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Disabilties
University of Michigan Settles Disability Bias Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice says it has settled a lawsuit against the University of Michigan that accused the school of failing to provide proper job reassignment to employees with disabilities.
July 23, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Lincoln University Professor’s Facebook Comments Stir Controversy
Lincoln University professor Dr. Kaukab Siddique has made waves over anti-Semitic, misogynistic and homophobic comments on his Facebook page.
July 23, 2015
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Students
Educators Competing With Athletics for Low-income Students’ Focus
Workshop panelist Nathan Weigl, a doctoral student at Appalachian State University, suggested that recruiting tactics of college coaches can be borrowed and adapted by GEAR UP practitioners and community partners.
July 23, 2015
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Faculty & Staff
Applicants Urged to Speak Up at Negotiating Table
Too often the applicants — particularly women and minorities — who are new to the world of academe don’t come to the negotiation table fully aware of how to bargain for a better job.
July 23, 2015
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Disparities
Grants Promote Women’s Heart Health for Underserved
The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease announced July 16 that it has awarded eight grants to hospitals in underserved communities to provide support and education to female heart patients. The National Hospital Alliance grants were made possible by a grant from Edwards Lifesciences Foundation through its Every Heartbeat Mattersinitiative, WomenHeart. The alliance is […]
July 23, 2015
Policies
Tribes Want Exemption from Expense of Health Care
CHEYENNE, Wyo.  — Representatives of several Indian tribes say they support legislation introduced by congressional Republicans that would exempt tribes nationwide from being classified as large employers under the federal Affordable Care Act — a designation that requires tribes to pay higher insurance costs or face federal penalties. Supporters say requiring tribes to provide group […]
July 23, 2015
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Policies
Enrollment for Medi-Cal Expansion Is Triple Expected Level
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has enrolled 2.3 million people under an optional expansion of the state’s Medicaid program —  nearly three times more than the state had anticipated, according to the state Department of Finance. Beyond that, a record number of people who already qualified for the low-income health program signed up, pushing overall enrollment […]
July 23, 2015
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Disparities
Harlem Welcomes CCNY’s New Medical School
The City University of New York announced that community leaders have hailed the establishment of the first public medical school in Harlem by the college in partnership with St. Barnabas Hospital. The CUNY School of Medicine at City College will accept its first intake in fall 2016. Operating on the City College campus in Harlem […]
July 23, 2015
African-American
Congress Pondering How to Catch Up With Education
As Congress moves towards reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), members of a Senate committee said that they would hope to encourage innovation in higher education.
July 22, 2015
Students
Professor: Student Debt Threatening American Dream
William Elliott said stakeholders must ask whether students who go to college and get debt can “achieve similar long-term outcomes as someone who didn’t take out debt.”
July 22, 2015
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HBCUs
University of California Sets New Minimum Wage
SAN FRANCISCO ― The minimum wage for University of California employees and contract workers will increase to $15 an hour by fall 2017, UC President Janet Napolitano said Wednesday in announcing a move that follows similar actions by local governments but likely represents a first for a public university.
July 22, 2015
Students
Tony Brown Going into Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame
Tony Brown, a renowned journalist and educator, has been selected for induction into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday.
July 22, 2015
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Students
Johns Hopkins Sued Over Purported Frat Rape
BALTIMORE — The parents of a 16-year-old who says she was sexually assaulted at an off-campus fraternity party are suing Johns Hopkins University for $20 million.
July 22, 2015
HBCUs
Nebraska Nursing Program Gets Diversity Grant
A $665,266 grant should help the University of Nebraska Medical Center attract a more diverse pool of nursing students.
July 22, 2015
Home
Who Am I?
Summer has brought with it a perfect storm of controversies over “identity.” It began with Bruce Jenner, the iconic Olympian, really coming out as the transgendered and glammed-up Caitlyn on the cover of the July Issue of Vanity Fair. It will end with people still tweeting over Rachel Dolezal, the deposed NAACP chapter president in Spokane, Washington, who grew up a blond girl, attended and sued Howard University and maintains that she identifies as “black.”
July 22, 2015
Home
Camp Girls Learn to Code from the Pros
When organizers of a summer camp that includes a number of disadvantaged high-school girls asked about career plans, none of the girls talked about computer programming.
July 22, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Cal State University Approves 2 Percent Raise for Executives
California State University presidents and other executives will receive an across-the-board 2 percent pay increase, a raise faculty union leaders brandished as part of a trend of “misplaced priorities.”
July 21, 2015
Students
Va. Faith-based School Drops Same-Sex Marriage Hiring Ban
Eastern Mennonite University says it will no longer discriminate against job prospects who are in same-sex marriages.
July 21, 2015
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