cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.News RoundupLincoln University Plans to Cut 48 Jobs, Reduce SalariesJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Lincoln University in Jefferson City plans to cut 48 jobs and reduce salaries as it tries to respond to a budget deficit. The school, which is facing a $3.8 million deficit in its fiscal 2018 budget, announced Monday that 32.5 staff and 15.5 faculty positions will be cut. KRCG reports a […]May 23, 2017Campus ClimateU.S. Renews Call for Hungary to Engage with Besieged UniversityBUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian government should “engage directly” with a university founded by billionaire George Soros which may have to leave Budapest because of recent amendments to the law on higher education, the United States said Tuesday. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the U.S. government urges Hungary to suspend the implementation of the […]May 23, 2017DisabiltiesMBA for Mom Who Went to All Classes with Quadriplegic SonORANGE, Calif. — A Southern California university has awarded an honorary degree to the mother of a quadriplegic student after she attended every class with him and took his notes while he pursued his Master of Business Administration. Judy O’Connor, a retired elementary school teacher, pushed her son Marty in his wheelchair for him to […]May 23, 2017Leadership & PolicyCU President to Review Ex-coach’s Domestic Assault HandlingBOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado President Bruce Benson will have the final say on how to handle university officials’ failure to report claims of domestic violence against a former assistant football coach. The Daily Camera reports the university’s Board of Regents had decided the president should make the decision on Monday after a seven-hour […]May 23, 2017Leadership & PolicySUNY Provost Set to be New University of Missouri ChancellorCOLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri System is set to hire the provost and executive vice chancellor at the State University of New York to run its flagship campus in Columbia, two years after the previous chancellor resigned amid protests over racial concerns on campus. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, citing multiple sources it didn’t […]May 23, 2017StudentsMontana State U., Tribal College Students to Seek Answers TogetherMontana State University researchers have received a $282,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a new approach to solving issues on Montana’s Indian Reservations.May 22, 2017StudentsRodriguez: Arizona Court to Decide What We Can LearnThe long-anticipated trial to determine whether there were racial motivations in terminating Tucson Unified School District’s highly effective Raza Studies Department begins next month.May 22, 2017SportsStudy: Tech Workforce’s Lack of Diversity Goes Deeper than PipelineA recent study suggests that the top reasons for the technology sector’s racial homogeneity isn’t the absence of a diverse pipeline but young graduates’ lack of industry contacts and an information gap about job prospects.May 22, 2017StudentsCarleton College Suspends 13 Over Hazing; Assault AllegedNORTHFIELD, Minn. — Officials at a small private college say they suspended 13 students over hazing at an initiation into a secret social club that involved extreme alcohol consumption, and police are investigating a reported sexual assault that followed. Carleton College said it suspended the students for three trimesters, or one academic year, for violating […]May 22, 2017WomenFilm Producer, Parents Donate $25M to St. Lawrence UniversityCANTON, N.Y. — A private college in northern New York has received a $25 million donation from an award-winning film producer and her parents. Officials at St. Lawrence University in Canton announced over the weekend that it has received the largest gift in the college’s 161-year history from 1982 graduate Sarah E. Johnson and her […]May 22, 2017Previous PagePage 514 of 3225Next Page
