cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsU. of Michigan Implementing Free Tuition Program for Some In-state StudentsThe University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus has implemented a free tuition program, called “Go Blue Guarantee,” for in-state students and applicants with families earning up to $65,000 a year.July 9, 2017StudentsGuillermo: U. of California Achieves Diversity Despite Prop. 209In 1996, Californians passed a law written and supported by right-wing zealots trying to stop diversity and affirmative action efforts throughout the state.July 9, 2017African-AmericanLaw Enforcement Violence for 2017 ‘Normalized’Police abuse remains pandemic in this country with no signs of abating and with no signs of accountability. This, in an era of video recordings of killings that go viral, with little, if no effect, in the courtroom.July 9, 2017StudentsMills College Faces Layoffs, Restructuring ProgramsThe venerable Oakland, California-based, all-women’s school is faced with a growing deficit of more than $9 million out of an annual operating budget of $57 million.July 9, 2017StudentsBaylor Settles Lawsuit with Woman Who Alleged Sexual AssaultAUSTIN, Texas — Baylor University has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit with a former student who accused the nation’s largest Baptist school of fostering a “hunting ground for sexual predators” and mishandling her alleged attack in 2015. A settlement notice was filed in federal court in Waco, Texas on Thursday. No details were released, […]July 9, 2017Faculty & StaffProtesters: Rehire Adjunct Fired for Fox News CommentaryLIVINGSTON, N.J. — Activists are imploring New Jersey lawmakers to demand a college rehire an instructor who was fired last month after officials said she made racially insensitive remarks during a Fox News interview. About a dozen protesters, including members of Black Lives Matter, showed up at a Thursday night meeting of county legislators to […]July 9, 2017StudentsWhen Study Abroad Ends in Death, U.S. Parents Find Few AnswersNEW DELHI — When Elizabeth Brenner’s 21-year-old son died while hiking during a study-abroad trip in India, she began searching for other cases and found only partial data and anecdotal records. “Nobody was keeping track of this at all,” she said. Brenner’s son, Thomas Plotkin, was one of the millions of American students who have […]July 9, 2017StudentsJudge Tosses Texas Professors’ Lawsuit Over Guns on CampusAUSTIN, Texas — A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by three University of Texas professors who argued that a new state law allowing concealed handguns on campus could have a “chilling effect” on classroom debate. Sociology professor Jennifer Lynn Glass and English professors Lisa Moore and Mia Carter sued last summer, before the law […]July 9, 2017StudentsAlabama Program Aims to Recruit Hispanic NursesTUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama is launching a program to increase the number of Hispanic nurses involved in health care. The Capstone College of Nursing has received a $1.7 million grant for the Bama-Latino Project, which aims to recruit Hispanics into baccalaureate nursing programs. Alabama nursing professor Normal Cuellar says in a statement […]July 9, 2017StudentsSamford to Forego Funds from Baptist Group After LGBT FlapBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Samford University will refuse an anticipated $3 million annual budget allocation from the Alabama Baptist State Convention next year, university officials said. The university’s Board of Trustees executive committee approved the decision Friday after consultation with state convention leaders. The move is effective Jan. 1. “I believe the action taken by our […]July 9, 2017Previous PagePage 486 of 3225Next Page
