cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.HomeReport: College Degree Attainment Rising SlowlyA new Lumina Foundation report released Monday states that college degree attainment in the United States inched up to 38.3 percent in 2010 from 37.9 percent in 2008.March 26, 2012African-AmericanConference: Though HBCUs Urged To Tout Successes, Lack of Federal Support Remains a ChallengeThe Hampton University president says that, although President Obama is an “ardent supporter of HBCUs,” the federal government continues to shortchange HBCUs when it comes to grant funding.March 26, 2012HomeJohn Payton, Top Civil Rights Lawyer, Dies at 65Civil rights lawyer John Payton was well known for defending the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy before the U.S. Supreme Court.March 25, 2012African-AmericanCommentary: Probing the Comparison – Trayvon Martin/Mass Incarceration and Emmett Till/SegregationA historian writes that placing rage in historical context is what comparisons between responses to Trayvon Martin’s death and that of Emmett Till’s show.March 25, 2012HomeRon Brown Scholarships Seek the Best and BrightestThe Ron Brown Scholar Program currently provides a total of 10, four-year $40,000 scholarships a year, but there are plans to increase funding to offer even more in the future.March 25, 2012HomeLouisiana University Leaders at Odds over Budget PlansTensions surfaced earlier this week over the Board of Regents’ plans for divvying up dollars among Louisiana’s public colleges as university leaders face lost money for certain campuses.March 22, 2012Community CollegesCommentary: Community College Campuses Provide an Accurate Reflection of DiversityHigher education must stop viewing community colleges as drive-by institutions and recognize the significant contribution they are making to American higher education, writes New York-based college administrator Mary Hinton.March 22, 2012STEMSTEM Diversity Innovator to Lead Missouri UniversityDr. Cheryl Schrader, recently named the chancellor of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, focuses on getting ‘underprepared’ students to pursue STEM paths.March 22, 2012LatinxFive from Southern Miss Pep Band DisciplinedSouthern Mississippi has revoked the scholarships of five members of its pep band who took part in the heckling of a Kansas State basketball player at last Thursday’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament game.March 21, 2012SportsTwo Hundred Interviewed in Penn State InvestigationFormer FBI chief Louis Freeh and his investigators have conducted 200 interviews in their probe of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, asking questions that go beyond the charges against retired coach Jerry Sandusky.March 21, 2012Previous PagePage 1559 of 3224Next Page
