cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.LGBTQ+U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to RestroomsThe Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity. A letter to school districts will go out Friday, adding to a highly charged debate over transgender rights in the middle of the administration’s […]May 13, 2016Leadership & PolicyCUNY’s Frank Sanchez Named President of Rhode Island CollegeWARWICK, R.I. ― Rhode Island College has a new president. Frank Sanchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York, was named Rhode Island College’s 10th president after a vote Wednesday by the Council on Postsecondary Education, The Providence Journal reported. He is expected to start his new job in the […]May 12, 2016News RoundupBillionaire Gives $200M to USC for Cancer ResearchLOS ANGELES ― Oracle founder Larry Ellison has donated $200 million to the University of Southern California to fund a cancer research center, matching the largest single donation ever received by the school. The Los Angeles Times reports the university announced Ellison’s gift Wednesday. The money will fund the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative […]May 12, 2016StudentsCoalition for Graduate Students Sues University of MissouriCOLUMBIA, Mo. ― A coalition elected to represent graduate students in collective bargaining at the University of Missouri filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking university officials to recognize it as a bargaining unit. In a lawsuit filed in Boone County Circuit Court, the Coalition of Graduate Workers, which is affiliated with the Missouri National Education Association, […]May 12, 2016Leadership & PolicyRegents Approve Early Retirement for Embattled ChancellorLAS VEGAS ― Nevada higher education regents approved an early retirement deal Thursday for Chancellor Dan Klaich after he said his role in developing a new college funding formula with lawmakers a few years ago has become a distraction. Regents poured out praise for Klaich during a special board meeting, saying they were reluctantly approving […]May 12, 2016StudentsDiverse Conversations: How Racial Stereotyping Hurts College CampusesRacial profiling happens and it’s dangerous ― even on college campuses, which are often advertised as some of the most progressive places in the country.May 12, 2016African-AmericanTroubled Howard University Hospital Cutting StaffBy June 30, the financially troubled Howard University Hospital (HUH) will lose 10 percent of its workforce; not even management will be spared, said its CEO James Edwards.May 12, 2016African-AmericanHBCUs Back Push to Think Outside Box About Students’ Criminal PastA new report from the Education Department urges colleges to reconsider how they ask applicants about their criminal records.May 12, 2016HomeIncorrect Assumptions about Asian Americans Lead to Academic ProblemsWe cannot let outmoded and inaccurate misperceptions inform our understanding of Asian Americans’ backgrounds and abilities.May 12, 2016HomeFord Weaves Women’s Activism, Fashion in ‘Liberated Threads’Liberated Threads provides a chronology of how “soul” expressed by Black women in the form of dress and fashion was neatly aligned with their work as activists.May 12, 2016Previous PagePage 717 of 3224Next Page
