cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsReport: Black Student Graduation Rates Improving at Slower Rate Than WhitesA recent report released by the Education Trust found that Black student graduation rates improved by 4.4 percent compared to 5.6 percent for White students.March 22, 2016African-AmericanAsian Women Scholars Find Unity Through Feminist CourseNorth American Asian feminists increase their influence through courses that explore their unique history and experiences.March 22, 2016StudentsProgram to Help Pay for Community College for Detroit GradsBy Associated Press DETROIT — Detroit will start using state education tax dollars to fund a program that will pay for two years of community college for the city’s high school graduates. Detroit Promise scholarships will be available to students starting in 2018. The program follows promise zone legislation passed years ago by state lawmakers […]March 22, 2016LGBTQ+New Kansas Law Lets Campus Religious Groups Restrict MembersBy Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ conservative Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday allowing faith-based groups at college campuses to restrict membership to like-minded people, likely putting the state on a collision course with civil liberties groups. The GOP-dominated Legislature approved the legislation earlier this month, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled nearly six […]March 22, 2016StudentsBaylor Professor Holds Infant for 55-Minute Lecture After Student’s Sitter Falls ThroughWhen Baylor University professor Darryn Willoughby saw Katy Humphrey’s 4 1/2-month-old daughter starting to fuss in the front row of his class, he didn’t think twice about scooping up the little one and and cradling her during his 55-minute lecture. Humphrey, who is a wife and full-time mother, brought Millie to class earlier this month […]March 22, 2016HBCUsNate Parker Launching Film School at HBCU, Wiley College“The Birth of a Nation” filmmaker Nate Parker is launching a film school at Wiley College in Texas, with plans for classes to open in the fall. Parker told reporters over the weekend that the school in East Texas will offer a comprehensive approach to being a filmmaker. Thrilled to announce the Birth of the @NateParker […]March 22, 2016African-AmericanPAULA JOHNSONPAULA JOHNSON has been named president of Wellesley College, effective July 1. She was chief of women’s health at Harvard Medical School and executive director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Johnson earned a bachelor’s, an M.D. and a master’s from Harvard University.March 22, 2016HomeALFREDO ARTILESALFREDO ARTILES has been appointed dean of graduate education at Arizona State University Tempe. He was associate dean of academic affairs and Ryan C. Harris Professor of Special Education at Arizona State. Artiles earned a bachelor’s from the Universidad Rafael Landívar in Guatemala, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Virginia.March 22, 2016Faculty & StaffGREGORY E. TRIPLETTGREGORY E. TRIPLETT has been appointed associate dean for graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate director of the Honors College at the University of Missouri. Triplett earned a bachelor’s from Florida A&M University, a master’s from Florida State University and a doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology.March 22, 2016Community CollegesMARJORIE L. DORIMÉ-WILLIAMSMARJORIE L. DORIMÉ-WILLIAMS has been named director of assessment in the Office of Academic Affairs at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She was director of academic assessment at Baruch College (CUNY). Dorimé-Williams earned a bachelor’s from Saint Joseph’s University, a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.March 22, 2016Previous PagePage 745 of 3224Next Page
