cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsSouth Africa’s Universities Described as InefficientJOHANNESBURG ― A South African official is describing the country’s protest-hit universities as inefficient, saying the student body of one million includes several hundred thousand who are performing poorly and languishing in the system. Statistician-General Pali Lehohla’s comments on Tuesday about universities that receive some state funding follow student demonstrations for free education that have […]October 25, 2016StudentsStrategic Partnerships Opening Doors to Study Abroad for DisadvantagedIn order to increase and diversify the number of American students who study abroad, K-12 educators, nonprofits and universities must pursue strategic partnerships to reach students from diverse backgrounds while they are still in high school.October 24, 2016Campus ClimateGuillermo: Harvard Continues to Nickel and Dime Striking Food WorkersRunning a college or university isn’t always about the book learning.October 24, 2016Leadership & PolicyStakeholders Cite Leadership Instability, Finances as HBCUs’ Greatest ChallengesHistorically Black colleges and universities leaders reflected on the past and future of the HBCU community at the annual HBCU Week conference, held in Arlington, Va.October 24, 2016Campus ClimateHarvard Students Lead Sit-in to Back Striking Dining WorkersCAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Students at Harvard University are staging a campus sit-in to support the school’s striking cafeteria workers. Dozens of students walked out of classes on Monday and marched to a nearby building where Harvard officials and a labor union for campus dining workers have been in negotiations. The students said they refuse to […]October 24, 2016Students‘Jackie’ Says She Felt Pressure to be in Rolling Stone StoryCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The woman whose harrowing account of being raped at the University of Virginia was the centerpiece of a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article said that she felt pressured to participate in the story and became scared in the weeks leading up its publication when she realized it may be too late to […]October 24, 2016News RoundupUniversity of Wisconsin System’s Backlog of Repairs Hits $2BMILWAUKEE ― The backlog of needed repairs in the University of Wisconsin System has grown to an estimated cost of $2 billion. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the system is asking for $713.3 million in the next two-year state budget, and also asking the state to give the Board of Regents authority to manage projects […]October 24, 2016StudentsClasses Resume at 14 Pennsylvania-owned UniversitiesHARRISBURG, Pa. ― Classes have resumed for more than 100,000 students who attend Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities. Classes resumed Monday after the union representing more than 5,000 faculty members and coaches reached a tentative contract agreement Friday with the State System of Higher Education. The new contract provides raises for all employees but also requires […]October 24, 2016HomeRetention testtestOctober 24, 2016StudentsLSU Establishes Legacy Scholarship ProgramBATON ROUGE, La. ― As part of an effort to reconnect the LSU family, the LSU Board of Supervisors has approved the Louisiana Tiger Legacy Scholarship Program, which will begin with the summer/fall 2017 incoming class. The academic, merit-based scholarship will be awarded to incoming, full-time, Louisiana resident freshman or transfer students whose parent either […]October 23, 2016Previous PagePage 640 of 3225Next Page
