cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.Community CollegesCivil Right Groups Urge Congress to Protect ‘Gainful Employment’ RuleCiting the need to protect students of color, civil rights organizations Wednesday urged Congress to reject a House Republican plan that would prevent the Obama administration from issuing new rules on the operation of for-profit career colleges.February 16, 2011Community CollegesLawmakers Target Obama Plan on For-Profit CollegesA pair of Washington lawmakers say they will seek to limit federal Education Department spending on an Obama administration Biographies Plus Newsplan designed to better track students’ academic performance at for-profit colleges.February 15, 2011LatinxStudy: California State Northridge Students Hit Hard by RecessionThe report, “Squeezed From All Sides,” blames California’s recession and education cuts for pushing students to the breaking point, with some reporting they must forgo college.February 15, 2011HomeUNO-SUNO Merger Study Temporarily HaltedThe case filed on behalf of the students by former state Sen. Cleo Fields argues that the Regents board studying a consolidation of the two campuses is unconstitutional because its racial and gender makeup under-represents Black and female Louisiana citizens.February 15, 2011Community CollegesRegaining the Edge in American Higher EducationCan American higher education regain its edge? A group of advocates, policymakers and scholars attempted to answer this question Tuesday during a Washington think tank policy forum.February 15, 2011African-AmericanOhio Universities Defend Affirmative Action Strategies in Their AdmissionsTwo universities accused in a new report of giving minority students an unfair edge in the admissions process defended their practices as being legitimate strategies to expand access and enhance diversity on campus.February 15, 2011DisabiltiesVirginia University Named in Lawsuit Alleging Poor Access for DisabledROANOKE Va. – An advocacy group claims in a series of lawsuits that Radford University, a half-dozen Roanoke area shopping malls and two hotels fail to provide adequate facilities for disabled people. The lawsuits were filed over the last two weeks in U.S. District Court in Roanoke by the Florida-based National Alliance for Accessibility and […]February 14, 2011African-AmericanSlaves Hid African Charms in Maryland GreenhouseThe greenhouse on the Maryland-based Wye House plantation where famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood was not as uniquely European as once thought: Its furnace was built by slaves, who hid distinctly African touches within it to ward off bad spirits, researchers say.February 14, 2011StudentsObama Budget Protects Pell Grants, Sets Education PrioritiesPresident Obama presented a 2012 budget that has limited increases for education but a commitment to protect the current $5,550 maximum Pell Grant, which is the subject of potential cuts on Capitol Hill.February 14, 2011HomeDiverse Special Feature: A Proud HeritageThe role of Blacks in the Civil War is being rediscovered, talked about and relived on historic Civil War battlefields across the Midwest and South.February 14, 2011Previous PagePage 1781 of 3224Next Page
