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USC Boot Camp Eases Transition for Veterans

By Rosanna Xia | Charena Lafayette served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 13 years, but no amount of military training prepared her for the challenge of completing a rigorous four-year college program. How do you analyze an author’s underlying message or frame a thesis in an academic paper? What exactly are you supposed to […]

August 4, 2016

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GI Bill funds still flow to troubled for-profit colleges

By Kimberly Hefling | The Obama administration’s crackdown on for-profit colleges has escaped the notice of one federal agency with an already poor management record: The Veterans Affairs Department takes little or no action when these colleges are punished by federal and state regulators for serious misdeeds, allowing them to continue reeling in millions in […]

August 4, 2016

Wounded Warriors Train With Michigan Wolverines

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Making University of Michigan football fans everywhere jealous, a group of wounded veterans attended a program event at the school’s training facilities, hosted by Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP). Wolverine trainers from the university were present to give specialized training to warriors, their caregivers, and families. Read More

August 4, 2016

Female athlete triad: Protecting the health and bones of active young women

As the 2016 summer Olympics get underway, we will see elite women athletes compete at the highest level of their sports. And as we cruise toward September, many more young women will return to the field, court, and pool on college and high school teams. We know that many women who don’t consider themselves athletes […]

August 4, 2016

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Black doctors talk about lack of diversity in medical field

Dr. Milton Armstrong still remembers the stares he received more than 20 years ago when he started practicing medicine and would approach patients in his lab coat. “Many of them had never seen a black doctor before, and they were shocked,” Armstrong said during a panel discussion Wednesday at the Medical University of South Carolina. […]

August 4, 2016

Tooth loss is a big problem for patients with diabetes – Santa Rosa Technology Time

Fewer cases of diabetes are being diagnosed in U.S. adults, according to startling new federal statistics released Tuesday. Diabetes had been climbing for decades, driven by surging obesity rates. In 2009, the number of new cases reached 1.7 million. By last year, it had dropped to 1.4 million. “After so many years of seeing increases, […]

August 4, 2016

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Heart disease, stroke risk factors may increase in severity before menopause

DALLAS, August 3, 2016 –The severity of key risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and stroke appears to increase more rapidly in the years leading up to menopause, rather than after, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The study […]

August 4, 2016

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FIU Study Reveals False Pricing Caused $2.3 Trillion in U.S. Tax Loss

MIAMI ― A new Florida International University professor’s study has found that corporate tax evasion and money laundering cost the U.S. some $2.3 trillion in lost taxes. The just-released study of federal customs data by FIU business professor John Zdanowicz indicates U.S. companies used false invoices to hide the true value of imported and exported […]

August 4, 2016

Professor Looks at What Type of Exercise Benefits Academics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ― A West Virginia University professor has been researching which types of exercise are effective in improving academic performance. The university said in a news release that Assistant Dean James C. Hannon of the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences says resistance exercise such as weight lifting and using resistance bands seems […]

August 4, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Arkansas State Chancellor Tim Hudson Announces Resignation

JONESBORO, Ark. ― Arkansas State University announced Wednesday that Chancellor Tim Hudson had submitted his resignation, less than three weeks before school is set to begin for the fall semester. The university said Hudson’s resignation was effective immediately. The school gave no reason for Hudson’s sudden departure, and Hudson did not immediately respond to a […]

August 4, 2016

Report: ‘$500M Club’ Shuns Low-income Students

Universities with the largest endowments were slammed as “playgrounds for the children of the wealthiest” in a new Education Trust report today that says the institutions should tap their endowments at a higher rate to benefit more low-income students.

August 3, 2016

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5 Ways that Educators Can Help Young Women Succeed in STEM Fields

Success in these fields has a lot to do with the environment that a female student lives in and their overall motivation to succeed in the field.

August 3, 2016

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WNBA Players Readily Step Up into Activist Role

Experts discuss the female athletes’ civic responsibilities and whether these role models have the latitude to express what matters to them vs. what matters to the league and its sponsors.

August 3, 2016

Idaho Posts Free Ultrasound List

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is publishing a list of places where pregnant women considering abortions can get free ultrasounds. Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Statehouse pushed for the list earlier this year during the legislative session, where anti-abortion legislation is common and almost always receives the governor’s signature. The state’s GOP supermajority refused requests from minority […]

August 3, 2016

Colleges Pay to Break Lease on Health Center

FREDERICK, Md. — Community colleges in Frederick, Carroll and Howard counties are paying a settlement to vacate a health care education center after it shut down. The Frederick News-Post reports that the colleges will pay $278,000 apiece to break their lease at the Mount Airy College Center for Health Care Education. The money will go […]

August 3, 2016

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State Says Medicaid Plan Won’t Hurt

FRANKFORT, Ky. In his mid-30s, Jonathan Hensley was unemployed and caring for some disabled family members. He needed to take care of himself, too, because his teeth hurt. Historically in Kentucky, someone like Hensley – a single, able-bodied adult with no job — would likely not have had health insurance. But because the state expanded […]

August 3, 2016

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Loan Relief Lures Mental Health Workers

MEDFORD, Ore. — Saddled with $75,000 in student loans, Chy Porter looked for an employer that offered a loan-forgiveness program when she hunted for a job in the mental health field. She chose to go to work as a mental health therapist for Jackson County Health and Human Services, which is competing for mental health […]

August 3, 2016

LARISSA Z. TIEDENS

LARISSA Z. TIEDENS was appointed president of Scripps College. She is senior associate dean of academic affairs and Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Tiedens earned a bachelor’s from Carleton College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

August 3, 2016

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