cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsReport: Community College Student Attrition Poses High Cost for TaxpayersVast sums of taxpayer dollars are being wasted at community colleges due to the large numbers of students who drop out during their first year and never return, an education researcher argues in a new report released today.October 19, 2011African-AmericanXavier University’s Default Management Plans Win PraiseWhile Xavier University’s dynamic response to Hurricane Katrina is perhaps its best known accomplishment in the eyes of federal officials, the university’s aggressive approach in combating student loan defaults is another high-profile area of success.October 19, 2011Leadership & PolicyRx for Success: Xavier Ranks Among the Top Producers of Black Students Accepted by Medical SchoolWith growing minority health needs across the state and in the Delta, compounded by Katrina, Xavier University president Norman Francis announced that the school in 2012 will begin offering undergraduate degrees in public health.October 18, 2011HomeMentoring Program Serves Young Women in BusinessThe effort to increase the number of high-level female executives was announced on Monday at a New York City event hosted by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.October 18, 2011African-AmericanGroups Mobilize To Stop Cuts for Minority-Serving SchoolsMany of the nation’s leading higher education groups are urging Congress to reject a House of Representatives plan that would cut spending for Black, Hispanic-serving, tribal and other minority-serving colleges by more than 40 percent next year.October 18, 2011African-AmericanOccupy Protesters Eye Diversity as Movement GrowsAfrican-Americans are more inclined to rally around social justice than financial literacy causes, said John Hope Bryant, founder and chief executive officer of Operation HOPE.October 17, 2011TenureAppreciation: The Moral Integrity of Derrick BellThe heroic life of Derrick Bell demonstrates that even in the most difficult of circumstances, it is possible to protect one’s moral autonomy, an Eckerd College political scientist writes.October 17, 2011Faculty & StaffNational Science Foundation Reports Low Minority Representation on STEM FacultiesMinority doctoral holders are still poorly represented as faculty members within the ranks of American academe, a new study says.October 17, 2011HBCUsMentors See Program for Girls Continue to BlossomIn the last three years, Awesome Ambitions, which now serves 285 girls, started carrying out its program with girls all through high school, with this year’s seniors being the first to “graduate” with the program.October 16, 2011StudentsStudent Progress Can Be Tied to Teacher’s SchoolWashington state schools are among the first to see which teacher training programs seem to result in the best student test scores, but 35 states now have the means to do similar research, according to the Data Quality Campaign, a national organization formed by education and business groups to track state progress on collecting data about students and schools.October 16, 2011Previous PagePage 1593 of 3224Next Page