cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.HomeMELANIE GRIFFINMELANIE GRIFFIN has been named assistant head of the University of Arkansas Libraries Department of Special Collections. She recently was a special collections librarian at the University of South Florida. Griffin earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, a master’s degree and master of library and information sciences from the University of South Carolina and a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida.December 11, 2018OpinionZombies in the AcademyThis year’s Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference was exciting for me for two reasons. First, the theme “Envisioning the Woke Academy,” was brought to life by two scholars whom I admire, Drs. Lori Patton Davis and D-L Stewart. Second, this was my first ASHE conference. As a second-year doctoral student in the Higher Education Leadership program at Colorado State University, I could not contain my enthusiasm to hear from the same scholars I read in class — those who have helped me expand my critical thinking and knowledge base.December 11, 2018HomeTop 100 Associate Degree ProducersDiverse presents the Top 100 Associate Degree Producers.December 10, 2018InternationalNaming RightsI’ve thought a lot about this seemingly simple act of reading names at Commencement. Mostly I’ve thought that this ritual is far from simple: it punctuates one of the most complex learning experiences of college — figuring out who you are and what that who will be called. The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes this powerful marker of human identity and human dignity. By signing on to this agreement (as have nearly 200 countries have) states must act in the best interests of children by complying with basic rights, including, vitally, the right to their own name and identity from birth.December 10, 2018Latest NewsDocumentary Explores “Driving While Black”“Driving While Black,” a documentary in the works by a Cooperstown, N.Y., academic, a longtime documentary maker, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Steeplechase Films is scheduled to be shown on PBS next year.December 9, 2018Latest NewsPanel to CGS: Holistic Admissions Strategy Aids Grad Student DiversityWASHINGTON – An intentional and campuswide approach and a holistic evaluation of underrepresented students in the admissions process can help graduate schools cultivate a diverse and inclusive student body and produce degree-holders who are culturally competent.December 8, 2018HBCUsRemembering President George H. W. BushIt was a privilege and honor for me to have a friendly and professional relationship with President George H.W. Bush. I found him to be an extraordinary man of love, values, principles, standards, honesty, compassion, loyalty, camaraderie and character.December 7, 2018SportsAlignment of Values Crucial to Athletic and Academic SuccessAn important idea put forth at the Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum presented by Sports Business Journal (IAF) is that the overall well-being of a college or university and its student-athletes requires an alliance between the board of trustees, the president and the athletic director.December 6, 2018African-AmericanCGS Meeting Hears Sobering Report on Black Student AccessInstitutional racism, White supremacy and anti-Black attitudes fuel underrepresentation of Black students on college and university campuses across the United States, with access a battle constantly being waged in legal courts and the court of public opinion, according to an academic who addressed the 58th annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools this week.December 6, 2018OpinionWhen Hate Speech and Free Speech CollideHundreds of hate incidents have taken place on college campuses over the past two years, from nooses hung on trees to a 77 percent increase in White supremacist propaganda during the 2017-18 school year. Anti-Semitic acts have seen a particular surge in the past month, as swastikas have been carved in pumpkins, stamped in the snow, and painted on a Jewish professor’s office walls, to name just a few examples.December 5, 2018Previous PagePage 278 of 3225Next Page
