cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.Faculty & StaffThe High Price of Pregnancy While on the Academic Job MarketAlthough a woman who is currently employed and becomes pregnant has (limited) legal protections afforded to her in the form of FMLA, there is little protection for a woman searching for a job while pregnant.July 28, 2016African-AmericanBlack Scholars Take Issue with Obama on Police EncountersPresident Obama suggested that Hillary Clinton is the best candidate in the 2016 presidential race because she knows “the worry Black parents feel when their son leaves the house isn’t so different than what a brave cop’s family feels when he puts on the blue and goes to work.”July 28, 2016Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Louisville Accepts President James Ramsey’s ResignationLOUISVILLE, Ky. ― University of Louisville trustees accepted the resignation of embattled President James Ramsey, whose long tenure was dogged by scandal. The action at a special meeting of the school’s board signaled the end of an era. Ramsey, a former state budget director, has led the university for 14 years. After six hours of […]July 28, 2016HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh Hospital Network Paying $2.5M to Settle Overbilling ClaimsPITTSBURGH ― The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has paid $2.5 million to settle some claims in a federal whistleblower lawsuit accusing the hospital network of overbilling government insurance programs for neurosurgery. UPMC, Pennsylvania’s largest private employer with 60,000 workers, didn’t acknowledge wrongdoing in the settlement announced Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh. […]July 27, 2016Faculty & StaffJohns Hopkins to Offer Dozens of Employees $36K to Buy HomesBALTIMORE ― Johns Hopkins University is offering dozens of its full-time employees $36,000 grants toward buying a house near its east Baltimore medical campus. Andy Frank, special adviser to the university’s president, says the grants, paid for by the school’s “Live Near York Work” program, are part of a larger effort to bring new life […]July 27, 2016StudentsUniversity of Michigan Pays $165,000 to Ex-student who was DismissedDETROIT ― The University of Michigan agreed to pay $165,000 to settle what was left of a lawsuit over a graduate student’s dismissal from an engineering program in 2011. The school struck a deal with Jennifer Dibbern shortly before a June trial and after a federal judge dismissed most claims. She had accused the university […]July 27, 2016StudentsCEO of Harvard’s $37B Endowment Resigns for Personal ReasonsCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ― The chief of Harvard University’s $37 billion endowment is resigning after less than two years at the helm. Harvard Management Company, the university’s investment arm, announced on Wednesday that President and CEO Stephen Blyth will resign immediately for unspecified personal reasons. He started the job in 2015. Blyth took a medical leave […]July 27, 2016Leadership & PolicyBoard of Metropolitan Community College Asks Chairman to QuitOMAHA, Neb. ― The board of a community college in Omaha has voted to ask its chairman to resign. The Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors voted 6-4 Tuesday night to ask Fred Conley to resign from his position as chairman of the board, the Omaha World-Herald reported. “His resignation is absolutely necessary to protect […]July 27, 2016Leadership & PolicyArkansas Baptist College Names Joseph L. Jones PresidentDr. Joseph L. Jones, a political scientist, has been tapped as the next president of Arkansas Baptist College — a small, private historically Black college located in Little Rock.July 27, 2016StudentsDiverse Docket: Professor’s Bias Suit Against John Jay College RejectedA federal judge has rejected a race discrimination and retaliation suit by an African-American assistant professor of economics who failed to win tenure and promotion at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.July 27, 2016Previous PagePage 683 of 3225Next Page
