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Students

Temple U. Establishes Center to Study, Promote Diversity-Related Issues

The discussion about race and the Philadelphia public school system had already lasted 20 minutes and Temple University students couldn’t stop talking. A forum on the country’s changing demographics hosted by the Philadelphia-based university’s new diversity research center left the students with more to say.

November 29, 2009

Faculty & Staff

The Overqualified Professor

Community and junior colleges are seeing a substantial increase in the number of job seekers, particularly Ph.D.s, who in other years might have opted for higher-profile opportunities.

July 22, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Perspectives: African-American Ph.D.s: Good Enough for America’s Educational Institutions?

For several years after receiving our doctorates, we struggled to find full-time work as tenure-track professors. Despite having more qualifications than many of the fresh Ph.D.s who were getting interviews and job offers, we were relegated to adjunct faculty positions that offered none of the benefits of tenure-track jobs.

April 29, 2009

Students

N.H. Catholic College Wants Twice the Diversity

St. Anselm College, a Roman Catholic college here, wants to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans and other minorities.

November 11, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

Cheyney President Meets With Campus Unions To Ease Tensions Over Summer Staffing, Financial Woes

The president of Cheyney University met with leaders of two campus unions in an effort to ease tensions over staffing, financial troubles and other issues.

June 22, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

Union Delays Call to Oust Cheyney President

A union representing support staff at Cheyney University that had planned to call for the school president’s ouster has agreed instead to meet with her to review concerns.

June 15, 2008

Students

Diversity Themes Feature Prominently at 30th Annual NISOD Conference

“We’re an open-door institution, but not enough African-American men are finding that door,” said Dr. Stephanie Bulger, explaining to NISOD Conference attendees about an ambitious plan the Wayne County Community College District has launched to enroll 1,000 Black men within the next five years.

May 29, 2008

Leadership & Policy

ACE: Significant Efforts Needed to Improve Diversity in College Presidency Ranks

An uneasy environment exists today for presidents of public HBCUs, leading to a revolving door of higher education executives.

February 7, 2008

Faculty & Staff

ACE: ‘Significant Efforts’ Needed To Improve Diversity In College Presidency Ranks

There’s been little increase in the number of minority college presidents in the last 20 years. A new report suggests efforts to diversify college president ranks begins with the recruitment and retention of minority faculty members.

February 6, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

The Use of Outside Voices in Increasing Faculty Diversity

For all of our difficulties in achieving student diversity on our nation’s college campuses, it is commonly acknowledged that faculty diversity is an even more elusive goal. Underrepresented minority faculty in 2005 composed only 16.5 percent of all full-time faculty in degree-granting institutions.

January 9, 2008

Recruitment & Retention

Perspectives: The Use of Outside Voices in Increasing Faculty Diversity

For all of our difficulties in achieving student diversity on our nation’s college campuses, it is commonly acknowledged that faculty diversity is an even more elusive goal. Underrepresented minority faculty in 2005 composed only 16.5 percent of all full-time faculty in degree-granting institutions.

January 7, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Experts To Study Campus Climate, Hiring Practices at UC Riverside

In an effort to address campus diversity complaints from minority faculty, students and alumni, the University of California, Riverside has invited three outside scholars to review faculty hiring policies and investigate the treatment of minority students within the Graduate School of Education.

December 4, 2007