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Sal Khan: Free, Online Education for the World

Sal Khan has interesting ideas about what constitutes riveting dinner conversation. At the moment, he’s partial to “mind-blowing” similarities between Greek, Latin, Germanic languages and ancient Sanskrit as well as the fact that Iran and Ireland are the only countries with names that mean “land of the Aryans.” “That’s still my favorite thing to share […]

January 23, 2018

Augusta U. Enters Partnership with Fort Gordon

Gretchen Caughman was all smiles Friday as she was handed a pen and directed to sign a stack of papers inside a classroom at the Command Support Center at Fort Gordon. The signing for the executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Augusta University represented the beginning of a new partnership with the […]

January 23, 2018

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3 Things Military Families Endure in a Shutdown

At midnight EST Friday, January 19, 2018, the government shut down. Yep, ultimately put out the “closed for business” sign. But what you may not know is military families, and many federal employees, are affected in ways which the average person does not learn on the news. Military personnel still work but do not get […]

January 23, 2018

Universities Offering Degrees With a Guarantee

Students at the 27 public colleges of applied technology in the US state of Tennessee earn qualifications in such complex fields as computer-aided design, information technology, advanced manufacturing, and aviation maintenance. From this autumn, they and their employers will get something else, too: a warranty. If graduates fail state or national licensing exams in their […]

January 23, 2018

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Reagan Foundation to Host Bipartisan Education Summit

Thirty-five years after the 1983 “A Nation at Risk” report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute has announced the launch of an inaugural summit about the future of education in America.

January 22, 2018

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Higher Ed Mostly Evades Impact of Government Shutdown

The federal government voted to end the shutdown on Monday. Although higher education officials and experts say the effects on colleges and universities could have been severe, they say the consequences have been relatively minimal this time around.

January 22, 2018

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January 22, 2018

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January 22, 2018

UC’s Best Advice to ‘Dreamers’: Ignore Trump Show, File for DACA

Government shutdown? Forget the blame game. We saw the process unfold before our eyes. It was one built on the word of Donald Trump, but then dashed. Maybe because as a real builder might say, there was no foundation in truth to provide structural integrity – for anything.

January 22, 2018

Universities See Drop in International Enrollment

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Lawrence Journal-World reports that after about a decade of growth, universities nationwide began reporting dwindling numbers of international students since the fall of 2016. Some college administrators suggest the trend is due to President Donald Trump’s restrictive immigration and travel policies. The chancellor of the University of Kansas said the university […]

January 22, 2018

University of Kansas Group Wants School to Sell Jet

TOPEKA, Kan. — A group of faculty, staff and students at the University of Kansas is urging the school’s administration to sell its jet to save money. The recommendation came in a report by the University Senate’s Planning and Resources Committee that was released last spring, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. Selling the Cessna CJ4 jet […]

January 22, 2018

Medicaid Sabotage

Medicaid was enacted in 1965 under the Lyndon Johnson administration as a social insurance program to provide lower-income Americans with the health care they need. Since then it has been solidly supported by all subsequent administrations as a social contract within our society, as a matter of fairness and necessity. As poverty and inequality have […]

January 22, 2018

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HHS Protects Workers Who Object to Medical Procedures

The Trump Administration’s Health and Human Services Department is creating new protections for moral and religious health care workers that will allow them to opt of out participating in medical procedures that violate their spiritual beliefs like abortions and assisted suicides. However, activists and liberal politicians fear such policies will also allow medical professionals to […]

January 22, 2018

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Drug Under Study Could Stop Cancer

A cancer drug is in development that could stop the disease in its tracks. The unnamed medication targets a specific enzyme that fuels the spread of tumours, new research reveals. It does this by binding to the membrane of rapidly multiplying cells, a European study found. Read More

January 22, 2018

Smoking, Obesity Fuel Increase in Diabetes in South

Rising obesity rates in several Southern states are leading to a rapid increase in new cases of diabetes among both black and white adults. A new study led by investigators at the University of Texas Health Science Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) found the risk of diabetes is double for black patients. Read […]

January 22, 2018

Why Are Thousands of Babies Dying in U.S.?

The U.S. is one of the wealthiest and most influential nations in the world. Yet, for some reason, it’s still struggling in meaningful ways with protecting our children. A new study, which analyzed childhood mortality rates of 19 economically similar countries between 1961 and 2010, revealed that, despite making improvements, the U.S. is lagging behind. […]

January 22, 2018

Black Children Face Higher Death Risk After Surgery

Memphis, Tenn. – A recent study, Race, Preoperative Risk Factors, and Death After Surgery, has found that black children are more than twice as likely to die following surgery than white children and describes race-specific models to predict surgical outcomes. The study has been published online, and will be published in the February 2018 issue […]

January 22, 2018

Podcast Examines Myths about Black Males

The Black Boys & Men: Changing the Narrative podcast series brings together thought leaders from the public and private sectors to analyze stereotypes and dispel myths concerning Black boys and men, while providing facts and best practices for those working with these often marginalized populations. The series calls into question issues of systemic racism and […]

January 22, 2018