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Senator Warren Rakes Nominee Over Student Loans
(CNN) — In a tense exchange, Sen. Elizabeth Warren repeatedly questioned Donald Trump’s education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos on Tuesday over her commitment to protecting taxpayers from student loan abuse. But the Massachusetts Democrat isn’t convinced she got the answers she wanted. “As Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos would be in charge of running a $1 […]
January 19, 2017
Students
Portland CC Supports Students Who’ve Been in Foster Care
At Portland Community College (PCC), administrators and faculty are looking for ways to meet the needs of some of the most vulnerable students on campus, including students who have previously been in the foster care system.
January 18, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Expert: HBCUs’ Leadership Instability Unnerving for Potential Benefactors
The announcement this week by Morehouse College that it was parting ways with its president after four years on the job adds additional grief for the larger community of HBCUs in America, say higher education advocates.
January 18, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
“Risk Pools” Will Be Buzzword for Obama Repeal
In the national health insurance debate, repeal is the word on everyone’s lips, as in “the repeal of Obamacare.” But soon enough, “risk pools” will be the new buzzword. And there are some very potent reasons why. For all of the GOP’s and Donald Trump’s bashing of Obamacare, there are two provisions of the ACA […]
January 18, 2017
Other News
Study: Home Visit Program for Infants Cuts Costs
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Newborns enrolled in New Mexico’s home visiting program are less likely to use costly medical services than other children in their first year. According to a new Rand Corp. study, children enrolled in the New Mexico First Born program were a third less likely to visit an emergency room than newborns in […]
January 18, 2017
Disparities
N.M. Exports Video Mentoring Model for Physicians
ESPANOLA, N.M. — The heart of an unborn child beat strong and steady through an amplified monitor, as physician Leslie Hayes examined a pregnant 40-year-old who recently was weaned from heroin with help from anti-craving medication. Hayes and her colleagues treat more than 200 patients for drug-use disorders involving heroin and prescription opioid pain medication […]
January 18, 2017
Other News
$10K Grant Goes to LSU Project for Homeless
NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans human services nonprofit is giving $10,000 to a program run by medical students to help homeless women and children get health care and education. LSU Health New Orleans says the grant comes from La Societe des Dames Hospitalieres. Students from five of the six schools at LSU Health New […]
January 18, 2017
Disparities
Healthcare Repeal Would Burden Native Americans
A repeal of the Affordable Care Act — now in the offing in Congress — could deal a body blow to healthcare for at least 33% of all Native Americans. The federal government promised free healthcare to tribes in treaties more than a century ago. The legislation that protects and modernizes those treaty promises was […]
January 18, 2017
Policies
Study: Health Coverage Has Other Economic Benefits
House and Senate lawmakers took the first step last week toward repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare. While there is no doubt of a major fight ahead over what happens next, researchers from the Brown School and Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis have given lawmakers something […]
January 18, 2017
Policies
18 M Will Be Uninsured If Obamacare Dies
WASHINGTON — Insurance premiums would soar for millions of Americans and 18 million more would be uninsured in just one year if Republicans scuttle much of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul without a replacement, Congress’ budget analysts said Tuesday (January 17). Spotlighting potential perils for Republicans, the report immediately became a flashing hazard light for […]
January 18, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Janet Napolitano Hospitalized Due to Side Effects of Cancer Care
SAN FRANCISCO — University of California President Janet Napolitano, a former U.S. Homeland Security secretary and governor of Arizona, has been undergoing cancer treatment for five months and was hospitalized after suffering complications, the school system said. The UC Office of the President said Napolitano, 59, was diagnosed last August but did not say what […]
January 18, 2017
Policies
Senators Grill HHS Pick on Care Act, Stock Trades
Rep. Tom Price—President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services—said “nobody is interested in pulling the rug out from anybody” as part of Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “It’s not our plan for people to lose coverage,” Price told members of the Senate Health, Education, […]
January 18, 2017
Students
University of Wisconsin Suspends Fraternity for Serving Minors
MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Madison committee suspended a fraternity chapter Tuesday amid allegations members provided alcohol to minors and sang a song glorifying multiple sexual assaults. The university said in a news release late Tuesday that the Committee on Student Organization had voted to suspend the Sigma Chi chapter until March 1. The […]
January 18, 2017
Students
Talladega College Marching Band Heads to Trump Inaugural after Raising $620K
TALLADEGA, Ala. — The Talladega College Marching Tornadoes got a big send-off Wednesday as it left to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade Friday in Washington. Some alumni criticized the trip and did’t want students at the historically Black college founded by former slaves performing for Trump. Some alumni didn’t want the school being […]
January 18, 2017
Students
University of North Carolina: Job Candidates Say No, Citing Bathroom Law
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Academics being recruited by North Carolina’s public university system have ruled out moving to the state because of a law limiting legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people. That’s according to University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings, who also told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday she’s unaware […]
January 18, 2017
News Roundup
Delta Adds Diversity Training for 23,000 Crew Members
Delta Air Lines Inc. will begin new, dedicated diversity training for all of its flight crews after at least two widely publicized incidents where passengers said they were discriminated against or treated uncivilly on its flights. Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian banned a passenger for life in November after the man was videotaped yelling in […]
January 18, 2017
Students
DeVos Calls for Higher Ed Reset at Factious Hearing
In a contentious Senate confirmation hearing in which Democrats cast her as unqualified to be secretary of education but Republicans and supporters portrayed her as a much-needed change agent.
January 18, 2017
Students
Morehouse Students, Faculty Shut Out of Process of Ousting President
Student and faculty trustees at Morehouse College decry lack of input in board of trustees’ decision over the weekend not to renew the contract of President John Wilson.
January 17, 2017
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