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DOE Sees Disparity in Career Training Earnings
The gloves are off. According to a study released by the U.S. Department of Education, in every single category except three — culinary arts, aesthetology and cosmetology — mean earnings of students who graduate from career training programs delivered by public institutions are higher than the earnings for students who attended for-profit institutions. The data […]
November 22, 2016
Other News
University Leaders Fear for Future of Research in Trump World
SCIENCE FUNDING IN THE AGE OF TRUMP: Donald Trump’s win has stoked university leaders’ perpetual anxiety over science funding, which they fear could now be firmly on the chopping block. Led by Rep. Lamar Smith, (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Republicans have fought to pull back on federal funding […]
November 22, 2016
Other News
Evansville Medical Campus Prepares for 2018
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Officials say the medical school campus being built in downtown Evansville by Indiana University and two other schools is on pace for completion in 2018. Indiana University vice president Tom Morrison says steel beams should soon be going up on the four-story building after several months of excavation, utility and foundation work. […]
November 22, 2016
Other News
Blood Pressure Program Helps Hundreds in Tribes
Hannah Prairie Chief jumped at the chance to learn more about high blood pressure because several family members struggle with it. She worried about her grandmother, aunts and uncles, and wanted to help them get healthy. “I couldn’t talk about it if I didn’t know about it,” said Prairie Chief, 26, of El Reno, Oklahoma. […]
November 22, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway Named Northwestern University Provost
Jonathan Holloway, the Dean of Yale College and the first African American to hold that position, has been named provost of Northwestern University.
November 21, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: Colleges Can Maintain Diversity in Trump-led America
Colleges, our nation’s hotbeds for diversity progress, can take some actions to ensure that they are just as inclusive and progressive in four years as they are today.
November 21, 2016
Students
Texas Program ‘Guarantees’ Technical Jobs After Graduation
As higher education institutions across the nation move to boost enrollment and graduation, Texas is rolling out an unusual program this month aimed at achieving both goals.
November 21, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Native Americans Should Be Recognized As Sacred People
The Native American people have been a victim of external oppression since European settlers arrived in the Americas hundreds of years ago. After involuntarily giving up two whole continents, which originally belonged to their ancestors, Native American descendants are still fighting today for the land that the U.S. government has allowed them to have. Even […]
November 21, 2016
Disparities
Feds Showcase Rural Telehealth Service
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Federal health officials are highlighting the telemedicine services offered by Sioux Falls-based Avera Health during National Rural Health Day. Avera Health providers offered a live, simulated telemedicine demonstration Thursday as part of a series of events organized by federal health officials to highlight the best practices, resources and challenges of […]
November 21, 2016
Disparities
Infant Deaths Rise in Ohio, Widening White-Black Gap
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state saw an uptick in its infant mortality rate last year, with black babies dying at a rate approaching three times that of whites, new data show. Ohio’s overall infant mortality rate rose to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 births last year, according to new numbers released November 16 by the Ohio […]
November 21, 2016
Disparities
Community Discusses Disparities for Minority Women
BLOOMINGTON — Minority women in McLean County are less likely to seek care for dental problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma and mental illness than white women, and about 50 people gathered Thursday to consider what to do about it. “We want this to be the beginning of a conversation,” said Brenda Lessen, associate professor […]
November 21, 2016
Policies
Surgeon General’s Report Reframes Addiction as Illness
In what may be his last significant act as President Barack Obama’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a report November 17 calling for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction. Addiction is a chronic illness, not a character flaw or a moral failing, the report says. Stigma and […]
November 21, 2016
Students
Oberlin College Employee’s Home Vandalized; Possible Hate Crime
OBERLIN, Ohio —Police say someone vandalized the home of a faculty member at a northern Ohio college and left what appeared to be an anti-Semitic note, and the case is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Oberlin Police Chief Juan Torres tells WJW-TV the homeowners are Jewish and the note implied a reference to […]
November 21, 2016
Students
Salt Lake Tribune to Request BYU Police Records in Court
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City newspaper is suing for access to records from Brigham Young University’s police department. The Salt Lake Tribune plans to argue in court Monday that BYU Police are subject to as much public scrutiny as any other public law enforcement agency in Utah because the state granted the […]
November 21, 2016
Students
San Juan College Gets $2M to Help Native Students
FARMINGTON, N.M. — San Juan College, located in northwestern New Mexico, has been awarded more than $2 million in federal grants to help Native American students complete their degrees and to fund scholarships for students in the nursing program. College officials say the funding will be used to remove obstacles that Native American students face […]
November 21, 2016
African-American
Turn the Page from November 8, 2016
We can lament, cry and whine all we want to about this election, but it is too late. We had the chance and the opportunity, but we didn’t seize the moment.
November 20, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Rutgers Professor who Tweeted About White Gun Deaths Placed on Leave
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. —A Rutgers University professor who was accused of threatening to kill White people and was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation is no longer teaching there. NJ.com reports a spokesman for the New Jersey university said Friday that Kevin Allred has been placed on administrative leave. Allred is White and […]
November 20, 2016
Students
Cornel West Returning to Harvard Faculty
Dr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most visible Black public intellectuals—will rejoin the faculty of Harvard University.
November 20, 2016
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