cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.COVID-19Notre Dame Student Removed From Program After Racist Coronavirus PostsA postdoctoral student at the University of Notre Dame has been terminated from her program after she wrote racist posts on Facebook blaming Chinese students for the spread of the coronavirus, reported campus newspaper, The Observer. Kathryn Ralph, a sixth-year student at the university, posted statements on her Facebook page last Wednesday, saying Chinese students […]March 30, 2020News RoundupWhite Supremacist Literature Resurfaces at Texas State UniversityWhite supremacist literature again surfaced at Texas State University earlier this month, reported campus newspaper, The University Star. “… instances of banners and flyers posted around campus in support of far right-wing ideologies have become almost common to Texas State students,” said the newspaper. The newspaper said the stickers can be traced to an organization labeled a […]March 30, 2020News RoundupThree-Fold Increase in Bias Incidents at Colorado State U in 2018-2019Colorado State University (CSU) has experienced a three-fold increase in reports of bias, according to a review of 2018 and 2019 reports by the student-run newspaper, The Collegian, reported The Colorado Sun. In the fall of 2018, the university changed its bias reporting model to track not just hate crimes, but incidents of bias as well. […]March 30, 2020Opinion‘Professoring’ While Black: Strategies for Thriving in the White ProfessoriateWith the acknowledgement of increased White nationalist and supremacist activities happening across U.S. higher education campuses, Black faculty have amplified the call for Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) to acknowledge the unique challenges that these scholars face.March 27, 2020COVID-19UW-Madison Says Racist Behaviors, Stereotyping, ‘Are Not Tolerated’After racist, anti-Chinese graffiti appeared on University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus earlier this week, the university on Thursday issued a statement saying racist behaviors “are not tolerated” at the institution, reported Wisconsin State Journal. The graffiti targeted people from or perceived to be from China and East Asia, and blamed China for the coronavirus, calling it […]March 27, 2020COVID-19Yale University Press Makes Digital Textbooks Temporarily Free For All StudentsYale University Press (YUP) has made its ebooks and digital textbooks free for all students until the end of the semester to help them transition to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic, reported Yale News. “This is a challenging period for students as they finish their courses remotely without access to library stacks or textbooks […]March 27, 2020News RoundupIowa State University Cuts Ties With Aide Involved in Blackface ControversyIowa State University has let go the student government’s staff adviser who posted a picture of himself in blackface on social media, said an Associated Press (AP) report on We Are Iowa. The adviser, Alex Krumm, resigned March 1 and received a $47,000 severance payout, weeks after student activists demanded his firing over a 2015 […]March 27, 2020StudentsUncharted Waters: The Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Remote LearningThis week may mark your first time remote teaching. Maybe your institution remains on spring break, and your transition is next week. Or perhaps you’ve been embroiled in our new normal for a few weeks now. No matter what phase of a COVID-19 environment you are in, as professors all across the world engage in remote teaching, having a plan in place is the best strategy.March 26, 2020News RoundupU of Michigan President Wants to Fire Professor Over Sexual Misconduct AllegationsUniversity of Michigan president Mark Schlissel is recommending that David Daniels, a tenured professor accused of sexual misconduct, be fired, after an internal investigation concluded that he harassed 20 students, solicited students for sex, sent them nude photos and more, reported The Detroit News. Schlissel’s recommendation is scheduled to be considered at a Thursday meeting […]March 25, 2020News RoundupOregon’s Public Universities Won’t Require SAT or ACT Starting Fall 2021Oregon’s seven public universities and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced Wednesday that they won’t require freshman applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores to be considered for admission, starting with the fall term of 2021. The change will be applicable to students seeking admission to Eastern Oregon University, Portland State University, Oregon State […]March 25, 2020Previous PagePage 146 of 3226Next Page
