cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.News RoundupUniversity of South Carolina Investigates Racist Fliers On CampusCOLUMBIA, S.C. — On the first day of the spring semester and a day after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the University of South Carolina is investigating racist fliers that were found on campus. Students reached out to WLTX-TV, Columbia, S.C., on Tuesday morning upset about discovering the fliers at a building that houses the […]January 17, 2018HomePierce Takes Reins at Southern Education FoundationRaymond C. Pierce is the new president and chief executive officer of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF), a research and public-policy group formed in 1867 to promote equity and excellence in education for low-income students and students of color in southern states.January 16, 20182018Building the Athletics BridgeJanuary 16, 2018News RoundupInvestor to Donate $75 Million to Johns Hopkins Philosophy ProgramBALTIMORE — A wealthy investor who credits his success to studying philosophy in college has given $75 million to the philosophy department at Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins announced the donation from William “Bill” Miller III in a news release Tuesday. The university says it’s believed to be by far the largest ever to a […]January 16, 2018News RoundupIowa Lawsuit Pits Gay Rights Against Religious FreedomDES MOINES, Iowa— The University of Iowa is caught up in a legal fight with a conservative Christian student group that denied a leadership position to a student who is gay. The case pits a university policy barring discrimination based on sexual orientation against the religious beliefs of a 10-member group called Business Leaders in […]January 16, 20182018Combating Intolerance InternationallyJanuary 16, 2018News RoundupIU Southeast Starts Program for STEM TeachersNEW ALBANY, Ind. — A university in southeast Indiana has received a $240,000 grant to help local educators update their science, technology, engineering and math courses to meet requirement changes. Indiana University Southeast’s two-year grant is from the Indiana Commission on Higher Learning, the News and Tribune reported . The university has created a program […]January 15, 2018News RoundupUniversity to Review Conservative Speaker AppearanceSTORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut is reviewing plans by a Republican student group to bring in a well-known conservative speaker, two months after a speech by another right-wing pundit led to the arrests of him and a protester. UConn’s College Republicans are again sponsoring the talk, this time by Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of […]January 15, 2018News RoundupFlorida Poised to Honor Famed Educator With Statue in DCFlorida appears poised to replace the statue of a Confederate general with famed educator Mary McLeod Bethune.January 14, 2018OpinionTrump’s Comment Should Outrage Us AllOne of my favorite things to do at the beginning of each semester is to review the class rosters and scan all my students’ beautiful names-names like Samrawit, Priyanka, and Chukwuemeka to name a few. That is because I teach at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Maryland. Out of the approximately 60,000 students who will take classes this year, 159 different countries will be represented, including countries that President Trump called “shitholes.”January 14, 2018Previous PagePage 403 of 3225Next Page
