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At NCORE, Symone Sanders Calls for Civility in Discourse

NEW ORLEANS – More than 3,500 students, faculty and staff from colleges and universities across the nation are gathering here this week to engage in critical discussions about race relations on their college campus in particular, and in society in general.

May 30, 2018

University of Memphis to Waive Tuition for Fallen Soldiers’ Families

Starting this fall, students whose parents or spouses were killed or disabled in military service can attend the University of Memphis without paying tuition, university officials announced Wednesday.

May 30, 2018

Education’s Challenge: Culture of Criticism or Compassion?

When I read recently in Stanford Magazine that the Stanford Graduate School of Business had a course on compassion and that it regularly carried a waiting list, I was intrigued. My interest was mostly due to the uniquely personal challenges I continue to face as I practice my own commitment to greater compassion for myself and others.

May 30, 2018

The Consequences of the Roseanne Fiasco

Roseanne Barr engaged in the most racially primitive language possible. Comparing Black people to apes, monkeys, animals and other non-human or less-than-human species is classic, primitive, racist rhetoric straight out of the pages of regressive, old-fashioned, eugenics-minded, racial stereotypes.

May 30, 2018

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Risk for Women

President Donald Trump’s plan to withhold federal funds for organizations that perform abortions or make referrals for them will endanger women’s access to a wide range of health care, such as birth control, Pap tests for cervical cancer and testing for breast cancer and sexually transmitted infections. Trump’s effort is designed to placate a group […]

May 30, 2018

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Sudden Closing of Hospital Problematic for Expectant Mothers

KENNETT, Mo. — The sudden closure of a hospital has left some expectant mothers in the Missouri Bootheel region scrambling for care in an area that already has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the U.S. St. Louis Public Radio reports that Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett recently announced that it […]

May 30, 2018

Professor: Ebola Could Spread to Europe

Dr. Ashish Jah said the spread of the disease to the urban city of Mbandaka last week poses serious concerns as to how far it spreads. The World Health Organisation said today there have been 22 confirmed, probable or suspected deaths from Ebola since April 4. But Dr. Jah warned it could spread to Europe and the […]

May 30, 2018

San Franciscans to Vote on Ban of Flavored Tobacco

SAN FRANCISCO — A major tobacco company is pumping millions of dollars into a campaign to persuade San Francisco voters to reject a ban on selling flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, certain chewing tobaccos and vaping liquids with flavors like cotton candy, mango and cool cucumber. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has contributed nearly $12 […]

May 30, 2018

Disease Could Kill Millions, Bill Gates Warns

He’s one of the most highly-regarded figures in the technology industry, and now Bill Gates has warned that a deadly disease could be on its way. Speaking at a conference last month, Gates claimed that the disease could spread in as little as six months, wiping out up to 30 million people in the process. He said: “There’s one […]

May 30, 2018

Judge Blocks Trump Cuts to Teen-Pregnancy Program

A fourth federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to prematurely end grants aimed at cutting teen pregnancy rates. Judge John Coughenour in Washington state ruled Tuesday afternoon that the administration unlawfully ended grants two years early for the King County Health Department in Seattle, which participated in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program. […]

May 30, 2018

GOP Senators Offer Plan to Cut Health Costs

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana released a multi-part proposal Tuesday morning that he hopes will catalyze a debate in Congress about how lawmakers can go about lowering health care costs while delivering value to patients. “Families and patients have seen their health insurance premiums and the cost of care go up year after year. […]

May 30, 2018

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Supreme Court Declines Challenge to Abortion Pill Law

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a challenge to a restrictive Arkansas law that for now will end the use of medication abortions in the state and could close two of the state’s three abortion clinics. The law requires doctors who provide medication abortions to have a contract with a second doctor who has […]

May 30, 2018

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Study Shows UMass Admission Tougher for In-State Applicants

BOSTON – Gaining admission to the University of Massachusetts’ flagship campus in Amherst is, on average, more difficult for Massachusetts residents than for those who live outside the state, a new report suggests. The Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based think tank which released the study on Tuesday, said it challenges the widely-accepted belief that nonresident applicants […]

May 30, 2018

Colorado Mesa University Plans Teaching Hotel for Campus

GRAND JUNCTION — Colorado Mesa University officials are planning to construct a $15.7 million campus hotel that will serve as a training facility for the hospitality and culinary programs. The Daily Sentinel reports the university’s board approved the teaching hotel Thursday that’s slated for a spot on the Grand Junction campus. Officials plan for the […]

May 30, 2018

University of Kansas to Slash Budget by $20 Million

LAWRENCE, KAN. The University of Kansas plans to cut $20 million from its Lawrence campus during the next fiscal year. The university announced Tuesday that the reductions will mean about a 5.9 budget decrease for all Lawrence campus units and departments. The cuts take effect July 1. It was not immediately clear if the reductions […]

May 30, 2018

Harvard Scholar Under Investigation Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

Dr. Roland Fryer, Jr., who became the youngest African-American to win tenure as an economics professor at Harvard University in 2008, is now facing allegations of sexual misconduct and is under investigation by Harvard University and the state of Massachusetts.

May 29, 2018

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Report: Asian American Electorate Marginalized

Unless political candidates and their operatives more consistently and aggressively mobilize the Asian-American electorate and steer them into voter registration, the impact of this racial group at the polls will remain limited. So says a professor in response to an eyebrow-raising new study.

May 29, 2018

Teachers: The Small Things Really Do Matter

Small, unintended words or behavior in a myriad of contexts – of which school is but one – are deeply affecting a generation of young students. Time to hit pause and reflect on what we say and do in our work, in our schools and in our homes. Unintended, seemingly innocuous statements can and do have lasting negative impacts.

May 29, 2018

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