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Choice for Mental Health Czar Highlights Rift
For decades, therapists, patient advocates and countless families have worked to elevate mental health care in the political conversation. Their cause recently received a big boost when a new law created a federal mental health “czar” to help overhaul the system and bridge more than 100 federal agencies concerned with mental health. But the White […]
May 30, 2017
Other News
FDA Clears Cancer Drug Keyed to Genetics
Merck & Co’s immunotherapy Keytruda chalked up another approval on Tuesday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the cancer medicine can be used to treat children and adults who carry a specific genetic feature regardless of where the disease originated. It is the first time the agency has approved a cancer treatment based […]
May 30, 2017
Other News
GOP Wants to Improve Indian Healthcare
Congressional Republicans believe they can improve Indian Health Service – and the first step is to cut money from the already underfunded IHS budget. IHS provides primary health care for the majority of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. “For years, the Indian Health Service has fallen short in providing high quality medical care throughout Indian […]
May 30, 2017
Disparities
Alzheimers’s Deaths Double in U.S.
The rate of people dying from Alzheimer’s disease in the United States rose by 55% over a 15-year period, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The number of those patients dying at home from the neurodegenerative condition also rose, from 14% to 25% over the same time period studied, 2009-2014. […]
May 30, 2017
Other News
Job Losses Highlight Budget Concerns
(CNN) – Criticism is building over the Trump administration’s proposed budget. The primary sticking point is because reports show it could result in the millions losing healthcare benefits and, as a result, thousands of healthcare providers losing their jobs. Eastern Kentucky would be ground zero for those job losses. Dr. Anthony Yonts employs 50 people […]
May 30, 2017
Policies
Senate Staffers Will Draft Healthcare Bill
Maybe, in the end, the safest stance for beleaguered House Republicans would be emulate the aggressive truth-defying approach of Trump himself: “What health care bill?” “That means the House has to come back with a new bill and vote again”, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from NY, said Wednesday. Additionally the bill would […]
May 30, 2017
Policies
Trump Tweet Contradicts His Budget
President Trump urged spending more on health care, in a tweet Sunday night — to “make it the best anywhere” — even as his administration’s budget proposal last week called for broad cuts to health programs, including Medicaid, public health, and medical research funding. It’s unclear what, if anything, Trump’s tweet means for his administration’s […]
May 30, 2017
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Veterans Groups Pushing for Post-9/11 GI Bill Improvements
Veterans associations want to revise the Post-9/11 GI Bill so that it benefits a wider range of veterans who are transitioning into higher education or future careers.
May 29, 2017
Students
Advocates View HBCUs’ Future Warily
TMCF President Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. suggested that HBCUs and their advocates need to begin planning what the institutions need to look like 50 years from now, to ensure they are keeping up with the constant changes in the generations to come.
May 29, 2017
Opinion
My Diversity Moment with the Military
At the Army National Guard, celebration of diversity is more than lip service because over there people seem to know diversity is an essential part of its core mission. And, on top of that, they know it really works.
May 29, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Tuskegee University Fires President Johnson
Tuskegee University — the private Alabama institution founded by Booker T. Washington — has fired its current president.
May 29, 2017
Students
Eastern Illinois University Waives Application Fee
CHARLESTON, Ill. — An Illinois university is taking aggressive measures to recruit new high school students to its campus. Eastern Illinois University announced Thursday that it will open its application process next week for the fall 2018 semester and waive its $30 application fee for incoming freshman and transfer students until Oct. 2, The News-Gazette […]
May 29, 2017
Leadership & Policy
University of Alaska Fairbanks Finds Permanent Chancellor
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — After nearly two years, the University of Alaska Fairbanks has found a permanent replacement for its chancellor. UA President Jim Johnsen announced in a letter Thursday that Dan White, the university’s vice president for academic affairs and research, will take the helm July 1. “Dan’s extensive academic and administrative experience, along with […]
May 29, 2017
Students
Maryland Bill Restricting Crime-record Use in School Admission Vetoed
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed a bill on Friday that would stop public colleges from using information about a student’s criminal history to automatically restrict a student’s admission. Hogan said he supports policies that recognize people have potential, despite criminal histories. However, the governor said he believes the bill jeopardizes student safety […]
May 29, 2017
African-American
Trump Budget Draws Ire, Concern from Minority Communities
WASHINGTON — Advocates for minority communities say President Donald Trump’s proposed budget answers the question he famously posed to Black Americans during his campaign: “What the hell do you have to lose?” His $4.1 trillion spending plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 generally makes deep cuts in safety net programs, including Medicaid, the […]
May 29, 2017
Students
Rural Regional College Approved for Northwest Pennsylvania
WARREN, Pa. — State education officials have given the green light for an educational institution to provide low-cost instruction for nine northwestern Pennsylvania counties lacking a community college. The Pennsylvania Department of Education last week approved plans by the Rural Regional College of Northern Pennsylvania to enroll students in the fall in a partnership with […]
May 29, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Helping Service Members Finish
Every year, over half a million military service members and veterans enroll in undergraduate institutions. Only about half leave with a certificate or degree. Getting a college degree can help graduates get jobs and earn higher wages, but veterans and active military service members may face obstacles on their way to degree completion. Along with […]
May 26, 2017
Other News
Free Tuition Plan Sparks Debate
SARANAC LAKE — The head of the Department of Labor and other state officials took questions and comments from parents, guidance counselors and North Country Community College faculty and staff Tuesday during a round-table discussion on New York’s new Excelsior Scholarship program. Enacted earlier this year, the program provides free tuition at the state’s two- […]
May 26, 2017
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