cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsObama Chief of Staff Joins Notre Dame Global Affairs FacultySOUTH BEND, Ind. — One of former President Barack Obama’s top White House aides is joining the University of Notre Dame’s international affairs program. The university says Denis McDonough will be an instructor for the first class of graduate students in master of global affairs program. McDonough became the White House chief of staff in […]August 22, 2017StudentsPoland to Boost Defenses by Training Student VolunteersWARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it is starting a new program to boost the nation’s defenses by offering military training to university student volunteers. Poland has been making efforts to increase its defense capabilities amid security concerns raised in the region by Russia’s military activity. It is upgrading its military equipment and increasing […]August 22, 2017StudentsNew Lawsuit Alleges Baylor Failures Under New Rape PoliciesWACO, Texas — A woman who reported that she’d been sexually assaulted filed a lawsuit Monday against Baylor University, alleging questions she faced from the university shifted blame away from her attacker toward her. The lawsuit filed in a Waco federal court on Monday alleges Baylor’s response to the attack violated federal Title IX laws […]August 22, 2017Faculty & StaffPennsylvania Professors Want to Revoke Trump Honorary DegreeBETHLEHEM, Pa. — Professors at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have come out in support of a petition urging the school to revoke the honorary degree of President Donald Trump after he said both sides were to blame for the deadly White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kelly McCoy, a recent graduate of the private university […]August 22, 2017Leadership & PolicyWilliam Paterson University President to RetireWAYNE, N.J. — William Paterson University’s president is retiring. Kathleen Waldron announced on Tuesday she’ll step down in June, at the end of the 2017-18 academic year. She became the New Jersey school’s seventh president in 2010. Waldron says she’ll turn 70 in September 2018 and she hopes the advances she’s made will have a […]August 22, 2017StudentsLawmakers Press Justice Dept. on Intentions Regarding Higher Ed InclusionSeveral Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for clarity on the question of whether the Department of Justice plans to “launch an attack on racial diversity and inclusion in higher education.”August 21, 2017StudentsStakeholders Call for Postponement of White House Initiative on HBCUs ConferenceThe White House Initiative on HBCUs annual conference is scheduled for September 17-19. However, stakeholders within the historically Black colleges and universities community, have requested that the conference be postponed.August 21, 2017Asian American Pacific Islander‘China Quarterly’ Editor Says Cambridge University Press to Restore ArticlesLONDON — The editor of “The China Quarterly” says Cambridge University Press has agreed to restore more than 300 politically sensitive articles that had been removed from the publisher’s website in China at the behest of authorities. Quarterly editor Tim Pringle told The Associated Press on Monday that the publisher agreed to repost the articles […]August 21, 2017StudentsDartmouth Considers Boosting Undergraduate EnrollmentCONCORD, N.H. — Dartmouth College is considering increasing the number of undergraduate students by as much as 25 percent in a bid to expand the institution’s reach. The college has formed a task force that will soon begin examining the issue and look at several scenarios for increasing enrollment by 10 to 25 percent. President […]August 21, 2017StudentsLiberty University Grads Returning Diplomas to Protest FalwellLYNCHBURG, Va. — A small group of Liberty University graduates are planning to return their diplomas to the evangelical Virginia school as a rebuke of President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s latest show of unwavering support for Donald Trump. The Liberty alumni organized the “Return your diploma to LU group” on Facebook after Falwell, in tweets and […]August 21, 2017Previous PagePage 463 of 3225Next Page
