cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsExpert: ‘Momentum Matters’ for Community College Students Who Transfer to 4-Year SchoolsOnly 14 percent of students who transfer from community college to a four-year school graduate with a bachelor’s degree within six years, according to a joint study.January 19, 2016HomeObama Administration Seeks to Expand Pell GrantsThe Obama Administration wants more students who receive Pell Grants to graduate from college as quickly as possible and is proposing to pay more to help make that happen.January 19, 2016SportsTitle IX Exclusion and Marginalization Needs to ChangeWe have a law that was meant to protect many, but is too focused on a few — those participating in varsity-level collegiate sports.January 19, 2016African-AmericanHBCUs Hit Strategic Reset in Face of Funding MismatchDespite the doom-and-gloom narrative that is often projected on these institutions, three in particular are seizing an opportunity to look inward, producing new strategic plans that accentuate their strengths and build upon their weaknesses.January 19, 2016News RoundupIndividual Coaching Demystifies College for First-Generation ApplicantsStudents who are the first in their family to apply to college are the least likely to have had help navigating the complex process. A group called the College Advising Corps is trying to turn that disparity around. It partners with high schools and universities to recruit and pay recent college grads to advise lower-income, […]January 19, 2016News RoundupThe Obama Administration Proposes $2 Billion More In College Aid“President Obama has increased college aid by over $50 billion since coming into office. And he’s trying to do more. Acting Education Secretary John King announced two new proposals today that would expand the Pell Grant program, the biggest pot of federal money for students with financial need. Will offering students a few hundred dollars, […]January 19, 2016StudentsWashington Lawmakers Propose Free Community CollegeOLYMPIA, Wash. ― A group of Democratic lawmakers in Washington have announced a proposal to make community college and technical college free for state residents without a bachelor’s degree. Some qualifying students could also get a stipend for books and other expenses based on family income, lawmakers said at a news conference on Tuesday. The […]January 19, 2016StudentsDartmouth Will Account for State Aid it Agreed to in 1800sCONCORD, N.H. ― Facing questions from a skeptical lawmaker, Dartmouth College has agreed to provide an annual accounting of how it keeps promises it made two centuries ago to help needy New Hampshire students. In 1807, the state gave the then-cash-strapped college 42 square miles of land, with the provision that all income produced from […]January 19, 2016Leadership & PolicySt. Bonaventure University President Announces RetirementOLEAN, N.Y. ― St. Bonaventure University President Sister Margaret Carney is retiring. The 74-year-old announced Tuesday that she will leave her position at the western New York university on July 31. She’s been at the Franciscan college for 20 years and has been president for the last 12. In an email to the college community, […]January 19, 2016StudentsSuicide of Student Triggers Protests in Southern IndiaHYDERABAD, India ― Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students on Tuesday angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad. The protesters accused Hyderabad University’s vice chancellor and a federal minister of unfairly demanding […]January 19, 2016Previous PagePage 792 of 3224Next Page
