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Arizona Pioneers Plan to Reduce Veteran Suicides

National statistics reveal that about 20 veterans end their lives per day, according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. The state of Arizona is pioneering new policies of suicide prevention with the help of the Department of Veteran Affairs Department and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Data shows that Arizona’s suicide […]

March 19, 2018

Veteran Suicides

Women of Color Need Earlier Breast Screenings

Thankfully, breast cancer has been becoming a lot less fatal over the past few decades, and scientists and medical doctors are continuing to make immense strides in understanding and treating it. Still, new research provides evidence that methods of screening and diagnosing the condition are permeated with racial biases that favor whiteness—similarly to mental health. Perhaps this is partially why black women are […]

March 19, 2018

Breast Cancer Screening

Merger of Colleges in Boston To Result in Loss of 100 Jobs

BOSTON — More than 100 employees of a small Massachusetts college are losing their jobs as a result of a merger with the much larger Boston University. BU announced Thursday that 111 Wheelock College employees— 72 staff and 39 full- and part-time faculty members — will be let go when the merger becomes official June […]

March 18, 2018

Liberty University Plans To Add New Arena To Virginia Campus

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University plans to add a 125,000-square-foot arena to its Lynchburg campus. The new arena will be attached to the Vines Center and used mainly for volleyball and basketball games. It will accommodate 4,000 to 4,500 people. Men’s basketball will continue to play in Vines when attendance is expected to be above […]

March 18, 2018

UMBC Basks in 15 Minutes of Fame As Cinderella of the NCAA

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the sun rose on the Saturday morning celebration of their unprecedented NCAA Tournament upset, Ryan Odom implored his suddenly-famous basketball team to get some sleep. It was time for family and friends of UMBC to leave the hotel and for the Retrievers to return to their rooms. On any other night, […]

March 18, 2018

Buffalo Soldier Gets Historical Marker on Tennessee State Campus

Tennessee State University will bestow an honor on one of its alumni, Lt. William McBryar, a Buffalo Soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in 1890 during the Cherry Creek Campaign in the Arizona Territory. On Tuesday, the university will reveal a historical marker on campus to officially recognize and honor McBryar, who graduated from the university in 1934 at the age of 73 with a degree in agriculture.

March 18, 2018

Education of Student-Athletes a Hot Topic at Panel Discussion

For all the heightened chatter this year about whether college student-athletes should be paid, Dr. Kenneth Shropshire suggests that making their education a priority is more important than a microscopic focus on financial compensation.

March 18, 2018

Pac 12 Preview Basketball

On Youth Activism and My Active-Shooter Training

There’s a new set of loud, defiant voices that arrived on the scene last week that makes diversity a whole lot more inclusive. Make way for the heretofore-ignored minors of all stripes and sizes. They are now their own group, the post-millennials, persons under the age of 18, who after Parkland can no longer be ignored, especially as they age and become generally woke, politically active adults.

March 18, 2018

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The Risk of Displeasure: How to Write Without Permission

At the age of 13, the first Chicana Ph.D. I had ever met handed me The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In the inside cover, she wrote: “We offer this book to reflect on life’s journey. We hope you enjoy it. May you continue to pursue and follow all your dreams so that you go away to come back for the ones who cannot out.”

March 18, 2018

Defrauding Students

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katherine Clark just released the DeVos Watch, summarizing the secretary of education’s first year in office as riddled with conflicts of interest and questionable ethics. Massachusetts’ members of Congress aren’t the only ones keeping a close eye on Betsy DeVos. Those of us who work with low-income students have witnessed with […]

March 16, 2018

Defrauding Students

AP Found Nearly 400 Cases of Sexual Assault Among Children on Bases

The Pentagon says it does not know how often the children of service members sexually assault one another on military bases. To answer that question, The Associated Press filed dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests with the main law enforcement agencies for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, as well as with the […]

March 16, 2018

Children Assaulted on Bases

DOD Official Visits Training Center

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OSD) for Readiness, Mr. Charles (Fred) Drummond visited Asymmetric Warfare Training Center (AWTC) and several other training venues located on Fort A.P. Hill, 07 Mar. During his visit at AWTC, Mr. Drummond received a facilities capability […]

March 16, 2018

DOD Official Visits Training Center

Veteran Finds New Life as River Guide

“There’s something healing about the water. I don’t fully understand it.” Suzy Matsubara didn’t grow up around the water, but she was hooked from the moment she stepped into a 14-foot orange raft and began paddling down the Rogue River. She stared down at her reflection in the dark water, cut by each forward stroke […]

March 16, 2018

Vet to River Guide

Professor Uses Virtual Labs to Teach IT Skills

Steph YoungGonzaga credits online learning with enriching her education and helping establish herself as an IT thought leader. Now she wants to pay it forward. After earning both a Masters and a Doctorate online, and following a successful twenty-year career as a corporate IT executive, YoungGonzaga recently returned to her roots. She pivoted her career […]

March 16, 2018

Florida Bills Support Military, Veterans

Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a pair of veterans-focused bills. He held the signing ceremony Tuesday at Jacksonville’s National Guard armory. The measures are meant to make it easier for vets and active duty service members to get an education and a job. The first new law waives some fees and requirements for state […]

March 16, 2018

Bill Supports Military and Vets

Rep. Jim Banks Discusses Military Education Options

A new bill introduced in Congress last week would provide more educational choice for military families. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., allows military families to open an education savings account for funding a child’s education expenses. The money could be used for private school tuition, textbooks, online classes, private tutoring, and college tuition. […]

March 16, 2018

Study: Online Instructors Respond More to White Males

Online course instructors are 94 percent more likely to respond to discussion forum comments made by students with names connoting that they are white and male compared to other race-gender groups, according to research published in March. The experimental study, “Bias in Online Classes: Evidence from a Field Experiment,” was conducted by researchers from Stanford […]

March 16, 2018

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Regional HBCUs Move to Recruit Students at Closing Concordia

When word spread that Concordia College – a small historically Black college in Selma, Alabama – was closing its doors, nearby institutions sprang into action to recruit their students. Talladega College and Oakwood and Alabama State universities are offering students options to transfer.

March 15, 2018