cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.News RoundupAlabama College Ending Aquaculture Program After 27 YearsAn Alabama college is citing declining enrollment for a decision to ends its aquaculture program after 27 years. Gadsden State Community College says it will discontinue the courses next spring. School spokeswoman Jackie Edmondson tells The Gadsden Times the program was one of the few of its kind in the nation. The program teaches students […]June 25, 2018News RoundupDirector of University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center RetiresFor someone who’s had a hand in the release of more than 10,000 rehabilitated birds of prey, Pat Redig seems to have a tough time being set free himself. Redig is co-founder and former director of the Gabbert Raptor Center on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus. His supposed last day of work […]June 25, 2018OpinionWhen Changing a School’s Name Is a Lesson in History and ProgressIn 1971, I was a fifth-grade student at J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond, Va. My younger brother and sister and I left our home in the morning and walked the leafy avenues to the two-story brick building with the handsome rotunda greeting us on arrival. I don’t know if it was triumphant or tragic that we got to go to a school named for a racist Confederate general, but I do know it never should have come to be.June 23, 2018Latest NewsReport: Multilingual Students Made ‘Remarkable’ ProgressA new report based on data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress challenges a widespread perception that multilingual students in the United States consistently perform poorly, muster only marginal academic progress and are being failed by school systems.June 23, 2018News RoundupKansas Regents Approve Tuition Increases for UniversitiesTOPEKA, Kan.— The Kansas Board of Regents has approved tuition and fee increases for all six public universities, citing a need to keep pace with rising costs and declining state support. Full-time resident undergraduate students attending the University of Kansas in Lawrence will see a combined tuition-and-fee increase of about 3 percent. The increase will bring […]June 23, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Oklahoma President Says $1B Debt Not UncommonNORMAN, Okla.— The president of the University of Oklahoma says the school’s nearly $1 billion debt is large but comparable to similar public universities. The Oklahoman reports President David Boren’s Wednesday statement followed earlier remarks by his successor, who starts July 1. Incoming president Jim Gallogly said Tuesday that the school is losing $36 million […]June 23, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Texas to Settle Ex-Coach’s Discrimination LawsuitThe University of Texas has agreed to settle a race and sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney. Kearney attorney Jody Mask on Wednesday told The Associated Press that the case will be dismissed. University spokesman Gary Susswein confirmed the school agreed to settle. Terms were not immediately disclosed. Kearney was […]June 23, 2018HomeMerging Education, Labor Departments Likely to Impact Higher EdThe White House announced plans Thursday to combine the federal education and labor departments, creating a Department of Education and the Workforce. Some academics described potential positive and negative implications for higher education.June 21, 2018News RoundupCourt Upholds Conviction in Brown University Athlete AssaultPROVIDENCE, R.I. The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Connecticut man who assaulted a former Brown University basketball player, leaving him permanently impaired. The Providence Journal reports the court ruling Wednesday supported the felony assault conviction of 29-year-old Tory Lussier in the 2013 attack on Joseph Sharkey. Prosecutors say Lussier confronted […]June 21, 2018Community CollegesCommunity College Research Center Gets New DirectorDr. Thomas Brock, a leader in research for the U.S. Department of Education, will be in a position to continue to grow his experience as a higher education influencer as the next director of the Community College Research Center (CCRC).June 21, 2018Previous PagePage 334 of 3225Next Page
