cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.HomeAccelerated Nursing Program Provides ‘Extra Push’ Toward DiversityThe accelerated master’s degree in nursing program at the Georgia Health Sciences University, formerly the Medical College of Georgia, has seen its minority student enrollment grow from just a smattering when it launched in 2006 to 16 percent last fall.March 21, 2011African-AmericanMississippi Highways to Honor Black Leaders, Military HeroesRepublican Gov. Haley Barbour has signed into law several new highway designations that will honor Black leaders and military heroes on highways throughout Mississippi.March 21, 2011StudentsGeorgia Technical College Students Required to Maintain B Average to Retain HOPE FundingThousands of working moms, laid-off factory employees and others who flocked to Georgia’s 26 technical colleges for job training because of the recession could lose the HOPE Grants that pay their tuition under changes the state is making to the cash-strapped program.March 21, 2011Leadership & PolicyBoosting College Enrollment and Graduation Rates in MarylandHigher education leaders in Maryland say they are moving with haste to develop plans to significantly boost public college enrollment and graduation rates, with a variety of strategies being explored, except lowering admissions standards.March 21, 2011Sports‘Uncle Tom’ Documentary Remark Exposes Pain in Black Community Over Class, EducationWhen Jalen Rose, recalling his teenage years, said that he then considered Black Duke University players like Grant Hill “Uncle Toms”, he exposed a sensitive and longstanding issue for many African-Americans.March 20, 2011StudentsGainful Employment Gets Another Look on Capitol HillFew solutions are offered and some argue there are bigger problems to tackle.March 20, 2011StudentsHBCU Sexual Assault Study ReleasedOften precipitated by the consumption of alcohol, attempted or completed sexual assaults directly affect about 14 percent of all female students on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities, but the attacks often go unreported due to shame, guilt or fear.March 20, 2011African-AmericanCensus: More Blacks in South Moving to SuburbsAfrican-Americans in the South are shunning city life for the suburbs at the highest levels in decades, rapidly integrating large metropolitan areas that were historically divided between inner-city Blacks and suburban Whites.March 20, 2011SportsGeorge Mason University Marches to the Peppy Musical Mix of ‘Doc Nix’Since coming to George Mason in 2006, pep band director Michael Nickens has been putting his unique style which blends Hip-Hop, Rock, R&B and Jazz on display to pump up the fans of the basketball team.March 17, 2011SportsEducation Secretary Arne Duncan: Improve Division I Basketball Graduation RatesAs March Madness action was tipping off, Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined sports scholar Richard Lapchick and the NAACP president Ben Jealous to urge greater action on student-athlete graduation rates.March 17, 2011Previous PagePage 1770 of 3224Next Page
