cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.African-AmericanED Secretary: U.S. Higher Ed Becoming ‘Caste System’John King warned that the U.S. is becoming a “caste system of colleges and universities” in which more affluent students have advantages while poorer students “get shortchanged.”March 24, 2016DisabiltiesExperts: Broadband Key to Boosting Higher Ed Access for PoorA federal program that provides phone service to the poor could boost access to higher education if the program is upgraded to include broadband service, panelists said Wednesday.March 23, 2016StudentsU.S. Government Cuts Grants to Jewish College, Citing FraudWEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. ― The federal government has barred a Jewish college in suburban Detroit from participating in a popular grant program after finding that thousands of students lived full-time in Israel and weren’t taking classes through the school. The Michigan Jewish Institute broke its fiduciary duty to the U.S. Education Department, which supplies Pell […]March 23, 2016StudentsNRA Leader Praises Liberty U. for Allowing Concealed CarryLYNCHBURG, Va. ― The CEO of the National Rifle Association is praising Liberty University for allowing qualified students to carry concealed handguns on campus. Wayne LaPierre said Liberty was one of the safest places in the country at the college’s regular three-times-weekly convocation on Wednesday. The News & Advance reports that LaPierre praised students who […]March 23, 2016StudentsUMKC Takes Issue with Education Trust Report ConclusionAccording to UMKC, the university is concerned primarily with providing full access to all members of the community, and that Education Trust’s numbers do not tell the full story.March 23, 2016StudentsUniversity of California Approves Anti-Semitism StatementSAN FRANCISCO ― A University of California committee agreed Wednesday to single out anti-Semitism as a form of intolerance that campus leaders should challenge but rejected a more far-reaching denouncement of arguments against Israel’s right to exist. A year in the making, the formal position opposing anti-Semitic behavior comes amid a wave of impassioned campus […]March 23, 2016African-AmericanSan Jose State Scrambling to Address Racial TensionsLast week’s campus protest has put new pressure on administrators to hire a chief diversity officer to handle festering racial tensions at the Bay Area university.March 23, 2016African-AmericanUniversity of Missouri Announces New Diversity OfficialCOLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri has named a diversity official to help the four-campus system recover from racial protests at the flagship campus in Columbia. The school announced Wednesday that Kevin McDonald has been tapped to serve as the first ever chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. President Michael Middleton said McDonald would […]March 23, 2016HomeA Time to ShineDr. Yi-Chun Tricia Lin working to raise profile of North American Asian issues within women’s studies.March 23, 2016News RoundupMelissa Murray Named Interim Dean of UC Berkeley School of LawLaw professor Melissa Murray has been named interim dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. Her appointment, which begins today, was decided with broad input from Berkeley Law faculty, students and staff following the March 10 resignation of former Dean Sujit Choudhry. “Melissa Murray is a widely respected scholar and teacher, as renowned for […]March 23, 2016Previous PagePage 744 of 3224Next Page
