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Oklahoma Looks to Troops-to-Teacher Program to Ease Gap

TULSA, Oklahoma – The Oklahoma Department of Education is hoping veterans can help fight our teacher shortage crisis. The program is called Troops to Teachers, it’s been around for decades, and Oklahoma is one of only a handful of states awarded more than a million dollars in grant money for the program. With this new […]

June 28, 2018

What Happens When a Public University Buys For-Profit, Online School?

When leaders of Purdue University wanted to move into online education, they took the unusual step of buying an existing online university, a big one with 30,000 students. And here’s the most surprising part: that online school it bought, Kaplan University, was a for-profit business—part of a sector that’s been criticized for high costs and […]

June 28, 2018

Kaine’s Military Spouse Bill Provides Model for Democrats to Reach Women

When America’s military service members were faced with widespread unemployment five years ago, lawmakers like Sen. Tim Kaine sprang into action to get those who sacrificed for their country back to work. Now, the Virginia Democrat says the same unemployment crisis is plaguing military spouses, a group of women and men — but mostly women […]

June 28, 2018

New Book Examines How Scholar-Practitioner Advanced Equity in Student Affairs

When some of the nation’s top scholars decided to pen a book examining the life of Dr. Melvin C. Terrell and his contributions to the field of student affairs, Terrell knew that was something special. But then again, the retiree’s life has been nothing short of extraordinary.

June 28, 2018

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Higher Ed Mulls Supreme Court Ruling Against Mandatory Union Fee

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Wednesday against a mandatory labor union fee for nonmember public-sector employees met with immediate criticism, some from observers in higher education who anticipate a negative impact on unions at state-funded universities.

June 27, 2018

Universities Wrong to Stay Silent on Probe

Give The Ohio State University officials credit for handling a sex abuse scandal the way it ought to be done — openly, with apparent concern for victims, and an intensive effort to get the whole truth. One wonders why that approach does not seem to appeal to everyone. A few months ago, it came to […]

June 27, 2018

Recruitment & Retention

Indiana University Sees Declining Summer Enrollment

Indiana University has seen declining summer enrollment at its Bloomington campus despite growth during the traditional academic year. About 1,000 more students enrolled at the Bloomington campus in fall 2017 compared with fall 2011. Summer enrollment at the flagship campus declined by more than 800 students over the same time period, the Herald-Times reported. […]

June 27, 2018

NFL Players Trade Helmets for Caps and Gowns in Offseason

ALAMEDA, Calif.— When Bruce Irvin got a multimillion dollar signing bonus after being a first-round draft pick in 2012, the idea of getting his college degree was the last thing on his mind. A former high school dropout who spent time in jail and dealing drugs while growing up in Atlanta, Irvin later decided to set […]

June 27, 2018

Realizing My Potential Through the Higher Education Opportunity Program

When done correctly, opportunity programs foster a sense of community on campus where students feel safe to struggle and know that they have the support necessary to overcome the obstacles that come along with being underprepared for college – not by choice, but by circumstance.

June 27, 2018

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Black Students, College Choice and HBCUs: Enrolling the Next Generation

In 2017, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) saw an increase in freshman student enrollment and substantial increases in enrollment for a small number of HBCUs, including North Carolina A & T State University, Kentucky State University and Spelman College.

June 27, 2018

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Washington State Football Player Had Brain Damage at Suicide

PULLMAN, Wash. – The family of the Washington State football player who died of suicide in January said the 21-year-old quarterback had extensive brain damage that’s been linked to concussions from playing the sport. Tyler Hilinski was found dead in his apartment with a gunshot wound and a suicide note on Jan. 16. Mark and […]

June 27, 2018

A Harlem Daughter Gives Back

Dr. Terri N. Watson is proud of her Harlem background, and although much of her earlier research was conducted in Florida where she earned her Ph.D., she has returned to her roots and is breaking new ground as an assistant professor in the City College of New York’s School of Education.

June 27, 2018

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Higher HIV Rates in Sub-Saharan Women Linked to British Colonialism

The likelihood that a woman in sub-Saharan Africa has HIV today is linked to whether her country was once colonized by Britain or a continental European country, according to a June 2018 studypublished in American Economic Review. Siwan Anderson, a professor at the Vancouver School of Economics, hypothesized that “weaker marital property rights” in common law countries […]

June 27, 2018

Breastfeeding Zealots

Breastfeeding zealots really need to back off — especially when they work in the newborn ward of a hospital. After the birth of my daughter last summer, I spent my first several days in the hospital struggling to breastfeed. It really did not go well. And the entire experience would have been so much better […]

June 27, 2018

Sale of Off-Exchange Medical Plans Drop by Half

The number of health insurance plans sold outside of Obamacare’s exchanges fell by half in 2018, according to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Plans sold outside the exchanges fell from 8,700 in 2017 to about 4,000 in 2018. Eight states had no plans that were sold outside the exchanges in 2018, compared with five […]

June 27, 2018

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Aging LGBT Seniors Loom as Major Public Health Issue

LGBT people of all ages have experienced health inequalities, but researchers have begun to delve into the consequences of a lifetime of that inequity – and what happens to their health as they grow older. “They’ve been relatively invisible, undercounted and underserved,” said Dr. Karen Fredriksen Goldsen. “We’re talking about a major public health issue.” […]

June 27, 2018

Tribes Want to Close Loopholes in Violence Against Women Act

Four out of 5 Native American women experience violence in their lives. This is in a report by the National Congress of American Indians. The Violence Against Women Act gave tribes greater powers to prosecute such crimes, and it’s now up for reauthorization. But as Wyoming Public Radio’s Melodie Edwards reports, tribes want to close […]

June 27, 2018

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Black Males Suffer Most Health Consequences

Minority males have the poorest health outlook of any Americans, a recently released report shows. The report, “Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Minority Boys and Men,” which focuses on males from underrepresented groups and non-heterosexual males, states that men from these groups are also more often targeted for hate crimes. The report was authored by […]

June 27, 2018