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Expert: Medicare’s Demise Is Not Imminent
The trustees of the Medicare and Social Security trust funds released their annual report and the news was not good because shortfalls will come in eight years. However, it can be fixed because the main problem is uncontrolled healthcare cost increases, says CEPR’s Dean Baker. Medicare will become insolvent in 2026. That’s the headline that […]
June 11, 2018
News Roundup
Maryland University System Awards 40K Degrees in 2017
Maryland’s network of public colleges is awarding degrees at a significantly higher rate than a decade ago. The Baltimore Sun reports that the 11 public colleges in the University System of Maryland issued more than 40,000 degrees in 2017. That’s a 42 percent increase over the 28,000 degrees handed out in 2008. The biggest increase […]
June 11, 2018
News Roundup
West Virginia University Researcher to Study Fracking Effect
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. A West Virginia University assistant professor has received a $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to look at how airborne particles that result from hydraulic fracturing affect human health. In hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas are extracted from rock by injecting mixtures of water, sand and chemicals underground. The university said […]
June 11, 2018
News Roundup
University of Hawaii Leads Groundbreaking Cancer Study
HONOLULU The University of Hawaii Cancer Center is the leader in a groundbreaking national study that found that early-stage breast cancer patients with the most common form of the disease do not benefit from chemotherapy. The center helped develop the largest breast cancer study, enrolling 172 Hawaii patients onto the TailorX clinical trial, which found […]
June 11, 2018
Disparities
Apple Watch Will Monitor Parkinson’s Symptoms
The Apple Watch will be able to monitor for shakes and tremors associated with Parkinson’s disease to help sufferers’ better manage the condition. The wristband will detect hand shakes and dyskinesia, the involuntary movements that often occur while taking medication to treat the disease. The “Movement Disorder” software could prove groundbreaking for patients who typically visit […]
June 11, 2018
Policies
Fact Check: Veterans’ Care Change is No Quick Fix
President Donald Trump is setting up veterans for likely disappointment as he tells them they have freedom to get quick medical care from private doctors when they’re unhappy with government-run health care. He is casting a bill that he signed into law Wednesday as an immediate cure-all to long wait times for medical treatment. But […]
June 11, 2018
Policies
Administration Filing Says It Won’t Back A.C.A.
The Trump administration said in a court filing late Thursday that it will no longer defend key parts of the Affordable Care Act, including the requirement that people have health insurance and provisions that guarantee access to health insurance regardless of any medical conditions. The decision, announced in a filing in a federal court in […]
June 11, 2018
Disparities
C.D.C.: Suicide Rates Up 30% Since 1999
Suicide rates are up by 30 percent across the nation since 1999, federal health officials reported Thursday. And only about half the people who died by suicide had a known mental health condition, even though depression had been thought to be the major cause of suicide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. While […]
June 11, 2018
Students
‘No One Can Take Away My Degree’
For an undocumented immigrant like Humberto Marquez, a public school in Arkansas couldn’t offer in-state tuition, so the cost would be three times more than other students, he said. It was a grim realization to consider on high school graduation day. He estimates he paid 40 to 50 percent of his educational expenses out of his personal pocketbook, having been helped by contributions and even scholarships from people who wanted to support Dreamers like him.
June 10, 2018
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Convening Puts Focus on First-Generation Students
Providing access and opportunities to first-generation college students is the focus of a three-day gathering that has brought academicians, business leaders, nonprofit and civic organizations here from across the globe to strategize solutions.
June 10, 2018
Recruitment & Retention
Fresh Insights on First-Generation College Students: A Need to Change the Language of Retention
It’s true that first-generation students might be naïve to standard operating procedure in higher education—I know I was when I stepped onto campus as the first in my family to go to college. But there is power in this naivete, as it offers the chance to reflect on why things are done a certain way. Too often, though, we focus on and track the ways first-generation students are “deficient,” emphasizing potential negative outcomes. The goal is to protect them from their own shortcomings. However, this mindset misses the opportunity to capitalize on an influx of new perspectives. And, continually being shown the ways you are expected to fail is not especially motivating.
June 10, 2018
Health
For Colored Folks Who Have Considered Suicide
The high-profile deaths of celebrities Avicii, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain have forced important conversations about mental illness. Many of those conversations focus on how people who seemingly “have it all” could feel so isolated that ending their life seemed like the only solution.
June 9, 2018
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E-cigarette Sellers Turn to Scholarships to Promote Brands
A growing number of e-cigarette and vaporizer sellers have started offering college scholarships as a way to get their brands listed on university websites and to get students to write essays about the potential benefits of vaping. The tactic is taken from a method that was once believed to improve a site’s ranking in search […]
June 8, 2018
News Roundup
University of Oregon Receives $1 million to Study Cryptocurrency
EUGENE, Ore. – Global cryptocurrency company Ripple will give $1 million in real money to the University of Oregon to support the study of the digital payment industry. The Register-Guard newspaper of Eugene reports San Francisco-based Ripple will give the university the money in a five-year agreement. The university is among 17 to receive funding […]
June 8, 2018
News Roundup
Ripple Announces $50M University Blockchain Research Initiative
AMSTERDAM – Ripple is launching the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a program comprised of collaborative partnerships with leading universities globally to support academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments. Through the program, Ripple will donate $50 million to universities around the world to help shape the workforce of the future. […]
June 8, 2018
Other News
Film Documents For-Profit Colleges’ Abuse of Veterans, Others
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — After serving four years in the military, John Andrews, 42, adjusted to civilian life by working at his local Walmart in Arkansas. Encouraged by co-workers, he also went back to school, hoping to move up in management. Instead, he ended up $40,000 in debt,* with a diploma so useless he refuses to […]
June 8, 2018
Veterans
N.M. Joins Troops-to-Teachers to Meet Shortage
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The state is now participating in the ‘Troops to Teachers’ initiative. It helps military service members and veterans transition into careers as teachers. New Mexico was awarded nearly half a million dollars in federal funding for the program. While the program has been around since 1993, it’s the first time […]
June 8, 2018
Academics
Virginia Gets $19 M Grant to Recruit More Veterans as Teachers
Virginia will be putting an additional $1.9 million toward recruiting veterans to serve as teachers. Gov. Ralph Northam announced a five-year grant from the Department of Defense that will provide $380,000 annually to the Troops to Teachers Virginia Center at the College of William & Mary. Read More
June 8, 2018
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