cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsDeVos Further Freezes Obama’s For-profit Fraud ProtectionsWASHINGTON — The Trump administration is further delaying Obama-era protections for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, saying it needs more time to write new regulations. Tuesday’s announcement renewed criticism by Democrats and advocacy groups that the administration favors the interests of for-profit universities over students. The Education Department posted a notice in the Federal Register […]October 24, 2017Students13 Ball State Fraternities to Go Alcohol-free Until 2018MUNCIE, Ind. — More than a dozen fraternities at Ball State University won’t have events that include alcohol for the rest of the year. Interfraternity Council President Trevor Holland said the decision was made with the university for the safety of their members and the community. “It was a joint decision between chapter presidents and […]October 24, 2017Leadership & PolicyAudit Questions Iowa State’s Purchase of Plane for Ex-leaderIOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa State University had no clear need to spend $498,000 in donations to buy an airplane that former President Steven Leath used largely to improve his piloting skills, state auditors reported Tuesday. Iowa State should also consider seeking reimbursement from Leath, now president of Auburn University, for a 2016 spring break […]October 24, 2017StudentsUniversity Condemns Hate, Defends Richard Spencer AppearanceCINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati board of trustees has condemned hate while defending a decision to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus. The board’s statement Tuesday recognizes the fundamental role of free speech at a public university, saying it should be “the marketplace of ideas.” The board also denounced prejudice and […]October 24, 2017StudentsUK Academics Irked by Letter Seeking Brexit Lecture DetailsLONDON — British academics accused a lawmaker from the governing Conservative Party on Tuesday of infringing on intellectual freedom by asking universities to provide information on professors who teach about Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The letter from euroskeptic legislator Chris Heaton-Harris requested the names of professors “who are involved in the teaching […]October 24, 2017StudentsMissing Freshman College Student Found Dead Near CampusWEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey authorities say a community college student who has been missing for more than a month has been found dead near the college’s campus. State officials say 18-year-old Nick Pratico was last seen on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Township campus on Sept. 20. New Jersey State Police […]October 24, 2017News RoundupFormer Daniel Webster College Campus Sold for Nearly $12MNASHUA, N.H. — The former Daniel Webster College campus in Nashua, New Hampshire, has been sold for nearly $12 million to a buyer whose name hasn’t been released. New Hampshire Public Radio reports Southern New Hampshire, which had earlier declined to buy the main campus, bought the airport hangar and tower on the property for […]October 24, 2017StudentsGuillermo: Hire Diverse Speakers to Offset Spectacle of White Nationalists on CampusA diverse group of speakers throughout the year helps to deny Richard Spencer’s ideas credibility. People can hear for themselves what’s worthwhile and what’s not. But all must be invited on campus.October 23, 2017STEMStephen Hawking’s Ph.D. Thesis Goes Online, Website CrashesLONDON — Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking’s doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university’s website. Completed in 1966 when the renowned physicist and author was 24, “Properties of Expanding Universes” explores ideas about the origins of the universe that have resonated through the scientist’s career. The university says the thesis […]October 23, 2017StudentsWest Virginia University Researcher Lessons Learned in IcelandMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University researcher is working in two counties to apply lessons about peer groups from Iceland where he says teenage use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco has been “virtually eradicated.” Alfgeir Kristjansson, assistant professor in WVU’s School of Public Health, says the island nation pushed to replace unsupervised, aimless leisure […]October 23, 2017Previous PagePage 427 of 3225Next Page
