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Where Are ITT Tech’s 40,000 Former Students?
Two years ago, William McNeil lost his retail job at Sears and was looking to improve his life. Around the same time, he got a bunch of emails promising a path to a new career from ITT Technical Institute, the for-profit college chain. So, McNeil, who’s 57, signed up online to get more information about […]
October 6, 2016
Academics
Former College President: Two-Year Schools Are the Future
Tom Snyder retired in June after nine years at the helm of Ivy Tech, the nation’s largest singly accredited community college system. Snyder’s coming from a corporate background gave him a different perspective about higher ed in general and community colleges in particular. For one, he realized the role community colleges play in serving millions […]
October 6, 2016
Academics
Navy Closes Most Stateside VolEd Offices
Effective October 1 the Navy has closed all stateside Voluntary Education (VOLED) offices leaving only four remaining CONUS locations. Afloat services and OUTCONUS offices, including Hawaii will not be affected by the closing. The four remaining stateside offices are Naval Station Norfolk, VA; Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL; Naval Base San Diego, CA; and Naval […]
October 6, 2016
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Harvard Dining Services Picket in Historic Strike
Hundreds of Harvard’s dining service workers began picketing early Wednesday morning, commencing a historic strike precipitated by months of tense—and thus far fruitless—negotiations with the University.
October 6, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Will People of Color Use the Aid in Dying Law?
Death was a topic that wasn’t discussed in Adrienne Lawson Thompson’s home growing up. The Los Angeles native says it was such a taboo topic, that her own mother didn’t even reveal what illness she was stricken with before she died. “She didn’t want to disclose things to me because ‘Oh, you’re young. I don’t […]
October 6, 2016
Students
Experts: Math, Science Underemphasized in College Prep for Minorities
A groundbreaking report shattered the notion that mere exposure to “college knowledge” will make a meaningful difference in closing racial gaps in college enrollment.
October 5, 2016
Students
Rodriguez: California Leading Way on Ethnic Studies
A groundbreaking report shattered the notion that mere exposure to “college knowledge” will make a meaningful difference in closing racial gaps in college enrollment.
October 5, 2016
Faculty & Staff
The Rise of Global Hispanics
A new generation of global Hispanic professionals is rising, ready to navigate the world and steer their futures.
October 5, 2016
African-American
Monticello Summit Offers Somber View of Slavery Legacy
A public summit hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation brought hundreds to Monticello for a discussion on history, race and slavery.
October 5, 2016
Other News
Drug May Help Reduce Alcohol Disorder
A new medication that targets part of the brain’s stress system may help reduce alcohol use in people with alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. “Medications have become an important tool for treating […]
October 5, 2016
Other News
“Privacy Pods” Help Nursing Mothers
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — It’s a stand-alone, 4-by-8-foot pod that resembles a photo booth. The Durham Bulls have one, and now so does Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. LRMC earlier this month unveiled its first “lactation support pod” — the second at a U.S. military hospital and the first in Europe, hospital officials said — to give […]
October 5, 2016
Other News
Bill Aims to Improve Lives of Native American Children
FAIRBANKS — A bill to improve the lives of Native American children passed Congress unanimously last week, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), one of the bill’s sponsors. The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act creates a commission to examine social issues […]
October 5, 2016
Policies
Analysis: Arkansas Medical Pot Foes Learned Lessons From 2012
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When Arkansas voters narrowly rejected legalizing medical marijuana four years ago, it was a relief to the social conservatives who had mounted a last-ditch effort to kill a measure whose momentum had surprised many in this Bible Belt state. With two competing proposals on the ballot, opponents don’t want to be […]
October 5, 2016
Students
University of Michigan Rolling Out Diversity, Inclusion Plan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. ― A vice provost has been selected to serve as the University of Michigan’s first chief diversity officer as part of broader efforts to improve diversity on campus, the school’s president announced Wednesday. Robert Sellers’ appointment will go before the school’s Board of Regents on Oct. 20. The position is being created […]
October 5, 2016
Policies
Report: 2.5M Are Missing Out on Health Care Credits
Millions of Americans who bought individual health insurance outside the Affordable Care Act’s public exchanges may be leaving money on the table if they skip those marketplaces again in picking 2017 coverage, a new report says. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 2.5 million people who bought so-called off-exchange coverage for this […]
October 5, 2016
Students
South Africa’s University Protests Show Racial Division
JOHANNESBURG ― In a racially charged scene, a mostly Black group of South African student protesters on Wednesday confronted White students who want demonstrations for free education to stop so they can complete the academic year. The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg said “many racist remarks” were made when demonstrators disrupted a march there […]
October 5, 2016
Policies
Connecticut Encourages Research on Medical Marijuana
HARTFORD, Conn. —Connecticut is encouraging its hospitals, universities and licensed marijuana producers to embark on research that could improve understanding of marijuana’s medicinal qualities, something officials hope will also boost the state’s biotech industry. While there’s some research already underway in Connecticut and elsewhere, officials here hope the state’s initiative, which began Oct. 1, will […]
October 5, 2016
Students
Ex-Baylor Official: School Undermined Sex Assault Probes
DALLAS ― The former Title IX coordinator at Baylor University said Wednesday that top campus leaders undermined her efforts to investigate sexual assault claims and were more concerned with protecting the Baylor “brand” than the students. Patty Crawford told “CBS This Morning” that the university set her up “to fail from the beginning.” Crawford, who […]
October 5, 2016
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