cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.WomenExpert Says Diverse Students Subjected to ‘Intellectual Apartheid’Zaretta Hammond, who is passionate about helping educators across all racial groups better relate to families of color, shared her experiences at a conference that connected neuroscientists and researchers with K-16 educators.February 15, 2016StudentsMount St. Mary’s President Says he Won’t ResignEMMITSBURG, Md. ― The president of a Catholic college in Maryland is rejecting the faculty’s demand for his resignation. Mount St. Mary’s University President Simon Newman told scores of cheering students at a rally Monday in Emmitsburg, “I’m not going to stop.” The faculty voted overwhelmingly Friday to ask Newman to resign by Monday morning. […]February 15, 2016Leadership & PolicyBoard Reprimands College President for PlagiarismCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ― Trustees of an Iowa community college have reprimanded the school president for plagiarizing a portion of his Martin Luther King Day speech last month. Last week the Kirkwood Community College board approved a motion expressing its disappointment that President Mick Starcevich didn’t attribute the source of an anecdote he used. It […]February 15, 2016InternationalStudent Leader’s Arrest Leads to Protest at University in IndiaNEW DELHI ― Massive protests paralyzed one of India’s top universities Monday after the president of the student union was arrested on charges of sedition. Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested Friday over a demonstration days earlier at Jawaharlal Nehru University to mark the anniversary of the 2013 execution of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri man convicted of […]February 15, 2016Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Mary Washington Names Troy Paino PresidentFREDERICKSBURG, Va. ― The University of Mary Washington has named a new president. The Fredericksburg, Virginia, school said in a statement Monday that Troy D. Paino will be the school’s 10th president. Paino is currently president of the public Truman State University located in Kirksville, Missouri. Paino has a master’s degree and a doctorate in […]February 15, 2016StudentsSchumer Pushes Legislation to Reduce College Student DebtSYRACUSE, N.Y. ― Sen. Charles Schumer says a new legislative package he’s promoting will put America on the path to debt-free college. Schumer was at the Syracuse University campus on Monday to promote the package, called the RED ― Reducing Educational Debt ― Act. He said college is a necessity in today’s globally connected economy, […]February 15, 2016Leadership & PolicyUniversity of New Orleans Panel Trimming List of its Presidential FinalistsNEW ORLEANS ― A University of New Orleans search committee will hold interviews Wednesday through Friday with candidates to lead the school. The committee will choose at least two finalists on Friday and University of Louisiana System supervisors expect to choose a president next week. Deputy New Orleans Mayor Andrew Kopplin and UNO provost and […]February 15, 2016Faculty & Staff2 Wheelock College Professors Accuse School of Anti-semitismBOSTON ― Two Jewish professors at Wheelock College have filed federal workplace discrimination complaints against the school alleging they were subject to anti-Semitic discrimination. The Boston Globe reports Gail Dines and Eric Silverman say the school retaliated against them after they co-wrote a letter about a perceived lack of Jewish perspective on campus. The complaint […]February 15, 2016Leadership & PolicyReplacement for Scalia Becoming an Issue of a GenerationIn a presidential election year, with 34 Senate seats also in play, the death of Antonin Scalia and his replacement become an urgent campaign issue.February 14, 2016African-AmericanBeyoncé: Black Power, Her Opponents, and their Dances with HistoryWhen Beyoncé jolted 100 million viewers back to Black power on Super Bowl Sunday, she was dancing with history. She was dancing for history.February 14, 2016Previous PagePage 772 of 3224Next Page
