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Missouri Governor Signs Bill on College Police Training
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Aspiring Missouri college police officers will face the same training as other future cops under a bill signed by the governor. Republican Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday signed the legislation. Current law calls for at least 320 hours of training for college police compared to at least 470 hours for most […]
June 21, 2017
Leadership & Policy
University of Missouri Might Revoke Cosby’s Honorary Degree
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri System President Mun Choi wants the university to rescind an honorary degree given to Bill Cosby nearly 20 years ago. The system’s Board of Curators will vote Friday on Choi’s recommendation. A university staff memo sent to the curators says sexual assault allegations against Cosby are “incompatible” with the […]
June 21, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Trinity College Closes Due to Threats Made After Professor’s Post
HARTFORD, Conn. — A private college in Connecticut has closed its campus due to threats made against the school after a professor’s social media post. Trinity College says it received multiple threats related to social media posts by Johnny Eric Williams. The campus of the liberal arts school in Hartford is closed until further notice. […]
June 21, 2017
News Roundup
Student Loan Servicer Navient Fights Back as States Eye Protections
AUGUSTA, Maine — The nation’s largest servicer of federal student loans has lobbied against states’ efforts to license student loan servicers in Maine and elsewhere this year as it seeks to become the nation’s single servicer of student loans under a plan backed by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. State records reviewed by The Associated […]
June 21, 2017
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Essex County College Professor Questions Suspension Following TV Appearance
NEWARK, N.J. — An adjunct professor at a New Jersey community college is questioning why she was suspended after appearing on Fox News. Lisa Durden says she learned about the suspension June 8 when she arrived to teach a class at Essex County College. Durden, who is Black, had appeared two days earlier on “Tucker […]
June 21, 2017
Students
Music School Backers Sue Rider University to Block Potential Sale
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — A New Jersey university’s plan to sell its music college to another institution is now facing a legal challenge. Supporters of Westminster Choir College sued Rider University on Tuesday. They claim any sale that would close the music school or move it from its 23-acre campus in Princeton is illegal and would […]
June 21, 2017
Students
UCLA Conference Emphasizes Importance of Partnerships in Education
About 135 teachers, professors and partners from the University of California, Los Angeles community and tie-in schools gathered this week at UCLA to exchange strategies and best practices at the first “Learning Together: Practitioners and Scholars in Partnership” conference. The idea of partnerships was the theme of the conference, whether between practitioners and scholars, or […]
June 21, 2017
Dr. Pedro A. Noguera is the Distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA.
Blogs/Opinion
A Doctor’s First Day
I arrived at the hospital, white coat and stethoscope in hand. It was my first day as a doctor, and I was filled with a nervous mix of optimism and excitement. I walked up to the medicine team room, entered the code on the door and introduced myself to the other residents — some of […]
June 21, 2017
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Policies
Veterans’ Hospital Focuses on Proactive Care
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A veterans’ hospital in Missouri has recently started programs to include proactive care for patients. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that instead of only treating patients who complain of illness or injury, the Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital’s recently constructed Patient Education Center seeks to teach people how to improve their health in […]
June 21, 2017
Disparities
Illinois Nursing School Gets $2 Million Grant
NORMAL, Ill. — The Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing is getting a $2 million federal grant to help make the nursing workforce more diverse. The school says in a news release the nursing school is getting $500,000 a year for four years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The money […]
June 21, 2017
Policies
Poll: Most Americans Don’t like the AHCA
More Americans have an unfavorable view of the American Healthcare Act (AHCA) than a favorable one (55% vs. 31%, respectively), according to a new poll. Here are three key findings that MCOs should be aware of, according to a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll published May 31. Key finding #1: The survey, performed after House Republicans […]
June 21, 2017
Policies
Members of Trump’s HIV/AIDS Council Resign
President Donald Trump has a “lack of understanding and concern” for people living with HIV/AIDS, according to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), leading six members to resign. In an op-ed for Newsweek, former council member Scott A. Schoettes revealed that the Trump administration has no strategy in mind for fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic. […]
June 21, 2017
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Disparities
Study Examines Zika in Young Guatemalans
A large natural history study examining the neurologic, neurodevelopmental and other clinical outcomes of Zika virus infection in infants and young children has begun in rural Guatemala. It will focus on those infected with Zika virus after birth rather than those infected congenitally. The study is being conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and […]
June 21, 2017
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Disparities
Few Opioid-Addicted Youth Get Medication
CHICAGO — Only one in four teens and young adults with opioid addiction receive recommended treatment medication even with good health insurance, according to a study that suggests doctors are not keeping up with the needs of youth caught up in the worst addiction crisis in U.S. history. “Young people may be dying because they […]
June 21, 2017
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Disparities
Rutgers Dean Seeks to Remove Health Disparities
The gay men’s health crisis is sill with us. HIV/AIDS are now treatable, but not yet curable. One of the pre-eminent AIDS/HIV researchers into the disease and advocate for those it has infected is the incoming Dean of Rutgers School of Public Health, Dr. Perry Halkitis. He joins Correspondent Brenda Flanagan. Flanagan: Your identity is […]
June 21, 2017
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Campus Climate
Rapper Parody Costs 3 Their Jobs at Grace College & Seminary
Three employees from Grace College & Seminary were fired after a photo of them posing as “rappers” with a fake album cover background went viral earlier this month amid allegations of White privilege and cultural appropriation.
June 20, 2017
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Students
On Hill, Both Sides Hold Ground on Campus Free Speech Issue
Colleges and universities have a responsibility to protect freedom of expression on their campuses — but also to prevent speech that might incite violence and unrest.
June 20, 2017
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Students
Chicago Mayor: K-12 Education Model Outdated
Arguing that the K-12 education model of the 20th century is outdated, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he believes it’s time to expand the public school system into a pre-kindergarten to college model.
June 20, 2017
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