cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.SportsThis HBCU President Is Strongly Against a Fall ReopeningColleges and universities are “deluding themselves” about getting students back to campuses in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr. Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College which is an HBCU (historically Black college or university). In a recent article in The Atlantic, Sorrell said higher education institutions “are letting their financial and […]May 19, 2020News RoundupHarvard Law Review’s First President of Color Dies of CancerHarvard Law Review’s first president of color Raj R. Marphatia died May 8 after a battle with cancer, reported The Harvard Crimson. He was 60. Marphatia was born and raised in India and came to the U.S. in 1977 when in high school. He graduated from Harvard College, and in 1985, enrolled at Harvard Law […]May 19, 2020StudentsMany Student Veterans May Not Receive COVID-19 Emergency Grants, Says Advocacy GroupMany students veterans may not be eligible to receive federal COVID-19 emergency grants because of Department of Education guidance that restricts these cash grants to students who have filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, said Veterans Education Success, an advocacy group. “If ED [Department of Education] maintains its April 21 guidance […]May 19, 2020HealthThe Integrated Liberal Arts Approach: The Curricular Vaccine Higher Education Needs Now More Than EverPerhaps the COVID-19 pandemic that we are all battling on a global scale will serve as a great reminder that we need an integrated multidisciplinary lens to create better models, predictions, and policies to understand, prevent and contain the pandemic.May 19, 2020StudentsReport: Undocumented Students Generated $133 Million in Emergency Aid, but They Won’t Receive a PennyAn estimated half-million undocumented students enrolled in colleges and universities generated up to $132.6 million in COVID-19 federal stimulus emergency aid for their institutions, according to a recent analysis from a Washington-based policy institute. Yet those same students are barred from receiving any of that aid.May 18, 2020Community CollegesWhy Flexibility in Credit Transfers Is Crucial for Equity in a Post-COVID-19 WorldHigher education groups have urged four-year institutions to revamp how they evaluate credits earned by students transferring campuses, saying both four-year and two-year colleges must ensure that more credits count toward baccalaureate degrees, especially in a post-coronavirus economy.May 18, 2020News RoundupA Stanford Center Plans Reforms After Backlash Over Professor’s Use of N-WordStanford University’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity has decided to institute reform measures after backlash following a professor’s use of the N-Word during two separate classes, one in late April and one in early May, reported The Stanford Daily. The center plans to increase instructor representation, revise teaching methods and establish a […]May 18, 2020COVID-19Providence College Apologizes After Students Gather for ‘Parade’Providence College in Rhode Island has apologized to the community after many of its students flouted COVID-19 executive orders on Saturday by gathering on streets near campus in groups larger than five and without face masks, reported WPRI 12. “On behalf of the college, I apologize to the Elmhurst and Smith Hill communities for their […]May 18, 2020HBCUsMusic Icon Little Richard Will Be Buried at His HBCU Alma MaterRock and Roll legend Little Richard, who died of bone cancer on May 9, will be buried on Wednesday at his alma mater Oakwood University, a historically Black institution in Huntsville, Alabama, reported the Associated Press. The funeral for the musician, who died at 87, will be a private ceremony, said Gerald Kibble, the director […]May 18, 2020HBCUsMorehouse College to Cut Jobs, Salaries to Offset Budget DeficitMorehouse College said in a statement on Monday that it will cut jobs and salaries, and implement furloughs to offset an anticipated fiscal year 2020-2021 budget deficit and to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Atlanta institution, a historically Black college or university (HBCU), estimates a potential 25% decline in enrollment because […]May 18, 2020Previous PagePage 118 of 3226Next Page
