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AP Finds U.S. Military Overlooks Sex Abuse Among Kids on Bases

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A decade after the Pentagon began confronting rape in the ranks, the U.S. military frequently fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they are sexually assaulted by other children on base, an Associated Press investigation has found. Reports of assaults and rapes among kids on military […]

March 15, 2018

Sex Abuse on Bases

Coursera Partners with Universities to Offer Online Degrees

In January 2012, Udacity was launched; then Coursera in April 2012, followed by edX in May 2012. Of course, these are the world’s leading online learning platforms offering MOOCs, or Massively Open Online Courses. Now Coursera is teaming up with several leading universities in the UK and U.S. to leverage its MOOCs platform to offer […]

March 15, 2018

Coursera Online Learning

Bridgepoint wants to Convert Its Colleges to Non-Profts

Sunday we wrote about the new gold rush in education: for-profit colleges converting to non-profit status, allowing them to shed the stigma and special regulatory requirements of for-profits, notably the federal 90-10 rule, while retaining parallel for-profit entities that could keep getting paid by the non-profit, and thus keep getting rich off an endless flow of […]

March 15, 2018

Syracuse First in U.S. to Offer Online Law Program

Syracuse University College of Law is launching the nation’s first fully interactive online juris doctor program. First class of up to 65 students will begin program in January of 2019. The American Bar Association granted SU College of Law a variance to offer this fully interactive online juris doctor program. The online J.D. was subject to […]

March 15, 2018

Syracuse Online Law Program

Navy Wants to Expand Seal Training in Parks

The Navy wants to step up special-operations training at state parks along Western Washington coastlines, releasing a proposal that would more than quintuple the number of sites. The Navy currently has a permit to conduct exercises at five state parks. The preferred option in a planning document calls for the possible use of 29 parks ranging from […]

March 15, 2018

Seal Training in Parks

Army Vet Who Killed 3 Had Lost License

The Army veteran who killed three caregivers at a Napa Valley rehabilitation center for soldiers was licensed by the state to work as a security guard and carry a pistol on his hip for nearly a decade, but he failed to renew the permits last year, records show. The lapse came as the former serviceman, […]

March 15, 2018

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Community Colleges

San Diego Community College District Models Support for Men of Color

San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) has strategically increased its support of Hispanic and Black men in the last few years, making the district a leader in improving outcomes for the historically underserved groups.

March 14, 2018

Professor Retires After Six Decades at Morehouse

Morehouse College’s recent announcement of the retirement of veteran political science professor Dr. Tobe Johnson, Jr. signaled the end of an era for an academic legend.

March 14, 2018

Brown Cancels Exhibit of Rosa Parks Residence

Brown University has decided to cancel its plan to host an exhibit that included the home where civil rights icon Rosa Parks lived after she fled Alabama, where she had refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.

March 14, 2018

Five Things More Effective Than Political Panic

I have a confession to make: I’m a hard-core nerd fascinated by all things political. While political panic may seem like a natural response to our current state of political affairs, I offer five responses more effective than that.

March 14, 2018

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University of Illinois Graduate Assistants Approve Contract

URBANA, Ill. — University of Illinois graduate assistants have voted to approve a contract agreement with the school, following a strike that forced cancellation of several hundred classes. Graduate Employees Organization co-president Gus Wood tells The (Champaign) News-Gazette that the contract was ratified Friday, ending a strike that started Feb. 26 after nearly a year […]

March 14, 2018

Mumps Confirmed at Virginia Commonwealth University

RICHMOND, Va. — Authorities say there’s a confirmed case of mumps at Virginia Commonwealth University. News outlets reported Tuesday that the university sent out an alert to community members disclosing that the Richmond City Health Department is investigating that confirmed case and another suspected case. Mumps is a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets that can […]

March 14, 2018

Stephen Hawking, Best-Known Physicist of His Time, Has Died

LONDON — Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died. He was 76. Hawking died at his home in Cambridge, England, according to a statement by the University of Cambridge. The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries […]

March 14, 2018

Wary and Alert

As a family doctor, I prescribe opioids judiciously. My training taught me to be careful with each and every pill I prescribe, as each script could add another victim to the opioid crisis at the forefront of our country’s current health agenda. However, despite those efforts ― and the efforts of so many others in […]

March 14, 2018

GOP Bill to Let Dying Patients Try New Drugs in Limbo

WASHINGTON — A leading House Democrat announced his opposition Monday to a Republican bill making it easier for some terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs, clouding the measure’s fate. Republicans are hoping for House approval Tuesday, seven months after a similar package cleared the Senate. The “Right to Try” bill gained added momentum after […]

March 14, 2018

Drug Reverses Autism Deficits in Animals

Of all the challenges that come with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the social difficulties are among the most devastating. Currently, there is no treatment for this primary symptom of ASD. New research at the University at Buffalo reveals the first evidence that it may be possible to use a single compound to […]

March 14, 2018

New Heart Protocol Reduces Gender Disparities

A four-step protocol for the most severe type of heart attack, if followed, not only can improve outcomes and reduce mortality rates, but also put an end to gender disparities in health care. Cardiovascular disease is the foremost cause of death in women. STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction), in which one of the heart’s major arteries that supplies […]

March 14, 2018

Heart Protocols

Administration Bringing Healthcare in Digital Age

The White House is considering ideas like a smartphone app that lets Medicare patients access their claims information. The Trump administration is taking a pragmatic new tack on health care, with officials promising consumer friendly changes and savings in areas from computerized medical records to prescription drugs. New Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar […]

March 14, 2018

Administration Bringing Healthcare