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Clayton State University, Gordon State College Partner to Form Master’s Nursing Degree Pathway
MORROW, GA — Clayton State University is making it easier for undergraduate students at Gordon State College (GSC) to earn an advanced degree in nursing. Under this new agreement, a GSC student who earns a Bachelor of Science in Nursing will be eligible for priority review for admittance to Clayton State to earn a Master […]
March 1, 2021
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Miss. Getting $5.62M Grant to Improve Health, Education Responses in Pandemic
Mississippi is getting a great big grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The $5.26 million grant, funded through the CARES Act, is expected to improve health and education responses to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Read More
March 1, 2021
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Oxford University COVID Lab Suffers Cyber Attack
LONDON: Oxford University has confirmed that one of its laboratories involved in Covid-19 research suffered cyberattack after an investigation by Forbes suggested that hackers were showing off access to a number of systems. The university on Thursday, however, said that there has been “no impact” on any clinical research. The hack is understood to have taken place in the […]
March 1, 2021
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College of Health Adds the Institute of Indigenous Studies With Plans of Involvement Locally and Internationally
The College of Health recently opened its Institute of Indigenous Studies, which is led by professors Christine Daley and Sean Daley. The Institute of Indigenous Studies plans to bring more opportunities for students at Lehigh to learn about and engage with Indigenous communities. Both Christine Daley and Sean Daley ran centers that focused on the […]
March 1, 2021
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Safe Space CNY Provides Accessible Mental Health Support Services
Tracy Mergler was diagnosed with an eating disorder when she was 14 years old. Shortly after her diagnosis, she found that there was very little help available in central New York. The Syracuse native always had to leave the area to seek treatment for her mental health. Since then, Mergler has dreamed of bringing a […]
March 1, 2021
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College Tuition Sparked A Mental Health Crisis. Then The Hefty Hospital Bill Arrived
Despite a lifelong struggle with panic attacks, Divya Singh made a brave move across the world last fall from her home in Mumbai, India. She enrolled at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., to study physics and explore an interest in stand-up comedy in Manhattan. Arriving in the midst of the pandemic and isolated in her […]
March 1, 2021
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California Colleges Slowly Begin Vaccinating Faculty, Students — But Likely Won’t Require Immunization
In mid-January, science education professor Al Schademan received one of around 2,000 emails sent to faculty, student employees and essential staff at California State University, Chico. The email contained a surprise for Schademan: He would be among the first higher education employees in California to gain coveted access to the coronavirus vaccine. Within a couple […]
March 1, 2021
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UK Speeds Up Vaccinations: All Adults Get 1st Jab by July 31
The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a “cautious” plan to ease the U.K.’s lockdown. Read More
February 22, 2021
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Cassidy Announces Nearly $5 Million for LSU Health Shreveport, LSU and A&M College Baton Rouge
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding $4,617,645 to Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport and LSU and Agricultural and Mechanical (LSU and A&M) College Baton Rouge under the pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry research program. Read More
February 22, 2021
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Meet College of Health Sciences and Technology Dean Yong ‘Tai’ Wang
RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology began the year under new leadership with Dean Yong “Tai” Wang. Wang joined RIT in January from the University of Texas at Tyler, where he was dean and endowed chair professor of the Drs. Lee Roy and Lucy Mathis College of Nursing and Health Sciences. His research focuses on rehabilitative […]
February 22, 2021
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UMN Collaboration Seeks to Strengthen Healthcare Workforce in Afghanistan
The University of Minnesota recently entered a partnership designed to further advance health sciences higher education and strengthen the healthcare workforce in Afghanistan over a five-year period. The program, Advancing Higher Education for Afghanistan’s Development (AHEAD), will work to combat the limited access to higher education caused by ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Supported by a […]
February 22, 2021
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Cuomo Urges NY Colleges & Universities to Ramp Up Campus Testing to Avoid Full Remote Learning
New York’s colleges and universities that are testing at least a quarter of their on-campus student and faculty population can be exempt from going to full remote learning if COVID-19 positivity rates increase, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday. He set the testing minimum at 25% of total on-campus students, faculty and staff tested weekly for a college or university […]
February 22, 2021
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Helping College Students Cope with Mental Health Issues
The pandemic has highlighted how important mental health is and how impactful mental wellness can be. Knowing what resources are available can be crucial, especially for college students. Doug Wermedal, South Dakota State University’s associate vice president of student affairs, says the school has a counseling center on campus which has seen a 15% increase […]
February 22, 2021
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Who Is Giving the COVID Vaccines? States Scramble to Find Vaccinators
Beating back Covid-19 right now comes down to balancing supply and demand. With hopes pinned to vaccines, demand has far outstripped the supply of doses. But, as an increasing number of vaccine vials are shipped in coming weeks, the concern about shortages may well shift to human capital: the vaccinators themselves. “We need to mobilize […]
February 22, 2021
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Pandemic Spurs Colleges To ‘Meet Students Where They’re at,’ Provide Flexible Options
When the coronavirus pandemic shuttered Central Ohio Technical College’s Newark campus in March, administrators found themselves needing to rethink everything. Provost of Academic and Student Affairs Eric Heiser said he and other COTC administrators were in a similar position to many Ohio colleges at the start of the pandemic. They found themselves asking how they could still safely provide students with […]
February 15, 2021
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Free Tuition for Select Programs Included in Governor’s COVID-19 Recovery Budget
Higher education took on big financial losses during the pandemic, but relief programs proposed by Gov. Tim Walz’s office are aiming to remedy that if passed in the upcoming budget decisions. Walz’s COVID-19 recovery budget includes direct emergency funding for state and tribal colleges and $35 million for a workforce stabilization program that would send […]
February 15, 2021
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Bergen Community College COVID-19 Testing Dates This Week
COVID-19 drive-thru testing at Bergen Community College continues this week. The testing has been conducted through a partnership between Bergen County and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, and the new dates were announced prior to this week’s snow storm. Read More
February 15, 2021
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Postsecondary Institutions Partner with Companies to Meet Students’ Needs Amid COVID-19
As the world continues to grapple with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies across sectors have shifted their strategies to meet industry needs. Distilleries are now producing hand sanitizer while car manufacturers met demand by making ventilators. In the higher education sector, the shift to online learning forced colleges and universities to rely on […]
February 15, 2021
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