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Nursing
Student Who Questioned Training Wins Settlement
FLINT, Mich. — A Michigan college has been ordered to pay a woman’s nursing school tuition after she was dismissed for questioning lessons she says taught students to scare patients into vaccinations. Nichole Rolfe, 35, was awarded about $15,000 on September 11 in a lawsuit against Baker College, the Flint Journal reported. Rolfe sued the […]
September 13, 2017
Policies
Feds Rewriting Rule on Health Care for Transgendered
LOS ANGELES — Jyn Dao is scared. His bottom surgery — needed to realign the female genitalia he was born with to his male identity — is scheduled. But it’s not happening until January. And like many trans men and women, he’s afraid President Trump will soon revoke protections in federal law that ensure his […]
September 13, 2017
Policies
Industry Groups Press Congress on Payments
Payers and ACA supporters view CSR payments as critical to stabilizing the ACA market. Without those payments, insurance companies will flee the individual insurance market or ask for large premium increases. Already, the average individual insurance premiums are expected to increase by about 20% next year. Without those subsidies, the Congressional Budget Office predicted ACA premiums would skyrocket another 20%. […]
September 13, 2017
Disparities
Report: Online Ratings of Doctors Are Inadequate
Online physician ratings are a key part of consumer-driven healthcare that is supposed to put individuals in charge of their own care. The idea is that educated consumers will choose the physicians and services that are least expensive and offer the highest quality as possible. The new study found that there was no “significant association […]
September 13, 2017
Disparities
Journal Reports Rise in Low Weight and Premature Births
The rate of preterm births and low birth weight have increased and are the leading cause of newborn deaths in the United States. The authors caution that cuts to Medicaid would seriously jeopardize infant lives. Preterm birth refers to a birth that occurs more than three weeks before the baby is due, or more specifically, […]
September 13, 2017
Other News
Social Media Provides a Lifeline After Irma
ATLANTA — Worried relatives, generous volunteers, frantic neighbors, even medical providers are turning to social media now that Hurricane Irma wiped out electricity and cell service to communities across Florida, cutting off most contact with remote islands in the Keys. “We all sort of scattered around the country when we evacuated, so we’re trying to […]
September 13, 2017
Other News
Texans Report Illnesses from Harvey Pollution
GALENA PARK, Texas — Cindy Sanchez began to feel ill while barbecuing just before Harvey’s torrents started pelting this city just east of Houston, along a corridor with the nation’s highest concentration of petrochemical plants. “I started getting really, really bad headaches,” said Sanchez, a 32-year-old housewife. “I never get headaches.” “My husband’s eyes were […]
September 13, 2017
Students
Survey: Millennials Divided Over Goal of Public School Education
A GenForward survey found that millennials are split on the fundamental issue of what the main goal of a public school education should be.
September 12, 2017
Students
Professor Aims to Honor St. Cloud State’s First African-American Alumna
Earlier this summer, Dr. Christopher Lehman, a professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department, had the idea to rename the 51 Building after Ruby Cora Webster, the first African-American student to have graduated from St. Cloud State University.
September 12, 2017
Leadership & Policy
UVA Dean Explores Meaning of Nontraditional Leadership
Scott Beardsley’s book seeks to quantify how many of today’s college presidents are considered nontraditional and what that means for some of the most essential aspects of higher education, such as fund-raising and enrollment.
September 12, 2017
Students
Howard University Moves Up in 2018 Best College Rankings
US News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s colleges and universities shows that Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, D.C., has risen 14 slots since last year to 110th in the National Universities category. “The things that we’ve been doing at the university are really aimed at academic excellence and ensuring […]
September 12, 2017
Students
Purdue’s Plans for Online School Draw Criticism from Faculty
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s plans for a new online school are drawing criticism from some Purdue faculty members. The proposed school that would arise from Purdue’s purchase of for-profit Kaplan University was announced five months ago. But some Purdue faculty members who question those plans say they’re worried about the reputation of Kaplan […]
September 12, 2017
Students
Activist Angela Davis to speak at Ball State
MUNCIE, Ind. — Social activist Angela Davis is coming to Ball State University to discuss institutional racism in the nation’s prisons. The 73-year-old academic who’s known for her work on economic, racial and gender justice will speak Sept. 22 at Emens Auditorium in a free event open the public. Davis was a University of California, […]
September 12, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Kalamazoo Valley Community College President Plans to Retire
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The longtime president of Kalamazoo Valley Community College plans to retire. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that Marilyn Schlack, who has held the post since 1982, submitted a letter of retirement at the school’s board of trustees meeting Tuesday. Schlack, 81, says in an email to faculty and staff that “innovation and the […]
September 12, 2017
Students
California Leaders Pledge $30M for Young Immigrants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers announced Tuesday that they plan to spend $30 million helping young immigrants with legal services and college financial aid. The announcement comes in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that gives temporary protection from deportation to people brought to the country […]
September 12, 2017
Students
Indiana University Police Hires Chief Diversity Officer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University Police Department has appointed its first chief diversity officer. Wayne James became chief diversity officer Sept. 4, The Herald Times reported. University Superintendent of Public Safety Benjamin Hunter said he picked James because of his work as chief of police for the northwest campus. James will continue to serve […]
September 12, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Changing Mindsets
Much of the economic news today features the phrase “shortage of skilled workers.” It’s a familiar problem and traditional higher education, in its current state, isn’t designed to make the course correction needed. Here are two of the biggest shifts in practice and mindset that can help address problems in today’s traditional degree programs. Read […]
September 12, 2017
Other News
List for F1 Visas Includes Many “Ghost Colleges”
Here’s the scenario: A U.S. consular official at an overseas location is facing an alien who wants a student (F-1) visa. The alien has a piece of paper from an American graduate school that says he has been admitted and is eligible for the visa. He also has documentation of his graduation from a local […]
September 12, 2017
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