cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.News RoundupSeveral Arrests after Skirmishes at College Republican EventSEATTLE – A handful of arrests were made after a college Republican rally at the University of Washington drew counter-protesters Saturday. College Republicans invited the Vancouver, Wa.-based right-wing group Patriot Prayer to speak in Red Square for a “freedom rally.” Seattle TV station KOMO-TV reports skirmishes broke out after a tense but peaceful protest. Police […]February 11, 2018Latest NewsEquity Gaining Emphasis in Assessing Student OutcomesWhile compliance and improvement are the predominant driving factors for measuring student learning in higher education, a recent survey by the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) demonstrates greater emphasis on equity.February 11, 2018Latest NewsEmerging Scholar Profile: Yoon and Art for Social JusticeDr. Injeong Yoon’s pathway to the University of Arkansas, where she began a tenure-track teaching position last year, is hardly traditional.February 8, 2018HomeMellon Foundation Selects Renowned Poet and Scholar as PresidentThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which supports humanities, culture and the arts in higher education, has appointed nationally acclaimed poet and scholar Elizabeth Alexander as its president.February 8, 2018News RoundupHip-hop Evolution Topic of College LectureRICHMOND, Va. — The University of Richmond will host a lecture and panel discussion examining hip-hop as a social, political and artistic movement. “Sampling Black History: Examining the Evolution of Hip Hop in America” will be held on Feb. 19, 7-9:30 p.m., in the Robins School of Business, Ukrop Auditorium. Panelists are hip-hop producer Hank […]February 8, 2018News RoundupState Acts to Remove Gun Ban from Campus Public SpacesJACKSON, Ms. — It’s guns versus college football in a dispute over where certain Mississippi residents can carry firearms. At issue is House Bill 1083, which would void rules limiting where some people are allowed to carry guns on public property. House Judiciary A Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, the bill’s sponsor, says all it does […]February 8, 2018News RoundupSecret ‘Pig Roast’ Fat-Shaming Sex Contest: Frat in TroubleITHACA, N.Y. — A Cornell University fraternity chapter that held a sex contest that members dubbed “the Pig Roast” in reference to the weight of the women they slept with has been placed on probation for two years. The university said officials launched an investigation of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity last year after reports […]February 8, 2018News RoundupAcademics Alarmed as Libraries Purge Print BooksINDIANA, Pa. – A library without books? Not quite, but as students abandon the stacks in favor of online reference material, university libraries are unloading millions of unread volumes in a nationwide purge that has some print-loving scholars deeply unsettled. Libraries are putting books in storage, contracting with resellers or simply recycling them. An increasing […]February 7, 2018News RoundupStudents Find Body Floating Near CampusBATON ROUGE, La. — A body has been found along the Mississippi River near a college campus in Louisiana. The Advocate of Baton Rouge reports the body was discovered Tuesday afternoon by Louisiana State University students on a field trip near Southern University. The body was found in a pool of water blocked off from […]February 7, 2018News RoundupState Moves to Restrict Student Info SharingRICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation aimed at limiting the distribution of university students’ contact information. The legislation came after a progressive political group used public records requests to get the cellphone numbers of students as part of a get-out-the-vote effort in last year’s election. NextGen Virginia obtained cellphone information […]February 7, 2018Previous PagePage 393 of 3225Next Page
