cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsColleges Renew STEM Push With Diversity in MindColleges and universities readjust their focus on STEM education amid a declining interest from college-bound students.August 2, 2016HomeFixing the WorldFor August, DiverseBooks highlights global issues. It offers discount prices on a variety of titles to enhance your knowledge and to provide resources for course work. Here are some other selections from our publishers:August 2, 2016StudentsStudy: Public University Subsidies Don’t Favor Wealthy StudentsA new paper seeks to contravene the “conventional wisdom” that states subsidies for public universities favor wealthy students, but one leading labor economist says it’s not a big deal if they don’t because poor students need more.August 1, 2016StudentsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison to Test Diversity ProgramMADISON, Wis. ― The University of Wisconsin-Madison is creating a diversity program for its incoming freshmen students after a series of race-related incidents have occurred on campus. The campus will test the program, called Our Wisconsin, on up to 1,000 freshmen to allow students to learn about themselves and others, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. […]August 1, 2016StudentsFederal Judge Grills GOP Lawyers Over Need for Bathroom LawWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― A federal judge lobbed tough questions at GOP lawyers Monday as he considered whether to block a North Carolina legal measure governing transgender bathroom access, asking pointedly how the law was making people safer. The Republican lawyers urged U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder to deny the preliminary injunction sought by transgender plaintiffs, […]August 1, 2016HBCUsSome Colleges say Hosting a Debate Worth $5M CostHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― Democracy doesn’t come cheap. Between the logistics of accommodating an estimated 2,500 news reporters and arranging security for VIPs, the cost of hosting a presidential debate now tops $5 million. But that price tag has not deterred New York’s Hofstra University. The Long Island school is hosting a presidential debate for the […]August 1, 2016Leadership & PolicyFranklin Pierce University has 1st Woman PresidentRINDGE, N.H. ― Franklin Pierce University’s new president is the first alumna and first woman to occupy the position. Kim Mooney, who started Monday, served on the university’s Board of Trustees for seven years. She was interim president for six months before serving as provost and vice president of academic affairs for another seven years. […]August 1, 2016Leadership & PolicyYale to Revisit Name of College Honoring Slavery SupporterNEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Yale University said Monday it will reconsider the decision to keep the name of a residential college named for John C. Calhoun, a 19th-century alumnus and ardent supporter of slavery. Yale President Peter Salovey announced in April that the university was preserving the name of Calhoun College, defying protesters who railed […]August 1, 2016Leadership & PolicyRonald Carter to Step Down as Johnson C. Smith President in 2017Dr. Ronald L. Carter, president of Johnson C. Smith University since 2008, announced his intention to step aside as leader of the historically Black institution in June 2017. Carter, in a letter sent to JCSU stakeholders on Monday, indicated that the university had completed the goals of the 2008-2017 Strategic Plan implemented when he took […]August 1, 2016STEMShengmin Sang Guiding North Carolina A&T to Front of Fight Against CancerDr. Shengmin Sang is helping to position historically Black North Carolina A&T State University into a center of cutting-edge cancer research.August 1, 2016Previous PagePage 681 of 3225Next Page
