cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.African-AmericanA Threat to HBCUs – Race and Higher Education in the SouthWe must keep watch on these Institutions and speak out when there is a concern. We must take an activist role and approach, and we must be vocal to our state higher education leaders.May 24, 2016African-AmericanThe Perfect Strand: Untangling Race, Professionalism, and HairCould my ‘natural’ hair cost me the interview or job?May 24, 2016HomeEthnic Studies Bill Gaining Momentum in CaliforniaAssemblyman Luis Alejo has sponsored a bill that would require every school district and charter school serving high school students to offer an ethnic studies course beginning in the 2020-21 academic school year.May 24, 2016SportsWashington Names Jennifer Cohen New Athletic DirectorSEATTLE ― For the second time in the past 10 years, Washington chose continuity at the top of its athletic department over bringing in a new face from outside the school. Washington named Jennifer Cohen as its new athletic director Tuesday after she served as the interim athletic director following Scott Woodward’s departure for Texas […]May 24, 2016StudentsWarren: Let Harvard Grad Assistants Form Bargaining UnitsBOSTON ― U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard University to let graduate students who work as research and teaching assistants form collective bargaining units. Warren and fellow Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Markey sent a letter Monday to Harvard President Drew Faust, saying the students have helped make Harvard an academic world leader. They said […]May 24, 2016StudentsUtah Valley University Changing Landscape with Latino InitiativeUVU also tripled its annual number of Latino graduates from 2004 to 2014, thanks to support and outreach by many university staff and faculty.May 23, 2016African-AmericanRaymond Burse Abruptly Quits as Kentucky State University PresidentRaymond M. Burse, the retired General Electric Company executive who came out of retirement to help enrollment and financially troubled Kentucky State University get on a course toward recovery, announced his resignation Monday.May 23, 2016Faculty & StaffFaculty Strike at Green River College to Protest CutsAUBURN, Wash. ― Faculty members are striking at Green River College in Auburn to protest cuts proposed by the administration. The community college has proposed eliminating 11 programs and courses due to a $4 million budget shortfall. The Green River United Faculty Coalition says some professors could lose their jobs, though college spokeswoman Catherine Ushka […]May 23, 2016Faculty & StaffRegents Want Pay Gap Suit from Former SDSU Professor TossedSIOUX FALLS, S.D. ― The South Dakota Board of Regents is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former South Dakota State University professor who claims she was paid less than colleagues who were not Black and female. The Argus Leader reports the board’s lawyers in the response to the lawsuit from […]May 23, 2016StudentsDo white people want merit-based admissions policies? Depends on who’s their competition.The outcome of the pending Fisher v. Texas Supreme Court case on affirmative action rests on whether the Supreme Court determines that race, as used in the University of Texas admissions policy, violates the equal protections clause of the 14th amendment. But that question stems from the underlying idea that racial considerations in admissions decisions […]May 23, 2016Previous PagePage 711 of 3225Next Page
