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Adjunct Bill Moves Forward in California
Adjunct advocates are campaigning for a California bill that would provide some job security to nonunionized adjunct instructors at community colleges. The proposed legislation, known as AB 1690, recently passed the California Senate Appropriations Committee. It now moves on to the general California State Senate, as well as the State Assembly. Provisions included in the […]
August 18, 2016
Other News
SECOME Accepting Applications For Scholarships.
The Southeastern Council on Military Education will be awarding three (3) scholarships to qualifying individuals at the annual SECOME Conference. Winners will be notified by email by 9 September 2016. $500-$1000 Scholarships are available to: An Active Duty, Drilling Reservist, or National Guard Member assigned to a military installation/resides in Georgia, North Carolina, or South […]
August 18, 2016
Academics
Harvard, Berkeley Take MOOCS to New Level
Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley are transforming the online learning experience in their graduate schools of business, using enhanced technology to increase production value and to simulate an in-person classroom experience. The course enhancements are a form of adaptive learning, which can help administrators to determine which strategies keep students most engaged […]
August 18, 2016
Academics
Game-Based Technology Makes Learning Easier
Students in Art Goldberg’s English composition classes at Miami-Dade College and Broward College have a different experience than their peers in most introductory college writing courses. They’re role-playing as junior staff writers in a fictional newsroom, creating content for an upcoming broadcast—all within a digital game that aims to make learning grammar more engaging than […]
August 18, 2016
Students
National Science Foundation Awards $2.9 Million to National Diversity-Serving Organizations
The National Science Foundation has awarded to $2.9 million to several national engineering diversity organizations in a collaborative effort to increase the number of underrepresented engineering faculty across all institutional types. The organizations Great Minds in STEM (GMiS), American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), MAES: Latinos in Science and Engineering , National Society of […]
August 17, 2016
African-American
Push for Marcus Garvey Pardon Intensifies
The longstanding effort to clear the name of Marcus Garvey got a jolt of new energy Wednesday as the iconic Black leader’s son, a law professor and a contingent of civil rights personages called on President Obama to grant a posthumous pardon.
August 17, 2016
Students
Body Donations on the Rise at U.S. Medical Schools
Many U.S. medical schools are seeing a surge in the number of people leaving their bodies to science, a trend attributed to rising funeral costs and growing acceptance of a practice long seen by some as ghoulish. The increase has been a boon to medical students and researchers, who dissect cadavers in anatomy class or […]
August 17, 2016
Students
University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Resigns
BERKELEY, Calif. ― The University of California, Berkeley chancellor, who critics alleged was too lenient when handling sexual harassment cases involving high-profile faculty members, has resigned his post. University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she accepted UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ resignation and that a search for his successor would start immediately. […]
August 17, 2016
Students
University of Hawaii Opens All-gender Restrooms
HONOLULU ― The University of Hawaii has opened nine more all-gender restrooms on its Manoa campus. Each all-gender bathroom is a lockable, single-stall room similar to the “family restrooms” found in malls and airports. Camaron Miyamoto who leads an LGBTQ center at UH says all-gender restrooms can be essential for students who don’t feel comfortable […]
August 17, 2016
Students
HBCUs Still Providing Students Extra Nudge Toward Success
While still maintaining high standards and stellar graduation rates, some HBCUs have created programs that allow promising students who may not meet the traditional requirements to enter and flourish.
August 17, 2016
Students
Scholar: Rankings of High School Systems Follows Lines of Economic Disparity
WalletHub — a personal finance website — has released data comparing the quality of education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in its annual report “States with the Best & Worst School Systems.”
August 17, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
A Black Doctor’s Perspective
I wake up at 5 a.m. to get ready for another day to see my patients. The moment I step into the hospital, I put on my long white coat. Not because it’s a part of my uniform, but because if I don’t wear it, people won’t think this young female black woman is a […]
August 17, 2016
Other News
Obesity More Deadly for Men
WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is nearly three times more deadly for men than it is for women, new research suggests. In a study of nearly 4 million men and women around the globe, the risk of dying before the age of 70 was 19 percent for men and 11 percent for […]
August 17, 2016
Other News
Best Residential Nursing Programs Listed
It is hard to beat the experience of an on-campus education. Going to live classes can result in life-long friendships with other students and opportunities for mentoring by passionate faculty. In this ranking of schools that offer residential BSN programs, we find the best schools for you based on 1) those at which you are […]
August 17, 2016
Nursing
PhD Nursing Programs Ranked
Everyone knows what nurses do: everyone has encountered a nurse, whether in the primary physician’s office, the emergency room, or the hospital. Nurses provide the hands-on care, meets a patient’s immediate needs, and do the grunt work of the healthcare system. But, outside of the nursing profession itself, very few people think about the other […]
August 17, 2016
Other News
Black Students Less Likely to Get Mental Health Care
A startling new study claims that black and Hispanic children and young adults are half as likely as white students to receive treatment for mental health problems. This study raises racism concerns because the racial and ethnic disparity exists despite the fact that both minorities have a similar rate of mental problems as that of […]
August 17, 2016
Disparities
Audit: 2,300 VA Patients Assigned to ‘Ghost ‘ Doctors
IOWA CITY, Iowa — More than 2,300 VA patients in Iowa and South Dakota were assigned to primary care “ghost panels,” or doctors who no longer worked at their hospitals, a federal audit found. Critics say the practice is a way that some VA hospitals have made their doctors’ caseloads appear artificially small and within […]
August 17, 2016
Policies
Medical Marijuana Ruling Frustrates Patients
MACON, Ga. — Medical marijuana supporters in Georgia were hoping for something different from the federal government, not its recent ruling that cannabis should remain off-limits. Georgians like Janea Cox of Monroe County want to be able to get medical cannabis just like other prescriptions instead of breaking the law to seek therapies for themselves […]
August 17, 2016
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