cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.African-AmericanLongtime UMASS Employee Reports Racial Profiling in Campus Police IncidentA longtime employee of the University of Massachusetts Amherst said he was racially profiled when someone called the police as he was walking into a campus building on Friday morning, according to a report by the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The caller left a message on the university’s anonymous tip line about a “very agitated” Black […]September 17, 2018News RoundupLawmakers Sponsor Bill Requiring Colleges to Disclose HazingDays after Tim Piazza’s parents announced a new campaign to fight fraternity hazing, legislation has been introduced requiring incidents of hazing to be included in a college’s annual crime report so that such information is public record, according to a report by mycentraljersey.com. “The devastating loss of Penn State student and Readington Township resident Timothy […]September 17, 2018WomenFamous Actress and Family Reflect on the Impact of Upward BoundOscar, Emmy and Tony Award winning actress Viola Davis and her sisters said that participating in TRIO programs transformed their lives.September 16, 2018HBCUsA Little Advice With a Big Impact for College Students and GraduatesIt’s never too early to start making plans to acquire a job after graduation. For college grads to have success in today’s job market, they must do more than just earn a degree; they must prepare —over their entire college years.September 14, 2018StudentsAPLU, USU Provides Grants to Eight Schools to Promote Community-University PartnershipsThe Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) have announced grants to eight public universities supporting the piloting and scaling of university-community partnerships focused on advancing student success. The Collaborative Opportunity Grants are part of an effort by public universities to develop new strategies to improve student success. […]September 14, 2018News RoundupCourt Rules Against DeVos in Loan Forgiveness CaseU.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ move to delay Obama-era protections for students defrauded by for-profit colleges has been dealt a setback by a federal judge who called her actions “arbitrary and capricious,” according to a CBS News report. In a lawsuit filed by Democratic attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia and […]September 14, 2018Latest NewsPanelists at CBCF Slam White House Education PoliciesWASHINGTON – Trump administration education policies are hostile to civil rights and are intentionally dismantling protections intended to help students, and the efforts must be countered by voting and other civic involvement.September 13, 2018OpinionResearch Design Flaws Identified in Study Suggesting That Chief Diversity Officers “Hurt” DiversityLast week, numerous media outlets highlighted a working paper submitted to the National Bureau of Economic Research contending that Chief Diversity Officers have no influence on faculty diversification and that their presence inversely influences the diversity of tenured faculty. The articles were widely shared in social media and received a visceral response from diversity experts who questioned the motivation for the study, analytic approach, its theoretical underpinnings, and interpretation of the results.September 13, 2018African-AmericanScholars Believe Supreme Court Likely to End Affirmative Action with KavanaughScholars from coast to coast expect the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh – and they expect him to help end affirmative action by ruling against it in cases that reach the high court.September 13, 2018African-AmericanBlack Smith College Student Says Trauma is Ongoing After Police Were Contacted Because She Reportedly Looked Out of Place on CampusOumou Kanoute, a Smith College student, spoke to Refinery29 about her ongoing emotional trauma stemming from a July incident involving campus police. An employee of the Massachusetts-based college reportedly called police on Kanoute, because she looked out of place as she was eating and using her iPad in a campus dining hall. As a result Kanoute, […]September 13, 2018Previous PagePage 305 of 3225Next Page
