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News Roundup
Benedictine University to Shut Its Springfield Campus
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Benedictine University says the school will close its Springfield branch at the end of the 2018 spring semester and move students to other existing area sites. Adult degree-completion and graduate students currently attend classes at the Springfield branch campus and at employer-based and community locations. University officials cited capital improvement needs as […]
February 28, 2018
HBCUs
HBCU Leaders Meeting with Business Leaders at GOP Event
WASHINGTON — The leaders of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities got major face time in front of some of America’s top companies, such as Google, Starbucks and Walmart, on Tuesday at this year’s HBCU Fly-In, sponsored by congressional Republicans. The HBCU Fly-In started last year as a way for the colleges and universities […]
February 28, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
It’s My Body
It’s hard to explain what it feels like to know that, just a few generations ago, my great-great-grandmother was a slave woman whose body was controlled by a slave master. The knowledge becomes harder to stomach as I reflect on the past and realize what little has changed. When I gave birth to my child, […]
February 28, 2018
Policies
Idaho Leaves Door Open to Action on Obamacare
Idaho is not ruling out the possibility of taking legal action if the Trump administration blocks its plan to allow the sale of healthcare coverage that does not abide by Obamacare’s mandates. Dean Cameron, the state’s insurance commissioner, hopes that any issues the administration has with Idaho’s plan can instead be hashed out during ongoing […]
February 28, 2018
Nursing
College Uses Simulations to Teach Healthcare Students
WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa — Hospitals are constantly in need of nurses and other health care professionals, and those professionals must be prepared to care for patients with everything from pre-eclampsia to traumatic injuries. That’s why Southeastern Community College designed, built and equipped its Great River Health Systems Health Professions Building — named in recognition of […]
February 28, 2018
Nursing
Meeting Nursing Demands Through Diversity
For the past decade, the nursing profession has made diversity a priority. While the numbers in the profession — less than 25 percent minority nurses — do not yet mirror the general population of the United States — 38 percent non-White people — solid efforts and strategies are at work to facilitate change. In the […]
February 28, 2018
Policies
Trump Blames McCain for ACA Loss
President Donald Trump called out Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for not supporting Republican legislation to repeal the ACA this past summer during a Friday address to the Conservative Political Action Committee, where he also lauded the GOP’s new healthcare strategy, according to The Hill. Mr. McCain cast the decisive vote against a “skinny” repeal of the ACA in […]
February 28, 2018
Disparities
Geneticist Unravels Race and Health Risks
You’ve probably seen the statistics: African-Americans experience significantly higher risks for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, stroke, and certain cancers compared to white and Hispanic Americans. But while the health disparities between different racial and ethnic groups are undeniably real, experts say, the way we traditionally think about race and disease risk is flawed. Read […]
February 28, 2018
Policies
Congress Opens Door to Paid Family Leave
The goal to pass a national paid family leave law has turned a corner in the halls of Congress, with conservatives showing more openness to taking action after President Trump declared support for the benefit. Advocates who have long pushed for paid family leave say that the level of interest by lawmakers has been unprecedented, […]
February 28, 2018
Policies
Study: SNAP Doesn’t Even Cover a Cheap Meal
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Most Americans receiving food assistance benefits can’t afford the cost of an average low-income meal, a new national study reported on the heels of the federal government’s proposal to limit the program. The study from the Urban Institute reported that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fell short of affording an average […]
February 28, 2018
Latest News
America Remains Divided 50 Years After Kerner
Healing is still needed and America’s racial wounds are still raw, according to the 50-year update released Tuesday by the Eisenhower Foundation as part of its ongoing follow-up to the original report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, commonly known as the Kerner Commission.
February 27, 2018
Latest News
Brown Partners with Art Center to Host Rosa Parks’ House
Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) and WaterFire Providence have partnered to host civil rights activist Rosa Parks’ former home before residing permanently at another location in the U.S. chosen by artist Ryan Mendoza.
February 27, 2018
Opinion
Cultural Biases Persist in National Licensure Exam for Teachers
Weighing a pig won’t make it fatter, and racist exams will not increase the number of teachers of color and American Indian teachers in the nation’s classrooms.
February 27, 2018
Opinion
Where Is the Village When We Need It?
I grew up in the East Winston section of Winston-Salem, N.C. Our neighborhood was close-knit, as we knew our neighbors. In fact, we knew who the neighbors were that stayed three and four streets over from where we lived. As kids, we all knew one another and spent a lot of time in each other’s homes.
February 27, 2018
HBCUs
The Changing Landscape for Aspiring Black Journalists
When the nation’s news organizations were flush with money at the turn of the century, newsroom diversity was a top priority at a number of media companies. They spent millions of dollars on internships, entry-level jobs and training.
February 27, 2018
News Roundup
Former TMCF Leader to Chair HBCU Advisory Board
The former president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)  has been tapped to chair President Trump’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Johnny C. Taylor, who stepped down from the post to lead the Society for Human Resource Management last June, was succeeded by Dr. Harry L. Williams, who served as […]
February 27, 2018
Veterans
Employment Initiative
Experts have declared the Veterans Employment initiative a success in terms of bringing veterans into federal employment. But now the program is stalling, and those experts say it’s time to shift focus away from broad hiring initiatives, and toward more concentrated efforts to boost their distribution through more diverse agencies, and increase retention and engagement. […]
February 27, 2018
Academics
Veteran Educator Tapped to Lead Adult-Serving University
As the new president of Union Institute & University, Dr. Karen Schuster Webb will be able to increase her impact on higher education by expanding horizons for adult learners. Webb, who assumes the presidency July 1, said she is deeply honored to be named Union’s sixth president, noting that the university’s mission and legacy of […]
February 27, 2018
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