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Tyler Shawn Brubaker
April 6, 2011
Male Semi-Finalists
Kenneth Avila - Baseball
April 6, 2011
Opinion
Too Many Men Are Carefree About Their Health
Several years ago, in the late 1990s, I remember watching an HBO special where a comedian made the comment “a man can have a foot growing in his stomach and he still will not go to the hospital.” At the time, the audience, like myself, laughed at the comment. Fast forward more than a decade […]
April 6, 2011
Students
Oklahoma’s GOP Lawmakers Push to Abolish Affirmative Action
A Republican-backed plan to wipe out any affirmative action programs in Oklahoma appears headed for approval by the Legislature, prompting a bitter response from some minority lawmakers that it is merely a political ploy to play on racial fears.
April 6, 2011
Students
Military Spending Becomes Latest Battleground of For-Profit Colleges
For-profit colleges are facing a new challenge from congressional Democrats as some lawmakers have questioned the steep rise in military tuition benefits going to high-cost proprietary schools.
April 6, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Theology Professor’s Discrimination Lawsuit Raises Thorny First Amendment Issues
Dr. Jimmy Kirby, a former tenured professor at the Lexington Theological Seminary, is appealing a lower court’s ruling that dismissed his lawsuit against the seminary last year for breach of contract and racial discrimination.
April 6, 2011
Opinion
Pell Grants as Costly and ‘Harmful’ Welfare?
As American politicians and educators continue to slice and dice away at higher education resources and programs using the hollow, yet sharp knives of austerity, the future of a diverse academy increasingly looks bleak and dreary. The widely used justification — the need to cut costs and reduce the national deficit — seems so difficult […]
April 5, 2011
Sports
CIAA Tournament Draws Record Crowd to Charlotte
Attendance for official CIAA functions topped 190,000 and provided an economic impact of $44.3 million, a 19 percent increase from last year.
April 5, 2011
Disabilties
UCLA Pediatrician Assists in Continuing Relief Efforts in Japan
Because the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent fires consumed many hospitals, Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro and her peers labored in makeshift spaces to bring medical help to injured victims.
April 5, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Debate Over Relevance of HBCUs Opens 37th NAFEO Conference
The president of Morgan State University uses NAFEO luncheon discussion to announce the school has won a contract to help manage research at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, signaling how one historically Black university competes at the highest levels in science.
April 5, 2011
Community Colleges
Report Suggests Associate’s Degrees in Nursing Are Sufficient for Employment in the Field
AACC report finds no significant differences between competencies of nurses with bachelor’s degrees vs those with associate’s degrees.
April 4, 2011
Home
A Conspicuous Absence Of Diversity
Black Americans currently comprise 13.4% of the U.S. population, but Black physicians are only 2.3% of the entire physician workforce.
April 4, 2011
Faculty & Staff
National League for Nursing’s 2011 Education Summit to Focus on Future of Nursing
This year’s summit will focus on the much heralded recommendations contained in “The Future of Nursing,” a report issued last fall by the Institute of Medicine, based on work done by the Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing.
April 4, 2011
Home
Lack of Black Participation in Clinical Trials Is Killing Us All
African-Americans rarely volunteer for clinical trials, and we’re the only ones suffering as a result.
April 4, 2011
Health
Are Mississippi’s HIV/AIDS Policies Making the Epidemic Worse for Black People?
Human Rights Watch found that the state’s failure to support sorely needed AIDS programs is negatively impacting the African-American community.
April 4, 2011
LGBTQ+
Report: Study of gay, transgender health needed
Scientists only recently learned how certain diseases affect women differently than men, and blacks differently than whites. Now a major new report says it’s time to study the unique health needs of gay and transgender people, too.
April 4, 2011
Health
Aetna Announces Funding for Research Projects Aimed at Reducing Infant Mortality Among African-Americans
Aetna and the Aetna Foundation today announced funding in support of three research projects aimed at driving down rates of infant mortality among African-American newborns, who are more than twice as likely to die in their first year as white infants.
April 4, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Washburn University Pushing to Attract Students From India
Students from India are the latest target in Washburn University President Jerry Farley’s efforts to attract more international students to the school’s campus in Topeka.
April 4, 2011
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