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Reframing the School Safety Debate (Notes from AERA, Part 1)

by Dr. Emery Petchauer, May 28, 2009

Last month I participated in the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting along with thousands of other educational researchers. Each year the meeting is an incredibly stimulating time for me, especially since it comes late in the academic year. One element of the meeting that always stimulates my

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Black History, No More?

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, May 22, 2009

Now that Barack Obama is President of the United States, why don't we just pretend that America wasn't built on slaveholding? If the spate of recent "post-racial" articles suggesting that we need no longer commemorate the African American struggle for freedom and equality in this country is any indication, this seems

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Slam-Dunking Sports Myths: Thoughts from a “dumb jock” professor

by Dr. Robin Lee Hughes, May 14, 2009

As a professor, one of my major jobs is to choose or follow something called a research agenda. Once chosen, we devote lots of time learning about that particular area, becoming somewhat of an expert and parlaying the information back to larger audiences (in theory, although some of us, quite

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Mentoring is Absolutely Essential for the Future of the Professoriate

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, May 6, 2009

Yesterday as I was chatting on Facebook (yes, I do that) with a faculty member at a different institution than my own.  He's brand new on the tenure-track at a research university.  In addition, he is African American at a traditionally White institution and as such, most likely has to contend

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Predicting Academic Success Using Shoe Size: Affirming the Action in College Admissions

by Dr. Robin Lee Hughes, May 5, 2009

Many higher educational institutions no longer rely exclusively on standardized tests as a primary indicator of future academic success. However, the courts continue to be bombarded by numerous allegations of rampant reverse discrimination, and public outrage that stems from students’ performances on standardized tests. In light of the insurmountable testimony

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Diverse Sponsors ‘Mentoring’ Panel Discussion

Diverse Sponsors ‘Mentoring’ Panel Discussion

Journalist Janet Roach reports on the Diverse-sponsored panel discussion, “The Critical Role of Mentoring in Increasing Graduates and Faculty of Color”. The panel discussion was held in Washington, D.C. during the 98th annual conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.


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