cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.Leadership & PolicyHope College President Leaving for Washington & JeffersonHOLLAND, Mich. — Hope College President John Knapp is leaving the western Michigan school for Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. Hope officials announced Friday Knapp’s last day will be July 31. The college expects to name an interim president and start a national search in the coming weeks. Knapp’s resignation comes a year after […]April 23, 2017StudentsReport: Anti-Semitism Rises, but Violence Against Jews FallsTEL AVIV, Israel — Violent attacks on Jews dropped for a second straight year in 2016, but other forms of anti-Semitism are on the rise worldwide, particularly on U.S. university campuses, according to a report released Sunday. Researchers at Tel Aviv University said assaults specifically targeting Jews, vandalism and other violent incidents fell 12 percent […]April 23, 2017StudentsUC Berkeley Students Threaten to Sue Over Ann Coulter VisitBERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California at Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus are threatening to sue the university if it doesn’t find a proper time and venue for the conservative pundit to speak next week. Harmeet Dhillon, who represents the Berkeley College Republicans, said in letters sent Friday to […]April 23, 2017African-AmericanNorth Carolina Civil Rights Center Faces Conservative IreRALEIGH, N.C. — A center founded at the University of North Carolina by a civil rights attorney to help the poor and disenfranchised is the latest institution to come under fire from conservatives as they work to leave their mark on the state’s higher education system. African-American attorney Julius Chambers, who endured firebomb attacks in […]April 23, 2017StudentsMichigan State Expected to Fund Upward BoundOfficials say that Michigan State University will fund its Upward Bound college prep program for Lansing high school students, ensuring that the program would not be shut down because of the university’s technical error in a grant application.April 20, 2017StudentsFosterClub Working to Keep Foster Youth on College Success PathFosterClub is a national support network for current and former foster youth, with a membership of approximately 32,000.April 20, 2017StudentsReport: Colleges’ Reliance on Tuition Revenue GrowingColleges and universities experienced a 1.8 percent decrease in funding at the state and local level in 2016 — part of a downward trend that has led students and families to shoulder a larger portion of the cost of higher education.April 20, 2017HealthAnti-Trump Mental Health Professionals Convene at YaleNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A group of mental health professionals that believe President Donald Trump is mentally unfit to be president is convening at Yale despite criticism from both Trump supporters and professionals working in their field. The Connecticut Post reports that the group, Duty to Warn, is holding its first conference Thursday at Yale […]April 20, 2017StudentsPenn Moves to Increase Monitoring of Underground FratsPHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania says unrecognized fraternities and sororities will be held to the same standards as official groups as part of a more formal relationship with the school. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the move is based on recommendations from a task force formed last year after sexually suggestive party invitations were sent […]April 20, 2017StudentsNorth Carolina Women’s College Addresses Student ConcernsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina women’s college is working to meet a series of demands made by students after protests that lasted for more than a week, the school’s president said. Salem College president Lorraine Sterritt told the Winston-Salem Journal that the school is committed to the value of diversity, and that bias and […]April 20, 2017Previous PagePage 535 of 3225Next Page
