cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsOklahoma’s GOP Lawmakers Push to Abolish Affirmative ActionA Republican-backed plan to wipe out any affirmative action programs in Oklahoma appears headed for approval by the Legislature, prompting a bitter response from some minority lawmakers that it is merely a political ploy to play on racial fears.April 6, 2011StudentsMilitary Spending Becomes Latest Battleground of For-Profit CollegesFor-profit colleges are facing a new challenge from congressional Democrats as some lawmakers have questioned the steep rise in military tuition benefits going to high-cost proprietary schools.April 6, 2011Faculty & StaffTheology Professor’s Discrimination Lawsuit Raises Thorny First Amendment IssuesDr. Jimmy Kirby, a former tenured professor at the Lexington Theological Seminary, is appealing a lower court’s ruling that dismissed his lawsuit against the seminary last year for breach of contract and racial discrimination.April 6, 2011SportsCIAA Tournament Draws Record Crowd to CharlotteAttendance for official CIAA functions topped 190,000 and provided an economic impact of $44.3 million, a 19 percent increase from last year.April 5, 2011DisabiltiesUCLA Pediatrician Assists in Continuing Relief Efforts in JapanBecause the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent fires consumed many hospitals, Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro and her peers labored in makeshift spaces to bring medical help to injured victims.April 5, 2011Leadership & PolicyDebate Over Relevance of HBCUs Opens 37th NAFEO ConferenceThe president of Morgan State University uses NAFEO luncheon discussion to announce the school has won a contract to help manage research at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, signaling how one historically Black university competes at the highest levels in science.April 5, 2011Community CollegesReport Suggests Associate’s Degrees in Nursing Are Sufficient for Employment in the FieldAACC report finds no significant differences between competencies of nurses with bachelor’s degrees vs those with associate’s degrees.April 4, 2011HomeA Conspicuous Absence Of DiversityBlack Americans currently comprise 13.4% of the U.S. population, but Black physicians are only 2.3% of the entire physician workforce.April 4, 2011Faculty & StaffNational League for Nursing’s 2011 Education Summit to Focus on Future of NursingThis year’s summit will focus on the much heralded recommendations contained in “The Future of Nursing,” a report issued last fall by the Institute of Medicine, based on work done by the Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing.April 4, 2011HomeLack of Black Participation in Clinical Trials Is Killing Us AllAfrican-Americans rarely volunteer for clinical trials, and we’re the only ones suffering as a result.April 4, 2011Previous PagePage 1764 of 3224Next Page
