cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.Faculty & StaffSpelman Scholar Extending Trailblazing Author Butler’s ReachSpelman College offers a course within the English major, which is taught by Dr. Tarshia Stanley and focuses on the work of speculative fiction author, Octavia E. Butler.August 2, 2017StudentsI Failed the System: Representation, Meritocracy and Changing Education from the Top DownI couldn’t fit the “college mold”, so I just gave up. I thought I failed the system and not the other way around. And, there are many first-generation, working-class youth giving up every day because they feel the same way.August 2, 2017StudentsExperts: Intimidation at Heart Department of Justice PlanThe U.S. Department of Justice’s recently revealed plan to investigate and sue colleges that wrongly use race in college admissions is a scare tactic meant to dissuade colleges from using race as one of many factors, as permitted by the U.S. Supreme Court.August 2, 2017Leadership & PolicyMorris Brown Appoints 4 New Board MembersMorris Brown College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, has appointed four new members to its Board of Trustees. The new appointees come from diverse backgrounds in business, education and government. The new trustees are: Clarence Ogletree, a Morris Brown College alumnus and retired General Motors Corporation executive and business consultant; Dr. John Foster, a […]August 2, 2017StudentsJudge Dismisses Most of Title IX Lawsuit Against HaskellLAWRENCE, Kansas — A federal judge has dismissed most of a Title IX lawsuit filed against Haskell Indian Nations University by a former student who says she was treated unfairly and ultimately expelled after she reported she was raped in a dormitory three years ago by two football players. In his decision, U.S. District Judge […]August 2, 2017StudentsSMU Group Unhappy About 9/11 Memorial RelocationDALLAS — A group at a Texas university is angry they have to move a 9/11 memorial to a less-prominent part of campus. The Young Americans for Freedom group has set up nearly 3,000 flags on Southern Methodist University’s Dallas Hall Lawn annually since 2010, The Dallas Morning News reported . But university officials recently […]August 2, 2017StudentsSenators Push for Expanded Childcare Support for Low-income StudentsLegislation reintroduced in the Senate on Tuesday, the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) Reauthorization Act, would expand an existing federal program geared at helping low-income parents pay for childcare while in college.August 1, 2017StudentsReport: Justice Department Plans to Investigate Colleges’ Affirmative Action Admission PoliciesThe Trump administration plans to have the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division investigate and sue colleges and universities for their affirmative action admissions policies, according to the New York Times.August 1, 2017Faculty & StaffTrinity College Loses Donors, Students After Professor’s PostsHARTFORD, Conn. — The president of a private Connecticut college says several incoming students have withdrawn and about $200,000 in donations has been lost over a Black professor’s social media posts about White supremacy. Trinity College president Joanne Berger-Sweeney said Monday that 16 incoming students and some past donors cited the scandal involving sociology professor […]August 1, 2017StudentsDepartment of Education Scrapping Plan for Single Student Loan ServicerThe U.S. Department of Education announced late Tuesday that it was reversing course on its plan to award all federal student loans to a single student loan servicer and creating a new “environment” for how it operates.August 1, 2017Previous PagePage 472 of 3225Next Page
