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Florida University Suspends Fraternity Amid Rape Allegations
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida university has suspended a fraternity after a woman said she was raped during a party. Officials at the University of Central Florida sent letters to Alpha Tau Omega, accusing the fraternity of lying after the woman reported the rape to police last month. It’s unclear whether she’s a student. An […]
August 10, 2017
News Roundup
Idaho State University President to Retire Next Year
POCATELLO, Idaho — Idaho State University President Arthur Vailas says he will retire next summer after more than a decade at the school. Vailas made the announcement Wednesday during a monthly meeting of the Idaho State Board of Education. The announcement came just three days after the university’s football booster club announced it would withhold […]
August 10, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Building Competencies for the Future
To address the disconnect between higher education and the workforce, several colleges are experimenting with microcredentials, certificates, clusters of competencies, and even blockchain to communicate easily their students’ mastery of knowledge, skills, and abilities to employers. Some may scorn this trend as unnecessarily catering to a skills-obsessed world. Teaching up-to-the-minute skills appears to run counter […]
August 10, 2017
Other News
Digital Ivy: Harvard’s Next Online Program
Yes, this is a program that’s all about the numbers. A triad of Harvard institutions—its business School, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and the department of statistics—are teaming up with Maryland-based digital education company, 2U, to offer an online executive education certificate in business analytics. It’s a sweet […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Tiny Homes, Big Plans for Helping Vets
A new partnership is poised to yield a tiny homes village for homeless veterans in Quincy, along with other tiny home projects and programs to aid veterans and homeowners throughout Northeast Missouri. Richard Elsenpeter, President and Founder of the Tri-State Veterans Community Project, met with NECAC Deputy Director of Housing Development Carla Potts on Wednesday, […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Tuition Costs Just Might Be Coming Down
It’s a fall tradition: Students don college sweatshirts and their parents, meanwhile, sweat the tuition bills. One flash-in-the-pan movie this summer even featured a couple, played by Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler, who start a casino to cope with their kids’ college costs. Annual tuition hikes have been pretty much a given in higher ed, […]
August 10, 2017
Other News
Why Men Are the New Minority in Colleges
Jessica Smith raised an arm and pointed across the lobby of the university student center like an ornithologist who had just spied a rare breed in the underbrush. “There’s one,” she said. It was, in fact, an unusual bird that Smith had spotted, especially on this campus: masculum collegium discipulus. A male college student. Women […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Institute Welcomes 6th Commandant
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation bid farewell to U.S. Army Col. Keith W. Anthony and welcomed Col. Robert F. Alvaro, also from the U.S Army, as commandant on July 19th. U.S. Army Brigadier General Eugene (Gene) J. LeBoeuf, the deputy commanding general and executive vice provost for Academic Affairs for Army University, Combined […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Virginia Creates Legal Guide for Service Members, Veterans
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general has created a new resource guide with information on things like taxes and education for military service members and veterans. The Virginia Military and Veteran Legal Resource Guide created by Attorney General Mark Herring’s office is aimed at helping military families and veterans learn about the rights, resources […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Warrior Scholar Project Smooths Transition to Academe
On Sunday afternoon, 19 student veterans checked in to Rudder Auditorium for a week that will help give them the tools to succeed as students through the Warrior Scholar Project. The program is hosted at 15 campuses around the nation, but is new to A&M this year. It began on Aug. 6 and will run […]
August 10, 2017
Students
GWU, Among Urban Colleges Providing Scholarships to Locals
A George Washington University scholarship has eliminated concerns about paying for college — the complicated equation of aid, loans and part-time jobs — for some of D.C.’s residents.
August 9, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Fighting for Our Lives
Republicans have now tried and failed three times to pass health care bills that would dismantle the Affordable Care Act — and potentially cut access to health care for millions. We’ve seen the introduction of hundreds of new reproductive health restrictions and insistent efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. In the midst of the GOP’s attack […]
August 9, 2017
Other News
Stressed? This Song Will Calm You Down
You’re restless, fatigued and tense. You’re preoccupied with worry and trying to control those intrusive thoughts, but nothing seems to work. But what if we told you that you could just put on your headphones and listen to a song and feel instantly better? We wouldn’t be lying. There is actually a song created specifically […]
August 9, 2017
Disparities
Obesity Rates for Indian Children Level Off
The rates of obese and overweight American Indian and Alaska Native children were relatively stable between 2006 and 2015, suggesting that we may be turning the corner in dealing with this serious health threat, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health July 20. “We’ve been afraid in Indian country that […]
August 9, 2017
Disparities
Oregon Covers Undocumented Children — If It Can Reach Them
Starting this summer, thousands of children in Washington County became eligible for health care coverage. The catch: Their parents are undocumented immigrants. That means, officials expect, that reaching out to these families will be difficult — thanks in large part to the level of rhetoric coming out of Washington, D.C. At the same time that […]
August 9, 2017
Nursing
Some Texas Community Colleges to Offer Bachelor’s for Nursing, Teaching
DALLAS — Some Texas community colleges are expanding their curriculums to offer bachelor’s degrees and help meet the increased need for nurses and teachers. The 2017 Legislature approved letting community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees in high-need areas like applied sciences, applied technology and nursing, The Dallas Morning News reports. Until now, few Texas community colleges […]
August 9, 2017
Disparities
Genetic Studies Makes Medicine More Precise — for White People
Every human on earth is unique — our genes are different, we eat different things, we live in different places. As a result, medical treatments tend to work differently on different people. Depending on your genes, a drug might cure your sickness — or it might cause a side effect that makes you sicker. In […]
August 9, 2017
Other News
Trump Stresses Law Enforcement in Opioid Crisis
President Trump emphasized the need for stepped-up law enforcement to combat the nation’s opioid problem Tuesday, an approach that is at odds with a report released last week by the special commission he appointed to address abuse. “Strong law enforcement is absolutely vital to having a drug-free society,” Trump told reporters from the clubhouse of […]
August 9, 2017
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