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Faculty & Staff
SEIU Accuses Duke of Erecting Unionization Blockades
The Service Employees International Union is criticizing Duke University’s administration, following a vote to unionize Duke graduate students on Friday, alleging obstruction by Duke.
February 27, 2017
Students
Tennessee Finds Remedial Education Reform Success
A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University sheds light on why developmental education may not be working at the community college level and offers some solutions.
February 27, 2017
Students
HBCUs, Advocates Looking for Help from Trump on Funding
WASHINGTON — The nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are pushing for President Donald Trump to set aside more federal contracts and grants for their schools, and take a greater hand in their welfare by moving responsibility for a key program for those colleges to the White House. The presidents of the nation’s 100-plus […]
February 27, 2017
News Roundup
After 130 Years, Harvard Law Review Elects a Black Woman President
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — It has been 27 years since the first black man, an older student by the name of Barack Obama, was elected president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. It has been even longer — 41 years — since the first woman, Susan Estrich, was elected to the position. Since then, subsequent presidents […]
February 27, 2017
Students
Republican Proposes Raising University of Wisconsin Tuition by Inflation, Income
MADISON, Wis. — A key Republican legislator says Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to cut University of Wisconsin System tuition could hurt taxpayers and lawmakers should instead consider letting the system raise tuition according to inflation or income increases. Rep. Dale Kooyenga, a member of the Legislature’s powerful budget committee, wrote on the Right Wisconsin website […]
February 27, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Nearly 600 Penn State Faculty, Staff Voluntarily Retire
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Nearly 600 faculty and staff have taken a voluntary retirement package from Penn State University, including more than 400 employees on the main campus. The Centre Daily Times reports 419 main campus employees took the offer, while 168 others did on satellite campuses. Forty-six percent of employees eligible for the early […]
February 27, 2017
Leadership & Policy
University of North Florida President Stepping Down in 2018
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — University of North Florida President John Delaney says he plans to resign from his job. Delaney, the former mayor of Jacksonville, announced Monday that he will retire from his position when his contract expires in May 2018. Delaney has been UNF president since 2003 and he was appointed to the position despite […]
February 27, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Our $1 Million Medical Bill
Avoidable medical complications plague American families physically, emotionally — and economically. A poignant example of the damage caused not by accidents but by failures in the health care system was recently identified and carefully studied in the medical device space. An analysis by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined that physicians, hospitals and manufacturer failed […]
February 27, 2017
Disparities
NIH: Brain Scans Detect Autism Earlier
For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), early diagnosis is critical to allow for possible interventions at a time when the brain is most amenable to change. But that’s been tough to implement for a simple reason: the symptoms of ASD, such as communication difficulties, social deficits, and repetitive behaviors, often do not show up […]
February 27, 2017
Other News
Can Having Role Models Produce More Minority Doctors?
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Eight of Melissa Cornett’s 10 children want to be doctors. The oldest, at 29, hopes to become a family physician; the youngest, who’s “almost 9,” wants to be an ER doctor. Although they all have endured the typical bumps, bruises, and medical crises of childhood, they’ve only ever met two doctors who […]
February 27, 2017
Other News
Obamacare’s Popularity Goes Up
Obamacare is getting more popular with voters even as President Donald Trump moves to get rid of the landmark health-care law. A total of 45 percent of registered voters say they approve of Obamacare, compared to 45 percent who oppose the law, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds. Since early January — weeks before Trump […]
February 27, 2017
Disparities
Biotech Firm May Hold Key to Long, Healthy Life
As Trump shakes up the White House, pharma and biotech are on edge. While the media talks about Obamacare, it turns out that Trump’s new FDA chief could have a bigger impact on health care and associated markets. The story here is that a company in liberal Northern California may have the most to gain […]
February 27, 2017
Disparities
Research Will Focus on Black Cancer Survivors
The largest study to date of African-American cancer survivors in the United States is underway. The Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) study, which will include 5,560 cancer survivors, will support a broad research agenda looking at the major factors affecting cancer progression, recurrence, mortality, and quality of life among African-American cancer survivors. The effort […]
February 27, 2017
Policies
Details of GOP Healthcare Plan Emerge
WASHINGTON — A draft Republican bill replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners. Instead, it would create tax credits worth up to $4,000, allow bigger contributions to personal health savings accounts and impose […]
February 27, 2017
African-American
‘The Obama Years: The Power of Words’ Premieres Tonight
Tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Smithsonian Channel premieres “The Obama Years: The Power of Words,” with historians assessing the impact of Obama’s rhetoric in light of history.
February 27, 2017
Policies
Ex-Speaker: Repeal and Replace Won’t Happen
Former House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that he didn’t think the Republican-controlled Congress would be able to completely repeal and replace Obamacare, and that some key provisions of the health care law would likely remain. Speaking at a health care conference in Orlando, Florida, Boehner, an Ohio Republican who opposed Obamacare but resigned in […]
February 27, 2017
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Trailblazing Women
The National Women’s History Project has declared the theme for this year’s observance of Women’s History Month (March) to be “Honoring Trailblazing Women in Labor and Business” and has selected honorees from those fields.
February 27, 2017
Students
Advocates Question Plan for College for Foster Care Youth
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some child advocates say a plan by a nonprofit group to convert a southern West Virginia campus into a college specifically for children transitioning out of the foster care system is not a good idea. Tina Faber is based at West Virginia University in Morgantown and runs a state program called Mentoring […]
February 26, 2017
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