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New Platform Makes It Easier to Donate to Colleges

GiveCampus, a website that allows academic institutions to raise funds digitally, has announced that donations can now be made through Apple Pay, allowing the platform to become more accessible to potential school donors.

June 25, 2018

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Separation Trauma

Fair and just societies protect children. The Trump administration’s unconscionable practice of separating children from their families at the border between Mexico and the United States is making me rethink what kind of society I live in. The images and the stories are heartbreaking. In an effort to deter families from migrating to the United States, reports say the […]

June 25, 2018

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Fracking Linked To Increased Rates of STIs

Fracking is linked to increased rates of sexually transmitted infections in Ohio, according to research published in PLoS ONE by academics at the Yale School of Public Health. Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, uses pressurized liquid to penetrate deep into rock and extract natural gas. The practice is controversial, and often met with opposition by residents in communities […]

June 25, 2018

Climate Change Will Make Rice Millions Need Less Nutritious

Rice is the primary food source for more than 3 billion people around the world. Many are unable to afford a diverse and nutritious diet that includes complete protein, grains, fruits and vegetables. They rely heavily on more affordable cereal crops, including rice, for most of their calories. My research focuses on health risks associated […]

June 25, 2018

Native American Teens at Greater Risk for Substance Abuse

Native American teens are at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse than other American teens, a new study finds. Still, “we do not want these data to be used to stigmatize American Indian kids,” said study author Randall Swaim, director of Colorado State University’s Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research. For the study, Swaim and […]

June 25, 2018

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Cuomo Directs N.Y. Agencies to Expand Transgender Protections

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that he is directing state agencies to expand and affirm anti-discrimination protections for transgender New Yorkers seeking health care and insurance. The action, Cuomo said, is in direct response to the Trump administration’s plans to roll back an Obama-era rule from 2016 that prohibited doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies […]

June 25, 2018

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American Flags Planted at Medical Center Represent Veteran Suicides

It was cold and rainy the evening of Sunday, June 24, but veterans and their families and friends came out to plant over 600 flags in front of Sanford Medical Center and promote a good cause. Members of the Marine Corps League Detachment in Fargo planted 660 flags on the Sanford Medical Center lawn to […]

June 25, 2018

Walgreens’ Pharmacist Denies Woman Miscarriage Drug

After receiving word that her unborn baby no longer had a heartbeat, it was hard to imagine how things could get worse for Nicole Arteaga, until they did. The Arizona mother is speaking out after she said a Walgreens pharmacist refused to provide her with a prescription drug that would help her miscarry her deceased fetus, telling […]

June 25, 2018

White House Proposes Narrowing FDA’s Mission

The Trump administration has proposed a fundamental change to the mission of the Food and Drug Administration, one that would transfer most of the responsibility for regulating food safety to the Department of Agriculture and rename the FDA the “Federal Drug Administration.” The proposal is part of a wide-reaching plan that was released Thursday by the White […]

June 25, 2018

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Report: Officer Who Shot 17-year-old in Pa. Left University Job After Case There Dropped

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A Pennsylvania police officer who fired the shots that killed a teenager fleeing a traffic stop left his previous job with a university police force about a month after prosecutors dropped a case against three men he’d filed charges against. East Pittsburgh Officer Michael Rosfeld, who officials say shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose, […]

June 25, 2018

Alabama College Ending Aquaculture Program After 27 Years

An Alabama college is citing declining enrollment for a decision to ends its aquaculture program after 27 years. Gadsden State Community College says it will discontinue the courses next spring. School spokeswoman Jackie Edmondson tells The Gadsden Times the program was one of the few of its kind in the nation. The program teaches students […]

June 25, 2018

Director of University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center Retires

For someone who’s had a hand in the release of more than 10,000 rehabilitated birds of prey, Pat Redig seems to have a tough time being set free himself. Redig is co-founder and former director of the Gabbert Raptor Center on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus. His supposed last day of work […]

June 25, 2018

‘Tafu’ for Snafu and iPhones at Graduation

Yes, it’s complicated. Which is why no government should attempt to carry out an ad hoc zero tolerance immigration plan at the border that includes an ad hoc separation of children from parents without a way to reconnect said children to parents.

June 24, 2018

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Data Informs Decisions in Community College’s Promise Program Expansion

On the heels of a new progress report on its Promise Program, the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) is expanding the student success program to all first-time, full-time California high school graduates enrolling at the district’s colleges this coming fall.

June 23, 2018

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When Changing a School’s Name Is a Lesson in History and Progress

In 1971, I was a fifth-grade student at J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond, Va. My younger brother and sister and I left our home in the morning and walked the leafy avenues to the two-story brick building with the handsome rotunda greeting us on arrival. I don’t know if it was triumphant or tragic that we got to go to a school named for a racist Confederate general, but I do know it never should have come to be.

June 23, 2018

Report: Multilingual Students Made ‘Remarkable’ Progress

A new report based on data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress challenges a widespread perception that multilingual students in the United States consistently perform poorly, muster only marginal academic progress and are being failed by school systems.

June 23, 2018

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Kansas Regents Approve Tuition Increases for Universities

TOPEKA, Kan.— The Kansas Board of Regents has approved tuition and fee increases for all six public universities, citing a need to keep pace with rising costs and declining state support. Full-time resident undergraduate students attending the University of Kansas in Lawrence will see a combined tuition-and-fee increase of about 3 percent. The increase will bring […]

June 23, 2018

University of Oklahoma President Says $1B Debt Not Uncommon

NORMAN, Okla.— The president of the University of Oklahoma says the school’s nearly $1 billion debt is large but comparable to similar public universities. The Oklahoman reports President David Boren’s Wednesday statement followed earlier remarks by his successor, who starts July 1. Incoming president Jim Gallogly said Tuesday that the school is losing $36 million […]

June 23, 2018