cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsHigher Ed Federal-State Partnerships Urged to Aim HigherThe Education Trust amplified the longstanding calls among some in higher education for a greater emphasis on federal-state partnerships that focus on lowering college costs and boosting completion rates for low-income students.September 28, 2016StudentsDiverse Docket: Dominican College Wins Title VI SuitA federal judge in New York City has cleared Dominican College in a Title VI suit by an African American former student who was dropped from its occupational therapy program for low grades in a required course.September 28, 2016StudentsInstitutions Need to Better Serve American Indian/Alaskan Native StudentsInstitutions must make systemic changes to improve outreach efforts, accessibility, retention programs, and better serve American Indian/Alaskan Native students to eliminate educational achievement gaps.September 28, 2016StudentsReport: Students Spend $1.3 Billion a Year on Remedial CoursesStudents spend $1.3 billion on remedial education in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia each year, according to a Center for American Progress report released Wednesday.September 28, 2016StudentsCourt: Portland State Student Wrongfully Booted over ThreatPORTLAND, Ore. ― The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Portland State University wrongfully expelled a graduate student who was accused of threatening violence. The university banned Henry Liu from campus four years ago after a classmate reported to police that the student was upset with a professor and talked about guns in the […]September 28, 2016Leadership & PolicyDelaware’s 1st Black Female University President SelectedNEW CASTLE, Del. ― Wilmington University Executive Vice President LaVerne Harmon has been named the school’s next president and will become the first Black woman to lead a university in Delaware. Local news organizations report that the university’s board of trustees unanimously approved Harmon’s selection last week. She is slated to take the reins in […]September 28, 2016StudentsStudent Protesters Halt Debate About Black Lives Matter at University of MichiganYPSILANTI, Mich. ― Student protesters halted a debate at the University of Michigan about whether the Black Lives Matter movement is harmful to race relations. Protesters voiced their displeasure with the Michigan Political Union’s decision to host the debate Tuesday at the Michigan League, The Ann Arbor News reported. Lawrielle West, a University of Michigan […]September 28, 2016StudentsTuition, Debt Increase at Technical Colleges in WisconsinAPPLETON, Wis. ― Tuition and debt have jumped at Wisconsin’s technical colleges, which are supposed to provide a more affordable option for career training than four-year universities or for-profit schools. The Post-Crescent reported that U.S. Department of Education figures show many tech school students are facing bigger financial challenges than a few years ago. At […]September 28, 2016StudentsJudge Permanently Blocks Governor’s Order Abolishing University of Louisville BoardFRANKFORT, Ky. ― A Kentucky judge has blocked efforts by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to replace the board of trustees at the University of Louisville, setting up a likely battle before the state Supreme Court. The ruling from Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd on Wednesday permanently blocks an executive order Bevin issued earlier this year […]September 28, 2016HomeAn Ivy League professor on why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them’In “The five things no one will tell you about why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color,” a piece first published in the Hechinger Report, Marybeth Gasman took on a common question: Why aren’t college faculties more racially diverse?September 28, 2016Previous PagePage 656 of 3225Next Page
