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Classes Resume at 14 Pennsylvania-owned Universities
HARRISBURG, Pa. ― Classes have resumed for more than 100,000 students who attend Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities. Classes resumed Monday after the union representing more than 5,000 faculty members and coaches reached a tentative contract agreement Friday with the State System of Higher Education. The new contract provides raises for all employees but also requires […]
October 24, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
WHY IT MATTERS: Veterans
WASHINGTON—THE ISSUE: There are an estimated 21.6 million veterans in the United States. Among them, nearly 9 million are enrolled in health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. About 4.3 million veterans get disability compensation from the VA and nearly 900,000 have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. A 2014 law signed by […]
October 24, 2016
Nursing
UM Creates Nursing School at Flint Campus
FLINT — The University of Michigan is creating a School of Nursing at its Flint campus, effective Nov. 1. The Flint campus has a department of nursing in the School of Health Professions and Studies. Nursing now will stand on its own. The university says more than 19 percent of students in Flint study nursing […]
October 24, 2016
Policies
Feds Look Into Claim of Secret VA Wait Lists
DENVER — Government investigators said they are looking into allegations that Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Colorado kept unofficial lists of veterans waiting for health care that could conceal how long it takes to get an appointment, possibly broadening a nationwide scandal. The VA’s internal watchdog announced an audit in a letter October 19 […]
October 24, 2016
Other News
Grant Aims to Increase Trust Native Americans in Care
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Juliet McMullin, an associate professor of clinical sciences in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has received a grant of $250,000 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to lay the groundwork for providers and Native American patients in the Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., area to address patient […]
October 24, 2016
Disparities
IHS Nearly Doubles Grants for Meth and Suicide Prevention
The Indian Health Service has almost doubled the number of grants for meth and suicide prevention among youth in American Indian communities with the announcement of 42 new awards to support President Obama’s Generation Indigenous Initiative. The 2016 Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) funding, worth more than $7 million, will go to tribes, tribal […]
October 24, 2016
Policies
Pitt Leads $90M Effort to Improve Trauma Care
PITTSBURGH —The University of Pittsburgh is set to lead a nationwide effort to improve treatment of trauma injuries that will be funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the university’s Schools of the Health Sciences will lead the $90 million effort under a defense contract. The first step will be […]
October 24, 2016
Disparities
Paramedics in Short Supply in Arkansas
BENTONVILLE, Ark.— A mock-up of an ambulance filled one corner of the classroom and simulated hospital rooms took up the opposite wall, but Grant Wilson’s students one recent morning were focused on the 3-inch-thick books in front of them simply labeled “Paramedic Textbook.” That day’s chapter was on toxicology, dealing with every variety of poison […]
October 24, 2016
Disparities
Herschel Walker: Ask for Help
GROTON, Conn.— There’s Herschel Walker the former professional football player. The Heisman trophy winner. The bobsledder. The mixed martial artist. The founder of one of the largest minority-owned chicken companies in the U.S. The board member of a publicly traded company. “This is coming from a guy who went out and got help,” Walker, 54, […]
October 24, 2016
Students
LSU Establishes Legacy Scholarship Program
BATON ROUGE, La. ― As part of an effort to reconnect the LSU family, the LSU Board of Supervisors has approved the Louisiana Tiger Legacy Scholarship Program, which will begin with the summer/fall 2017 incoming class. The academic, merit-based scholarship will be awarded to incoming, full-time, Louisiana resident freshman or transfer students whose parent either […]
October 23, 2016
Students
Delta State to Renovate Space-age Cafeteria for $9.2M
JACKSON, Miss. ― Delta State University will renovate its space-age cafeteria, meaning students will spend the 2017-2018 year eating meals in a temporary location. The College Board Thursday approved a $9.2 million renovation for the futurist Young-Mauldin Cafeteria, whose dome and angled windows look as if a flying saucer landed on the Cleveland campus. Work […]
October 23, 2016
Women
Katy Perry Visits UNLV Dorms, Urges Students to Vote Clinton
LAS VEGAS ― UNLV students relaxing in their dorms got an unexpected knock on their doors Saturday afternoon from Katy Perry, who was roaming the halls and drumming up support for Hillary Clinton on the first day of early voting in Nevada. The singer famous for songs like “Teenage Dream” and “Waking up in Vegas” […]
October 23, 2016
Students
Immigration Status Serves as Barrier for Some Students
SANTA FE, N.M. ― Some students say they’re losing out despite a New Mexico law that allows them in-state tuition at public colleges or universities and state-funded financial aid regardless of their immigration status. The law has been in effect for 11 years but New Mexico’s public universities and colleges operate independently from one another […]
October 23, 2016
Students
University of Virginia Creates Julian Bond Endowed Professorship
The University of Virginia is honoring the late Julian Bond, with an endowed professorship in his name.
October 23, 2016
Students
U.S. Policy Makers Urged to Act on Degree Attainment Lag
Although the U.S. was the first nation to offer universal high school to all students, American students have since fallen woefully behind their peers in China, Korea and Canada in math.
October 23, 2016
Opinion
Flirting with Facism, Dancing with Apartheid
The University of Arizona, where I teach, is probably little different than most universities; there’s little support for the GOP nominee here.
October 23, 2016
Sports
Expert: Non-Whites Must Flex Growing Political Muscle Now
Based on longstanding efforts to squelch their voice at the polls, people of color in the U.S. must prepare for the political power they stand to gain through population increase—or risk being ruled by a White minority.
October 23, 2016
Other News
New York Times Condemns For-Profit College Industry and Congress
The New York Times editorial board published a blunt condemnation of the role that both college accreditors and Congress have played in allowing subpar schools to hurt students and shoulder taxpayers with the burden of repaying defrauded students’ loans. Accreditation agencies are essentially gatekeepers of federal dollars. They review courses and programs to ensure a […]
October 21, 2016
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