cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsPoll: About Half U.S. Students Identify as ‘Hopeful’ and ‘Engaged’Only about half of U.S. students are “hopeful” and “engaged” in school, while the rest are either not engaged or actively disengaged and stuck or discouraged, according to an annual Gallup Student Poll.March 15, 2016Students50 Years of Access in JeopardyVoting rights, money to attend college and diversity are so common today that many of us forget they were not always hallmarks of American identity.March 15, 2016WomenBishop Opposes Notre Dame’s Decision to Give Medal to BidenSOUTH BEND, Ind. ― The University of Notre Dame should not award Vice President Joe Biden its top award because it sends a message that a politician can support abortion rights and gay marriage and still be a good Catholic, the bishop of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese said. Notre Dame announced March 5 it […]March 15, 2016Faculty & StaffBoard Upholds Firing of Missouri Professor who ProtestedKANSAS CITY, Mo. ― The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators upheld its decision to fire an assistant professor whose run-ins with student journalists and the police during race-related protests last fall drew widespread attention, the university system said Tuesday. The board found that Melissa Click’s appeal “brought no new relevant information,” the university system […]March 15, 2016News RoundupNotre Dame to Take ESPN Lawsuit to State Supreme CourtINDIANAPOLIS ― A University of Notre Dame spokesman says the university plans to take a lawsuit from ESPN to the Indiana Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled the school’s police department is a public entity that is subject to state open-records laws. The three-judge panel overturned a lower court decision, ruling Tuesday that the […]March 15, 2016Leadership & PolicyFormer Republican Congressman Tabbed as New President at U. of North DakotaFARGO, N.D. ― A former Republican congressman from Minnesota was selected Tuesday to take over as the 12th president of the University of North Dakota, and deal with nearly $10 million in expected budget cuts and a Legislature that has been critical of higher education spending. The state Board of Higher Education spent more than […]March 15, 2016StudentsKansas May Allow Campus Religious Groups to Restrict MembersTOPEKA, Kan. ― Kansas is close to enacting a measure that would allow university religious groups to restrict membership based on beliefs and retain public funding. The bill got first-round approval in the Kansas House 80-39 Tuesday after it was passed by the Senate last year. If the bill wins final approval in the House […]March 15, 2016StudentsGeorgia Governor Questions Campus Guns Bill to NRA BacklashATLANTA ― Georgia’s governor stopped short of a veto threat against a bill lifting a weapons ban on the state’s public college campuses on Tuesday. But the Republican’s call for fixes to the bill awaiting his signature prompted pushback from the National Rifle Association and Georgia lawmakers still supportive of the original proposal. The state […]March 15, 2016StudentsChairman of University Steps Down After President’s CommentsThe chairman of Mount St. Mary’s University has resigned and the Board of Trustees has elected its first female leader following a furor over the former president’s comments likening struggling freshmen at the Maryland Catholic college to bunnies that should be drowned, the school announced Tuesday. John E. Coyne III said in a statement that […]March 15, 2016SportsBlacks Playing Men’s Hoops, Football Lag Behind in DegreesPHILADELPHIA ― Young Black men playing basketball and football for the country’s top college teams are graduating at lower rates than Black male students at the same schools ― despite having financial and academic support that removes common hurdles preventing many undergraduates from earning a degree, a new report has found. While 58 percent of […]March 15, 2016Previous PagePage 749 of 3224Next Page
