Tag: No Child Left Behind Act: Page 2

Faculty & Staff

Glasper Moves Forward with League of Innovations

Rufus Glasper will become the CEO and president of the Arizona-based League for Innovations next year.

December 15, 2015

Sports

Topeka Korean School Keeps Heritage Alive

by Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — A longstanding school that is the subject of a recent documentary works to maintain traditions and culture for second-generation Korean-Americans. The Topeka Korean School was founded in 1993, said Sangyoub Park, associate principal at the school and a Washburn University sociology professor, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. The Korean school […]

November 30, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Diverse Docket: African-American Student Loses Bias Suit Against Valparaiso

An African-American nursing student who was dismissed for low grades has lost her racial discrimination suit against Valparaiso University.

November 22, 2015

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Tragedy in Paris Steve Fund Challenging Views of Mental Health in Minority Communities    Failing Grade: Why There Aren’t More African-American Teachers in Classrooms Mizzou and the Future of Black Student-Athletes’ Protests

November 20, 2015

Community Colleges

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR has been appointed dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island. He was dean of the business school at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Ebrahimpour earned a bachelor’s from the Institute of Advanced Accounting in Iran, an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

November 18, 2015

Students

Yale Students March Over Concerns About Racial Sensitivity

Hundreds of Yale students and supporters marched across campus Monday to protest what they see as racial insensitivity at the elite Ivy League school

November 9, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig Ends Presidential Bid

Harvard law professor Larry Lessig is ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

November 2, 2015

Faculty & Staff

UNC Faculty Group Says Secrecy to Hurt New University Head

Faculty representatives for North Carolina’s public university system said Thursday the next president of the 17-campus University of North Carolina will take the job with extra baggage by failing to meet with teachers and researchers first.

October 22, 2015

Students

COLLEEN SMITH

COLLEEN SMITH has been appointed president of Coconino Community College in Arizona, effective February 1. She is district senior vice president for academic affairs at Collin College in Texas. Smith earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Texas A&M Commerce (formerly East Texas State University), and a doctorate from Texas Woman’s University.

October 21, 2015

Community Colleges

Franklin & Marshall Latest to Rescind Cosby Honorary Degree

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Pennsylvania college has become the latest school to rescind an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby.

October 20, 2015

Leadership & Policy

TAMARA RODENBERG

TAMARA RODENBERG has been named president of Bethany College in West Virginia, effective January 1. She is vice president for advancement for the Divinity School at Texas Christian University. Rodenberg earned a bachelor’s from Texas Christian University, a master’s from Lexington Theological Seminary and a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union in California.

October 20, 2015

Students

DANIELLE WOZNIAK

DANIELLE WOZNIAK has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the College of New Rochelle in New York. She was the director of the School of Social Work at the University of New England in Portland, Maine. Wozniak earned a bachelor’s from Miami University in Ohio, a master’s from Fordham University and a doctorate from the University of Connecticut.

October 8, 2015