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Academics
Leaders Cut Some Training and Requirements for Army
The Army is eliminating online training programs and a leave planning requirement as part of a broader push to reduce tasks that take away from time spent on combat readiness. Army Secretary Mark Esper ended three online mandates this month: media awareness, combatting trafficking in persons and the accident avoidance course. He also lifted several […]
April 26, 2018
Academics
Leaders Rethink Navy, Marine Corps Education
A clean sheet review of how the Navy educates sailors and Marines is now underway, with results expected to alter the way Department of the Navy training is conducted. The wide-ranging study is to explore how the Navy can upgrade its education methods in order to maintain a competitive edge at a time when adversaries are […]
April 26, 2018
Veterans
Ronny Jackson Withdraws from V.A. Nomination
Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson has withdrawn from consideration to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs after lawmakers received damaging allegations that he created a toxic work environment, drunkenly wrecked a car and maintained poor prescription records while serving in the federal government. “While I will forever be grateful for the trust and confidence President Trump […]
April 26, 2018
Sports
NCAA Governors Accept Basketball Panel’s Proposed Reforms
The NCAA Board of Governors is reported to be assessing their rules after unanimously voting Wednesday to accept the recommendations of a special panel that proposed drastic changes to college basketball.
April 25, 2018
Latest News
Fired Administrator Names NCCU Chancellor in Whistleblower Suit
A former vice chancellor at North Carolina Central University listed Chancellor Johnson O. Akinleye and two University of North Carolina Board of Governors members in a whistleblower lawsuit filed against NCCU last week.
April 25, 2018
Students
How to Fail: The Lesson We’re Forgetting to Teach Our Students
Our students can learn from small mistakes before they get out into the post-college world and make big one. But, first, we need to allow them the room to make those mistakes — and recover from them.
April 25, 2018
News Roundup
OSU Student Sets Fire, Jumps from 5th-Floor Dorm Window
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University authorities say a student experiencing a mental health crisis set a fire in his dorm room before jumping from the fifth=-floor window. University officials say Oregon State Patrol troopers responded to campus in Corvallis Tuesday evening involving the welfare of a student and resident of Hawley Hall. OSU’s vice […]
April 25, 2018
News Roundup
University of Louisville Sues Former President James Ramsey
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville sued its former president on Wednesday, claiming he and others conspired to divert millions of dollars from the school’s investment arm in a long-running scheme. The lawsuit seeks to recover millions that the university claims was lost during the tenure of former university president James Ramsey. The university […]
April 25, 2018
News Roundup
Report: New Mexico Public College Enrollment Dropping Fast
SANTA FE, N.M. – A recent decline in enrollment at New Mexico public colleges outpaced nearly every state in the nation. An association of state higher education agencies says enrollment dropped by nearly 5 percent at New Mexico public colleges for the school year that ended in June 2017. Statistics compiled by State Higher Education […]
April 25, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Keep Fighting
The Trump Administration has found yet another way to undermine the Affordable Care Act and the individual health insurance market. Lucky for Washington consumers, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has their backs. Kreidler is protecting consumers against the Trump Administration’s ill-conceived attempt to allow Americans to sidestep the requirements of the ACA and sign up for […]
April 25, 2018
Disparities
New Alzheimer’s Research Could Lead to Earlier Diagnosis
A new definition of Alzheimer’s disease could help more people be diagnosed earlier. Doctors have proposed basing the diagnosis on signs such as brain changes, rather than symptoms such as memory loss. Currently, health care providers test for the disease indirectly by looking at a person’s medical history and running basic lab work and scans. Recently published […]
April 25, 2018
Nursing
Nurses of Color Organization Focuses on Care
Susan Hames, a Sister of St. Joseph of Corondelet (CSJ), claimed that “My work is loving the world.” The CSJ ideology is the foundation of what makes up the St. Catherine University nursing program. Selflessness, love, and leadership are the qualities that we produce in our nurses. This is even more the case with St. […]
April 25, 2018
Disparities
Conference Will Address Black Disparities
Improving health outcomes in the African American Community, that’s the goal of a first-of-its-kind conference next Saturday at U-B’s Medical School. The goal is to find solutions for some of the issues affecting our health, including housing, education, and employment. Experts from all over the country will be in town to start drafting community solutions […]
April 25, 2018
Disparities
Black Moms, Black Babies at High Risk
From grassroots organizations working directly with moms to large insurers, health advocates remain increasingly concerned that black mothers and babies continue to die at higher rates than white mothers and babies. “We know black moms and black babies die more often than other folks,” said Toni Hill, founding director of the Northeast Mississippi Birthing Project, […]
April 25, 2018
Policies
Trump Wants to Roll Back Transgender, Native Protections
The Trump administration has plans to reverse Obama-era health care rules that currently protect transgender individuals from discrimination and decades-old exemptions that shelter Native Americans from certain burdensome federal health requirements. Why it matters: These health moves would target two of the nation’s most underrepresented and vulnerable communities. The administration is planning to end a rule […]
April 25, 2018
Disparities
U.S. Spending on Medicines Rose Less Than 1% Last Year
Amid national turmoil over rising drug costs, a new report finds that spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. last year grew a modest 0.6 percent, to $324 billion, after accounting for rebates and discounts that are paid by drug makers. And real net per-capita spending fell by 2.2 percent, when adjusted for those allowances, […]
April 25, 2018
Nursing
Suit Accuses Faculty of Honoring Racist Staffing Demands
ZEELAND, Mich. — A health care center in western Michigan is accused of agreeing to requests by patients for white-only caregivers. Six black certified nursing assistants filed a lawsuit April 11 against Providence Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, where they all work or formerly worked. The Zeeland facility offers memory care, rehabilitation, retirement and assisted living […]
April 25, 2018
Women
Increasing Role Models, Fostering Community for Women in STEM
A mentoring program created by women engineering students at Georgia Institute of Technology to train and empower the next generation of girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is bearing fruit.
April 24, 2018
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