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University of Delaware Hikes Tuition 3.5, 4 Percent for Fall Semester

Tuition rates are going up at the University of Delaware. The school announced Thursday that undergraduate tuition and fees for in-state students will increase by 4 percent for the upcoming year, to $13,680. Tuition and fees for out-of-state students will rise by 3.5 percent, to $34,310. The total cost for most undergraduates, including room and […]

July 9, 2018

William & Mary to Mark Spot of 18th-Century Black School

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — William & Mary says it will erect a highway marker to commemorate the spot where a school for enslaved and free Black children was likely located. The university in Williamsburg, Virginia, said in a statement Thursday that the marker could be in place as soon as early fall on the edge […]

July 9, 2018

Survey Explores College Students’ Beliefs, Activism

Nearly six in 10 college students would protest publicly for a cause they care about, according to a survey conducted over the last three weeks that highlighted college students’ beliefs surrounding political, social and environmental issues.

July 9, 2018

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Mexican President-Elect Wants Every Kid to Go to College

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is promising to send to college every young person who wants to attend. Lopez Obrador told reporters Saturday that all young Mexicans will have the opportunity to study. He said that may require building new high schools and universities. Future education secretary Esteban Moctezuma said later […]

July 9, 2018

An Alzheimer’s Patient’s Advice

About a year ago, the Register published an essay I wrote about having Alzheimer’s or as I call it, ALZ. One thing to remember is Alzheimer’s has become a generic term covering many forms of dementia. I have seen three neurologists, at Mayo Clinic and in Des Moines, and have come away somewhat confused as different neurologists […]

July 9, 2018

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Trump Reversal on Race in Admissions Raises Concerns about Diversity Among Physicians

The Association of American Medical Colleges is raising concerns that the Trump administration’s recent rescission of guidance of consideration of race in university admissions might threaten efforts to improve diversity at medical schools. Earlier this week, the administration announced it would no longer support guidance created under the Obama administration encouraging schools to take a student’s […]

July 9, 2018

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Deaths from Bacterial Disease Spiked after Maria

A Puerto Rico mortality database — which CNN and CPI sued the island’s Demographic Registry to obtain — lists 26 deaths in the six months after Hurricane Maria that were labeled by clinicians as “caused” by leptospirosis, a bacterial illness known to spread through water and soil, especially in the aftermath of storms. That’s more than twice […]

July 9, 2018

Trump Administration Takes Affirmative Action to Ignore Race and Law

In case you missed it: while you were celebrating all the progress we’ve achieved in America – 242 years of opportunity resulting in a burgeoning sense of equality and diversity – the Trump administration placed a cherry bomb in your inbox.

July 9, 2018

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Tribe Sues Drug Firms Over Opioid Crisis

SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY, Wash. — The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community has joined the ranks of governmental organizations filing lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies over the opioid crisis. The Skagit Valley Herald reports the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle names Purdue Pharma, Endo Pharmaceuticals and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & […]

July 9, 2018

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Rubio Prepares Conservative Answer to Paid Family Leave

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is introducing legislation next week that is likely to allow parents to draw from their Social Security benefits early in what he is calling a “conservative solution” for paid family leave. Full details of the bill haven’t been disclosed yet, but an aide to Rubio confirmed it would be similar to an idea […]

July 9, 2018

Why People Stay in Disaster-Prone Areas

In the anticipation and aftermath of natural disasters, those in their path face difficult choices: To stay, or to leave? To relocate, or to rebuild in areas prone to the risk of property damage, which is predicted to become more acute as climate change progresses? Storms are particularly threatening weather events, according to a report issued […]

July 9, 2018

Administration Halts Some Obamacare Payments

The Trump administration announced Saturday that it will temporarily halt billions of dollars in payments under the Affordable Care Act’s risk adjustment program, a move that could shake up insurance markets. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees the program, cited a recent federal court decision that found the formula […]

July 9, 2018

U.S. Threats, Opposition to Breastfeeding Resolution Stuns World

The U.S. government reportedly threatened Ecuador with trade sanctions if it didn’t water down a resolution drafted to promote breastfeeding around the world. The resolution had been expected to pass without issue at the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly in May, according to The New York Times. Then, without warning, the U.S. delegation requested that language […]

July 9, 2018

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Diversifying the Profession

Law school deans from across the nation are being intentional about training the next generation of lawyers.

July 9, 2018

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College Retreat Examines White Identity

During the 2018-19 school year, the University of Vermont (UVM) will host a three-day weekend retreat that specifically targets White students in order to discuss topics such as privilege, inclusivity and racism.

July 6, 2018

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Ex-Athletes Say Ohio State Doc Groped, Ogled Men for Years

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On paper, Richard Strauss was a well-regarded Ohio State University physician who examined young athletes for decades as a team doctor and sports-medicine researcher. Some former athletes recall him differently: Locker-room voyeur. Serial groper. “Dr. Jelly Paws.” In interviews with The Associated Press in recent weeks, seven former athletes and a former […]

July 6, 2018

Students to Pay More to Attend Southern University System

BATON ROUGE, La.— Southern University System students in Louisiana will pay hundreds of dollars more a semester in the upcoming school year, to generate $4.2 million for campuses, under a package of fee hikes approved by the system governing board Thursday. Fee increases on students are rankling lawmakers, who protected Louisiana’s colleges from budget cuts […]

July 6, 2018

Commissioner Appeals Ruling on University Rape Case Records

MISSOULA, Mont. – The Montana Commissioner of Higher Education is appealing a judge’s order to release redacted student records to author Jon Krakauer. The Missoulian reports attorneys with the Montana University System filed a notice of appeal Thursday, planning to petition the state Supreme Court to overturn the ruling on records involving the university system’s […]

July 6, 2018