cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.Community CollegesNationwide Initiative to Boost Graduation NumbersWith the goal of significantly increasing the number of graduates by the year 2025, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) has launched an unprecedented nationwide collaborative effort.February 26, 2018News RoundupConservative Speaker Heading to University of MinnesotaST. PAUL, Minn. — Conservative speaker Ben Shapiro is heading to the University of Minnesota for another in a series of speeches aimed at spreading conservative ideas on campus. The author and former editor of the conservative site Breitbart News was scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. Monday on the university’s St. Paul campus. The […]February 26, 2018News RoundupWKU to Cut University College, About 140 JobsBOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Western Kentucky University is eliminating the University College and cutting up to 140 jobs. The Bowling Green Daily News reports WKU announced the cuts Friday to make up a $15 million budget shortfall. WKU President Timothy Caboni says this is only the first phase. He says University College, which offers flexible […]February 26, 2018News RoundupSupreme Court Justice to Speak at University of VirginiaCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer has been scheduled to speak at the University of Virginia School of Law. The Daily Progress reports Breyer is set March 1 to discuss his most recent book. The school’s website says Breyer will talk about ways American judges can understand and consider foreign events, […]February 26, 2018Latest NewsUSSA President Pushes a Progressive AgendaThe United States Student Association (USSA) has been at the forefront of addressing the many challenges facing higher education.February 25, 2018HomeMeeting Nursing Demand Through DiversityFor the past decade, the nursing profession has made diversity a priority. While the numbers in the profession — less than 25 percent minority nurses — do not yet mirror the general population of the United States — 38 percent non-White people — solid efforts and strategies are at work to facilitate change.February 25, 2018OpinionFrat’s ‘Pig Roast’ a Wake-Up Call to UniversitiesCornell fraternity Zeta Beta Tau made headlines recently when it was placed on probation for hosting a competition where members earned points for sleeping with the woman who weighed the most. The fraternity’s “pig roast,” while appalling, is not a new phenomenon.February 25, 2018News RoundupLayoffs Coming to Vermont’s Castleton UniversityCASTLETON, Vt. — Vermont’s Castleton University is going to be reducing its staff through layoffs, elimination of positions and early retirements as part of an effort to close a $1.5-million operating loss for the current year, officials said. Castleton President Karen Scolforo tells the Rutland Herald the exact number of cuts among the roughly 400 […]February 25, 2018HBCUsConcordia College Alabama to CloseSELMA, Ala. — Concordia College Alabama, a historically black Lutheran college, will close its doors at the end of the spring semester. The Selma Times-Journal reports Dr. James Lyons, the college’s chief transition officer and interim president, shared the news with faculty, staff and the student body on Wednesday. The school was founded in 1922 […]February 25, 2018News Roundup‘Lost Tapes’ Series Examines Malcolm X Through Rare FootageMalcolm X was reviled and adored during his lifetime thanks to his views of Black nationalism and his “by any means necessary” approach to battle racial discrimination. Following his assassination, the civil rights advocate’s popularity was revived by hip-hop artists in the late 1980s and early ’90s, and his image began appearing on clothing, college […]February 25, 2018Previous PagePage 385 of 3225Next Page
