Jamaal Abdul-AlimFaculty & StaffStakeholders Divided Over Expected Elimination of Teacher Prep RegulationsThe teacher prep regulations that the Obama administration pushed for years to establish in order to hold schools of education more accountable for the K-12 teachers they produce are now one presidential pen stroke away from becoming history. The organization that represents educator preparation programs could not be more delighted with the U.S. Senate’s vote […]March 8, 2017StudentsDual Enrollment Movement Seeks Bigger Role in EducationThe effort to make more students aware of dual enrollment schools such as Bard High School Early College Baltimore is getting a boost thanks to a new coalition called the College in High School Alliance.March 8, 2017StudentsMaricopa Community Colleges Giving ‘Step’ Compensation System the BootMaricopa Community Colleges seeks to usher in a new system that will change the way the school system compensates, recognizes and rewards its employees.March 6, 2017StudentsResearch Counters Trump View of ImmigrationMonica Gomez Isaac, executive director of the Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University, says, “The contributions of immigrants permeate nearly every facet of American society.”March 5, 2017StudentsScholars: DREAMer’s Arrest a Threat to Rights of AllExperts say the arrest of a DREAMer and aspirant university math professor who had just spoken out about the impact that immigration enforcement was having on her family has had a chilling effect on other DREAMers and is likely to reverberate beyond the community of undocumented students.March 2, 2017StudentsUMB Students Enjoy Day of DiscoveryFour University of Maryland, Baltimore students spent the last day of Black History Month adding important pieces to the puzzles of their ancestry.March 1, 2017StudentsAdvocates Call for Schools to Stand By Undocumented StudentsAt a time of escalating fears of deportation, faculty and administrators should align themselves with undocumented students and actively fight to secure their future in the United States, according to a recent panel.February 28, 2017StudentsSenate Democrats Question Role of DeVos Advisory GroupThe letter asks Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to clarify how the task force — reportedly to be headed by Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. — will advise the department on issues of higher education.February 26, 2017Faculty & StaffRaheem Beyah Wants to Open More Doors to CybersecurityFor Dr. Raheem A. Beyah, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, the journey toward a career in teaching cybersecurity began with a simple desire to make sure his mother wouldn’t have to struggle.February 23, 2017HomeDeVos: Obama Administration ‘Failed Miserably’ at Improving EducationU.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos cited the Obama administration for spending money on a failed effort to turn around the nation’s schools.February 23, 2017Previous PagePage 15 of 81Next Page
