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Veterans
Purple Heart Vets Could Get Benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVEC) — A new bill could grant Purple Heart recipients full Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, along with Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the bill. Under the bill, Purple Heart recipients would be eligible to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program, which is […]
April 13, 2017
Sports
Ashe Winner Nicole Evans Exudes Winning Spirit
A passion for softball keeps Nicole Evans, the female winner of the 2017 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award, motivated on and off the field. She loves to win but knows that bumps along the road can sometimes make that ultimate victory more meaningful.
April 12, 2017
Students
Diverse Docket: College’s Religious Affiliation no Shield Against Bias Complaint
A private college’s religious affiliation doesn’t automatically shield it from liability for racial discrimination, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled.
April 12, 2017
Students
New Board Chair: Time to Get Morehouse in Order
As Morehouse College settles in to the overhaul in leadership that occurred last Friday, Morehouse constituents are in agreement that it is time for the college to turn a new page.
April 12, 2017
African-American
Auburn University Disavows ‘White Student Union’
AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn University officials are disavowing hate fliers found around campus and say they’re unfamiliar with a group claiming responsibility. A university statement says a group calling itself the Auburn White Student Union isn’t affiliated with the school. It calls the fliers “reprehensible.” Social media shows anti-Semitic leaflets that have been found around […]
April 12, 2017
Students
New Mexico Nursing Board Puts College on Notice
SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe Community College won’t be able to accept any new students into its nursing program until its graduates’ test results improve or it wins an appeal. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the state nursing board has placed the college’s nursing program on conditional status for two years due […]
April 12, 2017
Students
Rolling Stone Settles, but Fight Over Rape Story Isn’t Over
RICHMOND, Va. — Rolling Stone magazine settled a University of Virginia administrator’s lawsuit over its discredited story about a rape on campus, but its legal fights over the botched article aren’t over. Attorneys for Rolling Stone and Nicole Eramo announced this week that they reached a confidential settlement over the 2014 story “A Rape on […]
April 12, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Western Michigan University picks Georgetown Dean as President
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Western Michigan University has picked a dean and professor of economics at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy as its next president. The Kalamazoo, Michigan school’s trustees on Wednesday approved the selection of Edward B. Montgomery to the post. His selection follows a national search to find a successor to John […]
April 12, 2017
Students
Kentucky Governor Changes Plan for Free 2-year Degrees
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A scholarship program that would have provided free community college for all new high school graduates in Kentucky has been trimmed back to pay for only specialized work certificate programs. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the Work Ready Scholarship program was proposed by House Democrats in the 2016 legislative session and approved […]
April 12, 2017
International
EU Launches Probe in Hungarian Education Law
BRUSSELS — The European Union executive on Wednesday openly questioned Hungary’s commitment to the bloc’s fundamental values and launched an investigation of a Hungarian law which is widely seen in Europe as targeting the Central European University, founded by billionaire George Soros. EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said that the investigation would be completed “as […]
April 12, 2017
Students
Contractor Bans Foul Language at Temple University Construction Site
PHILADELPHIA — Foul language is being discouraged at one construction site in Philadelphia. WTXF-TV reports a sign saying “No Foul Language” has been spotted at the site of the new library being built on the Temple University campus. The station asked about the sign and was told nobody complained about bad language. Instead, Madison Construction […]
April 12, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Collapse of Obamacare in Knoxville, Tenn.
The Trump administration has failed to put forward a clean repeal of the much-maligned ObamaCare, as promised, and while Trump and establishment Republicans are pointing fingers at who is to blame for the broken promise, Americans continue to buckle under the weight of the “un”-Affordable Care Act. According to the Daily Caller, Knoxville, Tennessee, may […]
April 12, 2017
Other News
Schools Try New Ways to Enforce Vaccination
RICHMOND, Va. — Officials say almost half of all sixth-graders in Richmond public schools missed class this year because they were not properly vaccinated. Last year, 760 students had not received their Tdap vaccine, which guards against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, on the first day of school. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that’s up from 2015, […]
April 12, 2017
Disparities
Trump Budget Cuts Hit Home in N.C.
Renewed concerns about the local impact of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and his attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act could affect some of Haywood County’s neediest — and smallest — residents. “Obviously we don’t participate in what goes on with the Trump administration,” said Haywood County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Kirk […]
April 12, 2017
Other News
Med School Grads Will Ease Shortage
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly half of the first graduating class of Marian University’s medical school has chosen to focus on primary care in Indiana, potentially helping address the state’s severe shortage of such physicians. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that of the nearly 130 students in the university’s College of Osteopathic Medicine who entered the competitive […]
April 12, 2017
Disparities
Panel Drops Opposition to Prostate Screening
CHICAGO — An influential U.S. government health panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screening in favor of letting men decide for themselves after talking with their doctor. The new draft guidelines echo those of several leading medical groups, but they don’t make the decision any easier for men: With their doctor’s help, […]
April 12, 2017
Policies
HSAs Will be Big in Trump Era
Although the American Health Care Act’s defeat has led to uncertainty on the specifics of healthcare reform, there is relative consensus in one area: the use of health savings accounts. House Republican leaders and the White House have already restarted their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Republicans know any transformation will need to […]
April 12, 2017
Policies
Universal Care Faction Seizes the Day
It was a cold, misty, gray, early spring day in Albany, New York – the kind of bone-chilling, turn-up-the-heat weather that encourages residents to flee to Florida. But 500 New Yorkers were still out on the sidewalk lobbying for healthcare reform that has long seemed like a pipe dream: government-provided universal health insurance. “I wanna […]
April 12, 2017
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