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Faculty & Staff

Slain UAH Professor Had integral Role in Minority STEM Education Network

Through Alabama’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, students of color at the University of Alabama Huntsville worked with mentors, such as the late Adriel Johnson (far left in photo), and earned degrees in STEM disciplines.

April 29, 2010

Faculty & Staff

CONVERGING INTERESTS

Environmental and sustainability issues have permeated every level of academia, from art instruction to business courses.

September 30, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Taking Faculty Development Online

The online medium nurtures dialogue among faculty coming from different disciplines and levels of experience.

August 20, 2008

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TOP 100 GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PRODUCERS – INTERPRETING THE DATA

Two of three U.S. citizens or permanent residents are not people of color; that is, they are non-Hispanic Caucasians.

July 9, 2008

African-American

Black Colleges Still Lacking Ph.D. African-American Studies Program

As African-American studies disciplinarians celebrate the expansion and 20-year anniversary of African American doctoral studies this year, some are wondering when there will be a similar development at historically Black colleges and universities.

June 17, 2008

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TOP 100 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PRODUCERS – INTERPRETING THE DATA

Over the past five years, the number of bachelor’s degrees conferred to African-Americans by proprietary (privatefor- profit) institutions increased by 150 percent or an average annual rate of 26 percent.

June 11, 2008

Leadership & Policy

African-U.S. University Partnerships Among Collaborations Urged By Global Leaders

In this globalized society, the need for intellectual collaboration across continents, cultures, institutions and disciplines is imperative in solving the scientific and technological mysteries that lie ahead, said panelists during the opening session Wednesday of the Higher Education Summit for Global Development at the Department of State.

April 30, 2008

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Bridging Purpose With Practice in Teaching

To prepare students for lives of civic engagement and economic responsibility, the professoriate must create a modern education structure that integrates liberal arts teaching practices and professional training.

April 9, 2008

Latinx

Just the Stats: Science Foundation Program Producing Results

More than 200,000 students from underrepresented populations have so far participated in a program started by the National Science Foundation to increase minority representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, according to the foundation.

February 19, 2008

Faculty & Staff

The tough sell – James Hill, University of Texas – Cover Story

With the appointment of its first African American vice president, the University of Texas tries to overcome its legacy of minority exclusion

July 14, 2007

HBCUs

The top 100: graduate and professional schools – part two; includes listing of postsecondary institutes that graduate the most minority students

This is the second half of Black Issues In Higher Education’s annual “Top 100” rankings of postsecondary institutions that graduate the most minority students. Part I ranked schools that grant baccalaureate degrees (see July 9, 1998 edition). This edition ranks graduate and professional schools.

July 12, 2007

HBCUs

The top 100: interpreting the data – students of color

For the seventh consecutive year, the publishers of Black Issues have asked me to to produce lists of the institutions that confer the largest number of degrees to students of color in the United States. These simple lists are presented with the objective of bringing national attention to those institutions that contribute, in raw numbers, to the educational attainment of members of ethnic and racial minorities.

July 12, 2007