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Study Outlines Challenges for Low-Income Working Students
Low-income undergraduates who work are less likely than their higher-income counterparts to obtain a bachelor’s degree, and they are disproportionately women, Latino, Black and first-generation college students, according to a study by the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University.
August 28, 2018
Students
Bunker Hill’s Learning Communities Heralded as National Model
Recognizing a need to better serve part-time students, Bunker Hill Community College enhanced its Learning Communities over the years in order to achieve more equitable student outcomes.
August 28, 2018
Recruitment & Retention
University of Illinois to Offer Free Tuition to Qualified In-State Students
On Monday, the University of Illinois announced it will begin offering eight semesters of free tuition and fees to eligible in-state students whose family income is below $61,000 annually. Depending on the student’s major, the offer will be worth at least $15,000. The initiative, titled “Illinois Commitment” is an effort aimed at encouraging talented students […]
August 28, 2018
Faculty & Staff
Bob Jones University to Cut 50 Jobs After Overshooting Budget
South Carolina’s Bob Jones University (BJU) announced in a statement that it’s cutting its staff by 50 people after it came up $4.5 million short in its budget. BJU, a Christian university located in Greenville said the overshoot comes from “increased health care costs and a larger demand for student scholarships,” university spokesman Randy Page […]
August 28, 2018
Students
AFT Hits White House as Student Loan Watchdog Chief Resigns
The president of the American Federation of Teachers union is sharply criticizing the Trump administration following a top official’s announcement Monday that he is resigning Friday from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The departure of Seth Frotman – who has been with the bureau since its creation by Congress in 2011 and has served […]
August 28, 2018
Disparities
Glioblastoma: McCain’s Disease ‘Complex’ and ‘Aggressive’
Glioblastoma has been described as an “aggressive” form of brain cancer that usually occurs in adults. McCain, an Arizona Republican who served in the Senate for more than 30 years, was diagnosed with the disease in July 2017 and succumbed to it 13 months later. Read More
August 27, 2018
Opinion
Getting to the Other Side: Surviving the Ph.D.
I recently finished my first year in a tenure-track position at American University in Washington, D.C. and I have been thinking about what kinds of things I wish I had known when starting a Ph.D. Here, I aim to give advice for students just starting Ph.D. programs in hopes of helping more students “get to the other side” of graduate school.
August 27, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
The Cost of Obesity
The relationship between excess weight and the risk of illness has been known since the time of the ancient Greeks. Yet, the epidemic of obesity experienced in the United States and other Western cultures in the last few decades has made this relationship more clear. Read More
August 27, 2018
Disparities
Legionnaires’ Outbreak Reported in N.H. Neighborhood
HAMPTON — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has infected four people with the potentially serious bacterial pneumonia, state health officials announced Saturday. All of the cases of the Legionella pneumonia are centered around the area of Ashworth Avenue, between Island Path and H Street, in Hampton Beach, officials said. Read More
August 27, 2018
Policies
Doctors Running on Democratic Ticket Talk Health Care
Rob Davidson, an emergency physician from western Michigan, had never considered running for Congress. Then came the town hall meeting in early 2017 that Davidson decided to attend. The 46-year-old Democrat found himself going one-on-one with Rep. Bill Huizenga, his Republican congressman for six years. “I told him about my patients,” Davidson recalled. “I see, […]
August 27, 2018
Disparities
Study: Any Alcohol Consumption Is Bad for You
WHEN it comes to drinking alcohol, the healthiest thing to do is abstain entirely, according to a large, wide-ranging report published by scientists. Alcohol led to 2.8 million premature deaths in 2016; it was the leading risk factor for premature mortality and disability in the 15 to 49 age group, accounting for 20 per cent […]
August 27, 2018
Disparities
Meharry: Ending Affirmative Action Will Mean Fewer Black Doctors in Poor Areas
The leader of Nashville’s historically black medical college said Friday that a Trump Administration decision to roll-back Obama-era affirmative action policies will trigger a domino effect in higher education that will ultimately lead to fewer doctors in many low-income, minority neighborhoods. Dr. James Hildreth, president of Meharry Medical College, said the decision will exacerbate a […]
August 27, 2018
Disparities
Enhance Racial Disparities Training, Say Primary Care Residents
Disparities in both health status and access to health care in the United States are widely acknowledged problems that have received much attention from the AAFP and a host of other medical professional organizations across the country. The timeliness of the topic increases the value of recently published research(link.springer.com) that explores primary care residents’ awareness […]
August 27, 2018
Disparities
Report Hidden for Years: Almost Every Native American Woman Victim of Sexual Violence
In 2010, a Seattle-based survey co-produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Urban Indian Health Institute found that nearly every Native woman had been raped or coerced into sex at least once in their lives. You may be wondering why a survey that’s eight years out of date is only […]
August 27, 2018
Sports
Experts: Players and Coaches Face Dramatically Different Judgments
The three-game suspension of Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer has not only drawn criticism for being inadequate given the circumstances, but has cast a spotlight on the disparate punishments assessed players and coaches.
August 27, 2018
Students
Diversity and Inclusion at the Core of UW Experience
The University of Washington, Seattle campus has made steady gains in supporting the success of its underrepresented minority students, says university officials.
August 27, 2018
Community Colleges
UHD to Offer Saturday Bachelor’s Degree Programs
Beginning this fall, the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) will launch two new bachelor’s programs offered on Saturday’s as a flexible learning opportunity for students with family, work or other commitments during the weekday, school officials said.
August 27, 2018
Students
Seven Arrested After Fights Over ‘Silent Sam’ Statue at UNC
On Saturday, seven people were arrested in fights over the fate of ‘Silent Sam’— a Confederate statue that was toppled last week on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC), according to NBC News. ‘Silent Sam’— a monument which was created and placed on UNC’s campus, which critics call a “symbol […]
August 27, 2018
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