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Academics
Critics Question Hillary Clinton’s College Plan
Hillary Clinton’s plan for college tuition is promising but a lot of critics are doubting its feasibility. Everybody understands her good intention for enhancing the education in the United States but the question is — how exactly is she going to do it? One particular critic of Clinton’s plan questions the specifics and the clarity […]
October 13, 2016
Academics
Nonprofit Chain from India Expands to U.S.
BROOKLINE, Mass.— One of India’s largest colleges is expanding into the U.S. with the purchase of one campus in New York and a proposal to buy two more, drawing opposition from state officials in Massachusetts about the quality of the education it will offer. Dozens of U.S. colleges have opened overseas campuses, but few foreign […]
October 13, 2016
Nursing
Nursing Strike Ends in Minnesota
A 37-day strike at five Allina Health hospitals ended Tuesday night, but nurses left the picket lines with concerns about the contract they must approve before returning to work. In huddles during the final day of picketing and on social media, nurses debated the offer their negotiators reached during a 17-hour bargaining session arranged by […]
October 13, 2016
Women
Crude Trump Train Keeps on Rolling
Just when you thought that this political season could not get anymore bizarre, it sure did.
October 12, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Howard University Renames School of Communications after Cathy Hughes
Howard University has decided to rename its School of Communications after media mogul Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One, Inc.—the largest Black-owned multimedia company in the world.
October 12, 2016
Students
Obama Administration Puts Teeth into Teacher Prep Ratings
New federal regulations will rate teacher prep programs according to how many of their graduates get jobs, how long they stay in those jobs, and how well they do those jobs as measured by student academic performance.
October 12, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Predicting the Future of Obamacare
Negative leaders can deny change, resist it, ignore it – for a period of time. But they can’t escape it. And inevitably, they are eventually overtaken by it. Witness the current Trump dilemma. The leadership of the Republican party, following the defeat in the 2012 election, correctly acknowledged the demographic reality of a change in […]
October 12, 2016
African-American
Haslam Names Boards for Tennessee State, University of Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ― Gov. Bill Haslam named former University of Memphis interim president Brad Martin and Democratic fundraiser Bill Freeman to newly independent university boards on Wednesday. The new boards at the University of Memphis and Tennessee State University in Nashville are part of the Republican governor’s initiative to spin six four-year public universities out […]
October 12, 2016
Students
BYU-Hawaii Student Files Lawsuit over Honor Code, Assault
SALT LAKE CITY ― A former Brigham Young University-Hawaii student has filed a lawsuit alleging the school’s honor code prevented her from seeking help after she was sexually assaulted. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the lawsuit, filed Sept. 30 in Honolulu, claims the Mormon-owned school’s rules banning unmarried students from sexual activity made the […]
October 12, 2016
Students
Trump’s Lewd Remarks Concern Campuses Fighting Sex Assault
NEW LONDON, Conn. ― At Connecticut College, as at a growing number of campuses nationwide, students are encouraged to speak up if they hear remarks celebrating or condoning sexual aggression against women. In one training scenario, male students ask a peer if he really means it when he boasts of such conduct. So when news […]
October 12, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Temple University Makes Acting President Permanent
PHILADELPHIA ― Temple University’s acting president is staying on as the head of the school. The university’s board of trustees on Tuesday named Richard Englert as Temple’s president. The 70-year-old was appointed acting president in July, after the board forced out former president Neil Theobald over a deficit in the merit scholarship aid budget and […]
October 12, 2016
Disparities
Study Aims to Discover How Much Kids Move
AMHERST, Mass. —Two University of Massachusetts-Amherst researchers have received a $2.2 million federal grant to figure out just how much physical activity kids get. John Sirard, a kinesiologist, and John Staudenmayer, a statistician, plan to use the grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop methods for establishing more accurate assessments of physical activity […]
October 12, 2016
Other News
Teen with Speech Disorder Discovers Acting
NAPLES, Fla. — Shakespeare’s lead female character in “Much Ado About Nothing” is talkative, witty and probably too sarcastic for her own good. “A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours,” Beatrice says. Memorizing and reciting the lines from the 16th century comedic play is a feat in itself. “Scratching could […]
October 12, 2016
Disparities
Connecticut Hopes to Retain Medical Grads
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut officials, concerned that graduates of its medical schools are fleeing the state, are looking for ways to encourage those freshly minted doctors to remain. State Rep. Prasad Srinivasin, a board-certified allergist and the only physician in the General Assembly, said he’s worried Connecticut is losing both home-grown and out-of-state medical students […]
October 12, 2016
Policies
Radio Encryption: New Danger for First Responders
HARTFORD, Conn.— Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has the potential to backfire and put first responders in danger. Agencies with digital radio systems have turned off the encryption to their main dispatching channels and others have decided not to turn […]
October 12, 2016
Disparities
Reports Find Care at Native American Hospitals Substandard
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The internal watchdog of the Health and Human Services Department says the often substandard quality of care at hospitals serving Native Americans is the result of outdated equipment and technology, lack of resources, and difficulty attracting and keeping skilled staff. The Office of Inspector General on Friday released two reports that […]
October 12, 2016
Policies
Veterans’ Applications Hidden In Storage Unit
RICHMOND, Va.— Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is seeking a criminal investigation after applications for veterans’ benefits were found in a storage unit belonging to a former state employee who was fired last year for mishandling records, officials said. Between 20 and 30 boxes of documents were recovered from the unit belonging to the ex-employee […]
October 12, 2016
Other News
University Welcomes Students with Intellectual Disabilities
ELGIN, Ill. — What began in 2015 as a meeting of support between Judson alumnae Gayle Gianopulos ’88 and Nancy Binger ’97 – two mothers of children with Down syndrome – has transformed into an amazing journey. That journey has now launched a new program that will provide a collegiate experience at Judson University for […]
October 12, 2016
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