.   According to The Associated Press, the cuts are the university’s response to an anticipated $10 million to $12 million budget shortfall […]

July 23, 2009

Students

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Tenured Faculty at Two-year Schools Impact Student Transfers

State articulation and transfer agreements do little to increase the number of community college students who transfer to fouryear institutions, but having tenured faculty at the community college level helps.

July 8, 2009

Students

Tenured Faculty at Community College Favorably Impact Student Transfer Decisions

State articulation and transfer agreements do little to increase the number of community college students who transfer to four-year institutions, but having tenured faculty at the community college level helps, according to a recent study conducted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington.

July 8, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Cutting Costs, Improving Learning

Despite a decade-long track record, many academics are still skeptical of the technology-fueled course redesign movement.

April 29, 2009

Tenure

Attitude Is Everything

Faculty attitude can dictate the success or failure of an online program.

March 19, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Keeping Pace, But Not Catching Up

Although women have surpassed men in degree attainment in many fields, women’s numbers in coveted tenure positions and leadership posts still lag behind.

March 4, 2009