cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsCabrini University, Police Probing Slur on Student’s DoorWAYNE, Pa. — A Catholic university in eastern Pennsylvania and local police are investigating a racial slur written on the dormitory door of a Black student. Sennia Vann says she returned to her dorm at Cabrini University on Saturday night and found the slur written in marker following the words “Go away.” The liberal arts […]September 18, 2017StudentsFraternity Ends Louisiana State Chapter After Student DeathBATON ROUGE, La. — A national fraternity says it has closed its chapter at Louisiana State University while it investigates the death of a freshman who was being considered for membership. A statement Monday on Phi Delta Theta’s website says preliminary results from its investigation of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver’s death found that some members were […]September 18, 2017StudentsSwastika, Racist Messages Reported at Drake UniversityDES MOINES, Iowa — Administrators say a swastika was carved into an elevator on campus at Drake University in Des Moines and a racist message left outside an African-American student’s dorm room in a cowardly attack. The Des Moines Register reports that the message was left on a whiteboard on the door of a first-year […]September 18, 2017News RoundupA Scholar’s Perspective on the Jemele Hill ControversyDuring an exchange on Twitter last week, ESPN reporter Jemele Hill posted the following: “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.” In agreement with ESPN viewers who condemned Hill’s statement, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee-Sanders chimed in calling Hill’s post a “fireable offense.” For Dr. Karsonya […]September 17, 2017News RoundupColleges Monitor Protests in St. LouisHundreds took to the street to protest after Jason Stockley, a white former policeman was found not guilty for the murder of Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old Black man, in December 2011. Local universities have begun responding to the city’s unrest. Since the 1,000 demonstrators began marching through Delmar Boulevard chanting “Black Lives Matter” and […]September 17, 2017HomeNew Executive Director of White House Initiative on HBCUs Receives Mixed CritiquesThe White House has reportedly selected Johnathan Holifield to be the next executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.September 17, 2017Recruitment & RetentionGordon F. May Prepares to Retire from BCCC After Facing Tough ChallengesEarly this month, Dr. Gordon F. May announced that he would step down when his term expires in August 2018. Prior to joining BCCC, he spent 15 years in private industry and 27 years at Oakland Community College in Michigan in various leadership capacities, including leading two of the system’s campuses as president.September 17, 2017HomeAdelphi University Reaps Benefits of New Hiring ProtocolsDuring last year’s recruitment process, Adelphi’s administration began conversations with faculty search committees, ultimately implementing more active search methods across all academic departments. After the first year of using these techniques, 12 of the 25 new hires are faculty of color. Administrators say this has never happened before at the university.September 17, 2017News RoundupReport Urges College Leaders to Discuss Free Speech IssuesCollege boards should make sure their institutions’ presidents are available to talk to students who want to voice concerns about campus culture and issues of free speech, a new report issued by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges states. Presidents should also initiate communication with such students, according to the report, titled […]September 17, 2017StudentsExpert Wants Institutions to Track Racial Data in Title IX ProceedingsAccording to Ben Trachtenberg, associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, current conversations around Title IX enforcement often skip over one key element: the impact of racial bias on disciplinary outcomes at colleges and universities.September 14, 2017Previous PagePage 448 of 3225Next Page
