cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.HomeDuty BoundExploring best practices in serving active duty, retired service members in higher ed.October 19, 2016StudentsCourtney McAnuff Steers Rutgers’ Commitment to DiversityCourtney McAnuff, vice president for enrollment management at Rutgers University, helped create the Future Scholars program and other pathways for diverse populations.October 18, 2016StudentsStudy Shows Computer Science Gap Begins EarlyBlack students are less likely than White students to have computer science courses in middle or high school — 47 versus 58 percent, a new study released Tuesday shows.October 18, 2016StudentsUniversity of Maine Creates Stephen King Chair in LiteratureORONO, Maine ― The University of Maine is creating the Stephen E. King Chair in Literature in honor of one of its most famous graduates. The university is collecting applications from English professors to fill the position now. The appointment is set to begin in August and is a five-year, renewable term. The university says […]October 18, 2016StudentsWashington University Stops Intubation Training Using CatsST. LOUIS ― Washington University in St. Louis said Monday that it has stopped using sedated cats to train medical students how to insert breathing tubes down babies’ throats, effectively ending the practice in the U.S., according to a medical ethics group. The university’s School of Medicine said in a statement that after a “significant […]October 18, 2016StudentsTennessee State University Raising Admissions StandardsNASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Tennessee State University is planning to raise admissions standards for the next incoming class in an effort to draw higher-performing students who will have a greater likelihood to graduate. WPLN-FM reports the historically Black university in Nashville has the lowest average freshman ACT scores and graduation rates among the state’s public universities. […]October 18, 2016StudentsAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Suspended at Missouri University S&TROLLA, Mo. ― The Missouri University of Science and Technology has suspended the small Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and is making students move out of the fraternity house after two new members were hospitalized. The students were injured Thursday during an event at the fraternity house in Rolla, university spokesman Andrew Careaga said, adding that […]October 18, 2016StudentsSan Francisco State University Slams Posters Attacking ProfessorSAN FRANCISCO ― San Francisco State University officials are condemning posters accusing a professor specializing in Palestinian studies of collaborating with terrorists. The posters by the David Horowitz Freedom Center single out an ethnic studies associate professor Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. University President Les Wong sent a campus-wide email Friday […]October 18, 2016StudentsNike Co-founder Phil Knight Pledges $500M to University of OregonEUGENE, Ore. ― Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife have pledged $500 million to the University of Oregon toward a new scientific research facility. The Register-Guard reports that the donation is the largest ever awarded to UO and is meant to launch a $1 billion, 10-year effort to build a three-building complex and add […]October 18, 2016StudentsMilitary Friendly Institutions Competing for VeteransInstitutions are striving to compete for the growing number of transitioning military students, estimated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to number 1.1 million.October 17, 2016Previous PagePage 644 of 3225Next Page
