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Opinion
How Do We Persuade People About Casual Racism and Sexism?
As a teacher of advocacy, I wonder what is the most effective means of persuading people they should not engage in offensive speech and objectionable expression. I mean that sincerely, not rhetorically: what will prompt people to choose not to use racial slurs or sexist images, not because they felt coerced but from a change of heart? For me, the issue is not whether they possess the right to utter the word or display the picture — for I would not hesitate to support them against censorship. The issue is whether it is right to do so.
June 18, 2019
Disparities
Summit Focuses On Improving Health Outcomes
Nurses are an integral part of addressing the nation’s substance abuse epidemic and it all starts with changing the conversation, according to Marla T. Oros, MS, BSN ’84, RN, president of the Mosaic Group, a management consulting firm with expertise in community health. Oros shared her vision for the tremendous impact nurses can make on combating […]
June 17, 2019
Disparities
New UNG-Gainesville Health Clinic to Serve Students In Former Lanier Tech Space
The University of North Georgia plans to open a new health clinic for students on its Gainesville campus in spring 2020, expanding services to match what is provided on the Dahlonega campus.  “We have students who live in Gainesville but take classes in Dahlonega and vice versa,” Dr. Alyson Paul, dean of students on the Gainesville […]
June 17, 2019
Policies
Indiana University Health Deal Will Fund Projects, Diversify Debt Portfolio
Indiana University Health plans to sell $637 million of revenue bonds Tuesday to fund expansion and upgrade projects and diversify its debt portfolio. The Indianapolis-based academic health system affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine will sell a mix of new money and refunding bonds through the Indiana Finance Authority. Read More
June 17, 2019
Nursing
Texas Tech Celebrates Funding, School of Veterinary Medicine
Texas Tech University System officials today (June 17) recognized all who played a part in helping secure funding from the Texas Legislature that will help establish the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, a first for the State of Texas in more than a century. On Saturday (June 15), Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law the […]
June 17, 2019
Policies
For George Tyndall’s Victims Like Me, Proposed USC Settlement Is a Slap In The Face
I have always wanted to help others and be a force for social change. What I didn’t know is that my path to this would involve experiencing assault from a medical professional in a space I presumed was safe — the University of Southern California’s Engemann Student Health Center. Last year, I joined the approximately 500 women accusing George Tyndall, […]
June 17, 2019
Other News
New Director Shares Vision For University Health Services
Alex Langhart, the new director of the University of Mississippi Health Services, aims to increase access, promote wellness and find solutions to ensure all faculty, staff and students receive excellent on-campus care. Langhart received his master’s degree in health services administration from UM in 2015. The Tylertown native, who also has a bachelor’s degree from […]
June 17, 2019
Nursing
Alabama State University Lands $1.5M Grant From National Institutes of Health
Alabama State University was awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health that will help the school provide training to minority students in the biomedical sciences fields. The $1.47 million grant will be used by the university’s Center for Nanobiotechnology to diversify its pool of Ph.D. students, a news release stated. The grant comes […]
June 17, 2019
Students
TICAS Report Sheds Light on Student Loan Defaults
A report from The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) finds that, of the nearly seven million borrowers who take out student loans, more than a million Direct Loan borrowers have entered default in just the last 12 months.
June 17, 2019
Latinx
Pioneering PBI-HSI President Discusses Priorities
Setting priorities and a strategic plan, developing campuswide buy-in and telling Bloomfield College’s story are the biggest challenges facing Dr. Marcheta P. Evans, she said in her first news conference since becoming the school’s first African-American and woman president June 1.
June 17, 2019
Opinion
What if Western Illinois’ Jack Thomas Were White or Asian?
As a lonely adjunct, a Filipino American teaching at a state school, I am but a wee voice in higher ed. But what if I were Jack Thomas at Western Illinois University, the school’s very first Black president?
June 17, 2019
News Roundup
WVSU Names Charles Byers as Interim Provost
West Virginia State University has named Dr. R. Charles Byers interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1. Byers, a 1968 graduate of the university, had previously served at WVSU for nearly 41 years in professorial and administrative capacities, including professor of teacher education, vice president for planning and advancement, Title III […]
June 17, 2019
News Roundup
AAUP Censures Two Schools, Sanctions Another
Nunez Community College in Louisiana and St. Edward’s University in Texas have been added to the American Association of University Professors list of administrations censured for failing to observe generally recognized principles of academic freedom and tenure. Delegates to the AAUP’s 105th annual meeting voted Saturday to approve the censures. They also: · Added Vermont […]
June 17, 2019
Academics
Omnibus Education Bill Would Expand Military Style School
KINGWOOD — The Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy, a military-like school about 45 minutes southeast of Morgantown, allows students to earn their high school diplomas within roughly five months. During that time, they live at the school almost exclusively. The regular public schools the students there hail from get to count them as graduates. The academy, located at […]
June 16, 2019
Veterans
GI Bill Transfer Ban For Older Troops Could Be Thrown Out
Senior service members would once again be able to share their GI Bill benefits with spouses and children under a provision included in a House panel’s budget bill draft. The measure was unanimously approved by the House Armed Services Committee during their debate of the annual defense authorization bill on Wednesday. Sponsor Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said the […]
June 16, 2019
Veterans
The Army Launches Plan To Give College Credit For Training Soldiers Are Already Doing
If all goes according to plan, in the next few years, soldiers with pre-enlistment college credit or using Army tuition assistance funds to pursue degrees will be able to count their time in professional military education courses as credit hours toward higher education. The first step comes in June, with the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. Now, noncommissioned officers […]
June 16, 2019
Academics
US Naval War College Gets Its 1st Woman President, Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield
(CNN)A rear admiral who began her career as a helicopter pilot has been named the next president of the US Naval War College, the first woman to fill that role, the secretary of the Navy announced Friday. Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield serves as a commander of the Joint Region Marianas in Guam and previously served as a […]
June 16, 2019
HBCUs
Central State, Wilberforce to Share Some Campus Services
Central State University and Wilberforce University are merging some of their services on campus and will share some operations, according to sources familiar with the ongoing talks between the two institutions. The two historically Black universities in Ohio are located across the street from each other. The two universities are also exploring the possibility of […]
June 16, 2019
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