cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.African-AmericanNative, Black, Latino Students Most Likely to Pay for College ThemselvesNearly three in 10 college students in America are responsible for paying for all of their costs of higher education themselves, and that number is highest by far among Native American, Black and Hispanic/Latino college students, according to a study by LendEDU.March 19, 2019SportsWomen’s Basketball Continues to Outpace Men’s AcademicallyWomen’s basketball players still outperform their male counterparts, but there is still room for improvement, according to a new report.March 19, 2019HomeAn Unconventional Pathway to the PresidencyLast year, Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez became the first woman president of Utah Valley University.March 18, 2019African-AmericanScholar Builds New Department at Columbia UniversityDr. Farah Griffin, is wearing two hats as the inaugural chair of Columbia’s new African-American and African Diaspora Studies Department and director-elect of Columbia’s Institute for Research in African-American Studies.March 18, 2019StudentsAcademic Success Continues to Rise for NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament TeamsGraduation rates for African-American Division I men’s basketball student-athletes are rising, but gaps with their White teammates persists.March 18, 2019African-AmericanNew Book Challenges Bad StatsIf you’re in the habit of spewing negative statistics about the education of Black students in the United States, expect to draw the ire of Dr. Ivory A. Toldson.March 15, 2019HomeFoster Care Students Face Challenges Entering, Graduating CollegeDr. Nathaniel Brown’s scholarly interest in how foster care students access higher education goes beyond intellectual curiosity – he was a foster child and knows first-hand the barriers between that population and attainment of a college degree.March 14, 2019OpinionA Room of One’s Own White ColleaguesEvery spring, I dread putting together my annual review materials. In March, a predominantly-White room full of senior colleagues will discuss whether I meet their standard of what a good scholar, teacher and university citizen should be. I have nothing to worry about, right?March 14, 2019HomeExpanding Minority Doctorate Pipeline Began with Facebook GroupLaShonda E. Gurley said she “didn’t know whether to laugh, to cry or break out in a praise dance” when she successfully defended her dissertation last week, but the doctor of education earner knew she was grateful for critical support along the way – including from a social media group created two years ago to support Black and first-generation students seeking doctoral degrees.March 13, 2019Latest NewsDr. Michael T. Nettles: A Researcher With an AgendaThough dreams of becoming a professional baseball player never became a reality and career interests in sports journalism and political science didn’t pan out, a longtime love of data and information put Dr. Michael T. Nettles on the path to becoming an educational policy researcher of national repute.March 12, 2019Previous PagePage 254 of 3225Next Page
