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Majority of Doctors Disapprove of Trumpcare
Fifty-eight percent of U.S. physicians disapprove of the president’s healthcare plan, according to an InCrowd survey of 1,003 physicians. Here are five insights: Of the surveyed physicians, 56 percent disapprove of President Donald Trump’s overall performance. Twenty-eight percent of physicians support the American Health Care Act, compared to 54 percent who approve of the ACA. […]
May 22, 2017
Disparities
Report Shows Disparities in Care
Two new reports examining the quality of care received by Medicare Advantage enrollees reveal several nuances in the patient experience as reported by ethnic/racial group and gender, as well as “sizable differences” in the quality of treatment for certain conditions among MA beneficiaries, such as black and white men with rheumatoid arthritis, observes CMS. Health […]
May 22, 2017
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MARTHA SAUNDERS
MARTHA SAUNDERS has been named the sixth president of the University of West Florida (UWF). She was director of the university honors program and dean for the College of Arts and Sciences at UWF. She received a doctorate in communication theory and research from Florida State University, a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a bachelor’s degree in French from the University of Southern Mississippi.
May 22, 2017
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GAIL F. BAKER
GAIL F. BAKER has been named University of San Diego’s provost and vice president of academic affairs. She currently serves as dean of the College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media and the executive associate to the chancellor at the University of Nebraska Omaha. She holds a doctorate in journalism from the University of Missouri Columbia.
May 22, 2017
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EDWARD B. MONTGOMERY
EDWARD B. MONTGOMERY will take over as Western Michigan University’s ninth president in August. A labor economist, Montgomery has held posts with the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. He is a dean and professor of economics at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and both master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Harvard University.
May 22, 2017
Students
Swygert: Loan Servicing Change Could Rock HBCUs
Any wrong turn, albeit well intentioned, could further jeopardize the fragile state of HBCUs, Dr. H. Patrick Sywgert warned a crowd of several hundred attendees this weekend at “The Grand Boule Forum on HBCUs.”
May 21, 2017
Students
FAFSA Hacker Targeted Trump Tax Info
The person accused of a 2016 attempt to use a web-based FAFSA tool to illegally obtain taxpayer information is a longtime Louisiana-based private investigator who used the tool to target then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, court records obtained by Diverse show.
May 21, 2017
Students
Department of Education Seeking Single Servicer for Student Loans
The Department of Education announced on Friday that it would offer a contract to a single servicer to administer federal students loans.
May 21, 2017
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Yale’s Snowflake Justice and Public Shaming of Yelping Dean Jean Chu
Since the Yale Daily News broke the story of the Yelping dean, she’s been subject to ridicule for her candid reviews of local restaurants.
May 21, 2017
Students
Harvard Student Submits Rap Album as His Senior Thesis
BOSTON — While other Harvard University students were writing papers for their senior theses, Obasi Shaw was busy rapping his. Shaw is the first student in Harvard’s history to submit a rap album as a senior thesis in the English Department, the university said. The album, called “Liminal Minds,” has earned the equivalent of an […]
May 21, 2017
Students
‘New Life’ Initiative to Recruit American Indian Students
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State University President Barry Dunn says he can see a future in which reservation hospitals and health centers across South Dakota employ pharmacists and lab scientists educated at his school, with doctors and administrators also trained at institutions in the state. The land-grant university is pursuing a new initiative […]
May 21, 2017
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NAACP President to Leave Office as Group Undertakes Changes
WASHINGTON — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires this summer, officials said Friday. Brooks has been the NAACP’s leader since 2014 but will not be kept on past June 30, the end of his current term. NAACP Board […]
May 21, 2017
Leadership & Policy
3 African Americans Selected to Lead Community Colleges in N.Y.
Three African Americans were recently appointed to lead three community colleges in the state of New York. The State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees, along with the boards of Jefferson, Rockland, and Tompkins Cortland community colleges boards named Drs. Ty A. Stone, Michael A. Baston and Orinthia T. Montague to these top […]
May 21, 2017
Academics
Florida Will Credit Military Training in Licensing Guards
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that Florida veterans will now receive credit for relevant military training or education when applying for private investigator and security guard licenses with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “The men and women who have served and sacrificed for our country […]
May 19, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
New Reality: Where College Is Free
Three states and one city have enacted measures in the past two years. And lawmakers in several other places across the country are considering similar programs. More than 30,000 Tennesseans and 7,000 Oregonians have gone to community college tuition free already. Students in New York and San Francisco are set to start on the same […]
May 19, 2017
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Study: What Students Prefer in Digital Learning
According to the “Speak Up 2016 Research Project for Digital Learning” report from Project Tomorrow, 56% of students report using technology to learn outside of school more often than at school. The report, which details student digital learning habits and preferences, also shows rising student demand for a wider variety of online course and subject […]
May 19, 2017
Academics
Vanderbilt’s Peabody College to Start Online Studies
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development is now accepting applications for Peabody Online, the first online graduate and doctoral degree offerings from top-ranked Peabody College. The university is offering a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in human development counseling with a specialization in school counseling, and […]
May 19, 2017
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Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan for $1
There are many unanswered questions about the unprecedented sale of Kaplan University, a for-profit institution with several online programs but falling enrollments, to Purdue University, one of the top public universities in the nation. To try to get some answers, EdSurge recently sat down with Donald Graham, chairman of Graham Holdings Company, the group that […]
May 19, 2017
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