cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsDeVos Confirmation Fails to End UncertaintyAlthough Betsy DeVos narrowly secured confirmation to lead the Department of Education, questions about the direction she will guide the agency — as well as her higher ed agenda — are likely to remain unsettled until key agency posts are filled.February 7, 2017StudentsUniversity of Wisconsin Student Abandons Plans for Pro-White GroupMADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin student trying to form a pro-White group has abandoned his efforts after intense backlash from other students and university officials. American Freedom Party National Chairman William Johnson confirmed Monday that Daniel Dropik is no longer forming a Madison chapter after an Associated Press reporter noticed the group’s website […]February 7, 2017African-AmericanAntebellum Slave Tax has Lingering Effect in AlabamaMONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the late spring or early summer of 1822, a man named Bolling Hall made a list of all his property before taking it to the Autauga County assessor and paying his taxes. On the left side of a piece of parchment, Hall listed hundreds of acres of land he’d acquired since […]February 7, 2017StudentsJackson State Asks Alumni to Give to Offset Cash CrunchJACKSON, Miss. — Jackson State University’s temporary leader Monday asked alumni to dig into their pockets to overcome the school’s financial challenges. Interim President Rod Paige stated in a letter to graduates that the 10,000-student university’s expenses are exceeding income. He asked graduates to each contribute $100 to an “urgent fundraising campaign” that seeks to […]February 7, 2017HomeSafeguarding HistoryDr. Clayborne Carson, a professor of history and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, has made it his mission to educate the public on the life and work of the slain civil rights leader.February 7, 2017StudentsPenn Center Aims to Boost Hispanic Faculty PipelineMany colleges and universities across the United States have committed to recruiting more faculty of color. In some cases, they are facing pressure from students to do so. Recent student protests at institutions like the University of Missouri centered around the dearth of faculty of color on campus, among other issues. Yet, despite intentional efforts […]February 6, 2017StudentsReport Links ‘Disadvantaged’ Students, Quality Schools to Higher Loan Repayment RateAuthors of a new study say that low-income or “disadvantaged students — and taxpayer money that is used to support them — should be steered away from low-quality institutions and toward institutions that have high “economic mobility” to put the student in better position to pay back their student loans.February 6, 2017Leadership & PolicyCongressman to Invite All HBCU Presidents to Capitol HillDozens of presidents of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are expected to converge later this month upon the nation’s capital as guests of a Republican House leader who hopes the gathering will help introduce the institutions to his colleagues who have no idea of their history.February 6, 2017StudentsDisabled Student Fires Back Against North Dakota UniversityFARGO, N.D. — A student with cerebral palsy has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights after she was denied admission into the pharmacy program at North Dakota State University. Kelli Sem was given conditional acceptance into the program last spring, provided she could meet physical requirements under newly […]February 6, 2017StudentsFree Tuition? Not the Same as Free College, Students SayBUFFALO, N.Y. — They don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but … New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation’s most ambitious free-tuition proposal are quick to point out a sobering reality from their own meager finances: Free tuition doesn’t mean free college. Take Brooklyn College senior Florencia Salinas, who despite […]February 6, 2017Previous PagePage 581 of 3225Next Page
