cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsIllinois State University Pursues College for Foster YouthsNORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University is creating a program to help high schoolers in foster care prepare for college. The university’s First Star Academy, the second one in Illinois, will be funded by $250,000 in grants from the Department of Children and Family Services and a private donor, the Pantagraph reported. The program will […]May 7, 2017Faculty & StaffAAUP May Soon End Censure of U. of Illinois Over Salaita CaseURBANA, Ill. — An academic censure of the University of Illinois over a professor who lost his job offer after a series of anti-Israel tweets could end next month, officials with the American Association of University Professors say. Delegates to the national AAUP meeting in June are scheduled to take up the Steven Salaita case […]May 7, 2017StudentsEmail Paints Dismal Picture of Holy Cross College FinancesSOUTH BEND, Ind. — An email mistakenly sent to the entire student body of northern Indiana’s Holy Cross College paints a dismal picture of the school’s finances and its future. The email sent Friday was written by the school’s vice president for student affairs, Kelly Jordan. Jordan says in that email that she may “spend […]May 7, 2017StudentsDiverse Conversations: Diversity Should Be More Than a BuzzwordDiversity is often spoken of as a goal of leadership in some of the country’s most prominent higher education institutions. However, paying lip service to the concept does not always translate into action.May 4, 2017StudentsThe Black Male Blueprint of Educational AdvancementThe key to reaching Black males lies in the willingness of parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, and community stakeholders to invest the time in understanding these young men individually and not collectively.May 4, 2017Community CollegesTwo Community College Presidents Shattering StereotypesRowena Tomaneng and Thuy Thi Nguyen are both new presidents of community colleges who are leading their institutions into greatness.May 4, 2017StudentsWhat are the Odds? 2 Caught Trying to Steal Statistics ExamLEXINGTON, Ky. — Call it a statistical error: Police say two University of Kentucky students crawled through an air duct to steal a statistics exam from their professor’s office but were caught because he was working late. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports university police cited Henry Lynch II and Troy Kiphuth, both 21, for third-degree burglary […]May 4, 2017Leadership & PolicyOakland University Chooses Doctor as Next PresidentROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. — A doctor who has worked at Eli Lilly and Co. and the University of Michigan will be the next president of Oakland University in suburban Detroit. The school on Thursday announced that its board of trustees unanimously chose Ora Hirsch Pescovitz for the job after a search involving more than 60 […]May 4, 2017News RoundupIndiana Professors Against Purdue’s Kaplan DealWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s plan to acquire the for-profit Kaplan University in an effort to boost online education has drawn opposition from college professors across Indiana. The Journal and Courier reports the Indiana Conference of American Association of University Professors released a statement Tuesday saying it “objects strenuously” to the deal. The group […]May 4, 2017StudentsGeorgia Governor Approves Carrying Concealed Guns on CampusATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Thursday allowing people with permits to carry concealed handguns on Georgia’s public college campuses, despite the objections of state university leaders and his own veto of a campus-carry measure last year. Deal shocked fellow Republicans with the tone of last year’s veto message, which referenced opposition to guns […]May 4, 2017Previous PagePage 526 of 3225Next Page
