cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.HomeConference: In Affirmative Action’s Defense, Supporters Urged To Focus on Economic BenefitsAffirmative action advocates, who attended a national conference last week in Washington, were urged to emphasize affirmative action’s economic benefits in addition to its social justice merits.June 17, 2012LatinxWhite House Makes New Move on ImmigrationPresident Obama announced plans to spare young undocumented immigrants from deportation in a move that could allow 800,000 students to stay in the country and seek employment.June 17, 2012HomeConference: Is the Defense of Affirmative Action Lacking Urgency?UCLA scholar Gary Orfield said Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of the Fisher v. Univ. of Texas affirmative action case hasn’t prompted the sense of urgency as when the court last considered the issue.June 14, 2012SportsMiami, Ohio St. Football Teams Earn Academic HonorBoth teams outperformed many of their rivals in the classroom and joined 11 other Football Bowl Subdivision teams on this year’s list of academic overachievers.June 14, 2012African-AmericanCommentary: Latest Assault on Black Studies Reaffirms Its RelevanceThe lack of critical attention to the needs of all Americans obscures the ability of some to see how studying ways to make the lives of Black people better may actually help all people, writes psychology professor Brandon Gamble.June 14, 2012African-AmericanFrom Harvard to HBCU, Scholar Stays Committed to the CauseDr. Huijun Li leaves Harvard for historically Black Florida A&M University to enhance diversity component of research on mental health disparities.June 14, 2012SportsCommissioners to Give College Presidents Playoff OptionsThe conference commissioners who have been crafting a four-team playoff to determine college football’s national champion will present the BCS presidential oversight committee choices in multiple formats.June 13, 2012OpinionCommentary: Punitive Standardized Testing Produces Unstandardized SchoolsStudents in vastly different schools are taking the same tests, which is and has always been incredibly unfair, writes University of Albany historian Ibram Rogers.June 13, 2012STEMAcademic Leaders Share STEM Education IdeasAmong key points made at the National Science Foundation’s 2012 Joint Annual Meeting, high educational attainment in STEM disciplines becomes easier to reach when academic leaders take systematic approaches toward change and make mentoring a big part of their programs.June 13, 2012African-AmericanEmory Professor Natasha Trethewey Named 19th U.S. Poet LaureatePulitzer prize-winner Natasha Trethewey, an English and creative writing professor at Emory University in Atlanta, has been named the 19th U.S. poet laureate.June 12, 2012Previous PagePage 1537 of 3224Next Page
