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Bill Would Expand Medicare Telehealth
Senate lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding telehealth services for Medicare patients. Under the Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act, eligible hospitals would test telehealth services through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. CMMI would evaluate the services for cost, effectiveness and quality of care, and those that past muster would be […]
April 5, 2017
Disparities
Rural Hospitals at Risk If ACA Ends
More rural hospitals could fail if lawmakers replace the ACA with a plan that reduces Medicare and Medicaid funding, on which they heavily rely. According to a new study by Health Management Partners, Medicare and Medicaid patients account for 63% of rural hospitals’ volume, compared with 49% at urban hospitals. Read More
April 5, 2017
Disparities
Cancer Deaths Decline for Most Types
Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2014. The report finds that death rates during the period 2010-2014 decreased for 11 of the 16 most common types of cancer […]
April 5, 2017
Female Semi-Finalists
Nicole Evans - Softball
April 5, 2017
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Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
25th Anniversary Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
April 5, 2017
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Colleges Could Start Using “Adversity Index”
In an effort to admit more students who hail from some of the nation’s most socio-economically challenged neighborhoods and high schools, colleges and universities may soon use an “adversity index” in the admissions process in addition to more standard methods such as college entrance exam scores.
April 4, 2017
Sports
HB 142 Meets With NCAA Approval, Civil Rights Groups’ Criticism
Critics of the bill’s replacement, House Bill 142, said that it continues the same discriminatory practices of HB2. Some referred to it as “HB2.0.”
April 4, 2017
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College Degree Completion and Home Ownership
Bachelor’s degree-holders enjoy homeownership more frequently than associate degrees-holders do, and both bachelor’s- and associate degree-holders who graduate without any student loan debt enjoy home ownership at higher rates than their counterparts who graduate with debt.
April 4, 2017
Sports
Mentorship program for Black student athletes at UNM
A University of New Mexico (UNM) mentorship program for Black student athletes is being revamped for the fall semester. ZEAL, which stands for Zest for Excellence in Athletics and Learning, is a mentorship program based in African American Student Services. ZEAL pairs student athletes with mentors from the community and teaches skills like interviewing for […]
April 4, 2017
News Roundup
Vermont bill would protect student journalists
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Vermont House committee is taking testimony on a bill that would protect student journalists and their media advisers. The bill says public school or public college officials would not be allowed to censor the content of school-sponsored media without showing that a particular publication will cause irreparable harm. Content shall also not […]
April 4, 2017
News Roundup
5 of 14 state-owned universities warned of possible cuts
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Administrators at five of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities have given faculty notice that layoffs and program cuts could occur in the 2018-19 school year, as the State System of Higher Education struggles generally with an enrollment drop. Mansfield University administrators filed a notice March 21. Faculty at California, Clarion, Edinboro and Cheyney universities have […]
April 4, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Trump Era: Easy on For-Profits
Remember when candidate Trump promised to make college affordable for everyone? Yeah, that’s not happening. Instead, Trump is turning to the notorious corporateers who have been pouring McDiplomas on the nation’s steaming trillion-dollar student debt pyre to shake up higher education. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s controversial pick for a special assistant—for-profit college corporate lawyer Robert […]
April 4, 2017
News Roundup
Immigrant tuition break gaining support in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A push to offer in-state college tuition rates to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally is picking up unlikely momentum from some Republicans in Tennessee, a deeply conservative state that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump and his tough stance on immigration. If they succeed, Tennessee lawmakers would join the […]
April 4, 2017
Other News
University Fosters Insight on PTSD
CEDAR FALLS — Snowflake. Crazy. Reclusive. Those, and some less-polite words, are ways people with post-traumatic stress disorder said their condition is viewed by others. They are subjected to personal questions about their trauma. They can be triggered by something like a professor repeatedly asking a question or the sound of a person’s laugh. They […]
April 4, 2017
Other News
Credit for Service Advances in Illinois
Proposed legislation that would instruct certain colleges to award educational credit for military credit passed is heading to the Illinois House floor. The Educational Credit for Military Experience Act would allow some of the state’s largest public institutions to award credit they consider applicable to veterans’ degree programs. The nine universities would have until 2018 […]
April 4, 2017
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DeVos Visits Fort Bragg School
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, while visiting a primary school on the Army base, voiced support for allowing some children in military families to use federal vouchers to attend schools they choose. During her meeting with parents and teachers at the Kimberly Hampton Primary School, at least one parent told her he would welcome the […]
April 4, 2017
Veterans
Campus Bars PTSD Service Dog
DENTON – “This is probably the least disabled veteran friendly school in the nation right now,” Tawan Throngkumpola told NewsFix. Throngkumpola thought his toughest battles were behind him: three tours of duty, IED explosions, and even homelessness. Now, he’s being told his service dog isn’t allowed on campus at the University of North Texas, where […]
April 4, 2017
Other News
Leaders Aim to Link Veterans with Education, Jobs
There are 124 veterans on campus this semester at UWS, comprising 6% of the student population. And that student population is who the Department of Workforce Development and the Department of Labor want to make sure get the help they need when it comes to finding jobs after graduation. Assistant Deputy Secretary Dave Anderson met […]
April 4, 2017
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