cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.HomeTell Them We Are RisingDirector Stanley Nelson’s new PBS documentary tackles the history of HBCUs.February 5, 2018News RoundupTom Brokaw Collection Opens to Public at University of IowaIOWA CITY, Ia. — Longtime NBC journalist Tom Brokaw has given the University of Iowa thousands of documents spanning his career, and they’re now available to the public. The collection includes a notebook with interview questions for Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev and press badges from Saudi Arabia and the 1992 Republican National Convention. A […]February 4, 2018SportsAthlete’s Civil Rights Suit Against Mississippi University in JeopardyHATTIESBURG, Ms. — The University of Southern Mississippi wants to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit filed by a former football player. Deven Hammond of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sued in federal court there in November, saying he was barred from the football team after coaches learned he had only one kidney. He also says USM violated […]February 4, 2018News RoundupJesuit College: We’re Keeping Controversial NameWORCESTER, Ma. — After months of discussion, the Board of Trustees at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Ma., said Saturday that they have decided to continue to be known as the Crusaders. “While we acknowledge that the Crusades were among the darkest periods in Church history, we choose to associate ourselves with the […]February 4, 2018Latest NewsEmerging Scholar Profile: Ramirez Finds That Relationships Remain Key in Psychological and Brain SciencesIn the heady, complex and intense world of neuroscience, Dr. Steve Ramirez thrives on having a research team that finds genuine enjoyment in working together.February 4, 2018OpinionDoes President Trump Care About Higher Ed?The State of the Union address last week seems so distant now, doesn’t it? Since then, the country’s been put on the path toward a constitutional crisis as debate rages on about the memo released a few days later by the House of Representatives. The government is going paycheck to paycheck with another need for a continuing budget resolution in days. And hanging in the balance is the fate of 1.8 million undocumented people in our country, including nearly 800,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program recipients, also known as “dreamers.”February 4, 2018StudentsCulturally Relevant Pedagogy Can Meet the Needs of Nontraditional College StudentsAccording to the American Council on Education, only 34% of nontraditional students complete their degrees. Nontraditional students are defined by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as students age 25 and up and enrolled in undergraduate programs.February 1, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Michigan Investment Practices Raise ConcernsDETROIT – The University of Michigan has invested $4 billion in companies that have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the university, a newspaper has found. The Detroit Free Press investigation found that the university invested in more than 30 companies co-run or owned by university donors, including members of a group that advises the […]February 1, 2018News RoundupUPenn Scrubs Wynn Name, Rescinds His and Cosby’s DegreesPHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that it will remove casino mogul Steve Wynn’s name from a campus plaza and revoke honorary degrees given to him and comedian Bill Cosby in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against both men. The school’s president, Dr. Amy Gutmann, and chair of its board of trustees, David Cohen, […]February 1, 2018News RoundupNYC College Creates State’s First Slavery History DatabaseNEW YORK — A City University of New York college says it has compiled the state’s first slavery records index. The New York Slavery Index , created by students and professors in CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, provides records dating from 1525 through the Civil War. WNBC-TV reports the database includes records, documents, […]February 1, 2018Previous PagePage 396 of 3225Next Page
