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Feds Stand by Decision to End Accreditor’s Role
WASHINGTON — Federal education officials are standing by their decision to cut ties with the nation’s largest accreditor of for-profit colleges — a ruling that will bar hundreds of schools from providing federal financial aid and likely force some to close. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, which oversees more than 250 institutions […]
December 13, 2016
Veterans
Senator Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Veterans’ Bill
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, applauded Senate passage of legislation – the Miller-Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Act – to improve veterans’ access to health care, disability benefits, education and homelessness assistance, among other important benefits for our nation’s veterans. The bill […]
December 13, 2016
Academics
Fort Bragg, Fayetteville Tech Expand Transition Program
Fort Bragg troops will have more resources as they look to get out of uniform. Fayetteville Technical Community College and Fort Bragg announced last week that they’ll expand an educational partnership aimed at helping transitioning service members, veterans and family members find full employment. The partnership is built around the Fort Bragg Career Skills Program, […]
December 13, 2016
Academics
Higher Education Struggles to Leverage Digital Learning
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, what we might now call “the early days” of online higher education, advocates of technology-mediated learning imagined themselves as outsiders, rebels working on the margins of higher education. Their goal, broadly, was to bring the transformative power of Internet technology to a change-adverse, centuries-old institution. Keenly aware of […]
December 13, 2016
Academics
Institutions Seek to Spur Interest in Workforce Development
Online career support company Sokanu recently surveyed nearly 22,000 college graduates to find answers to one of higher education’s most pressing questions: can you earn a degree in a field that you love and make money doing it? The results of the survey were less than surprising; jobs that are among the most in-demand and […]
December 13, 2016
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Community colleges continue to tackle Flint water crisis head on.
December 13, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: Grading Obama’s Presidency on Higher Ed
High student loan debt, access, accountability, and everything in between were put in President Obama’s lap and have been issues he’s addressed in both terms.
December 12, 2016
Native Americans
Rodriguez: For 2020, I’m Checking the American Indian Option
When the 2020 Census comes around, I will declare myself American Indian. I will do so both as an act of affirmation, but also, as an act of rebellion against a government that sees me both as alien and as less than human.
December 12, 2016
Students
Ross-Lee Educating and Healing Holistically
At the helm of a new osteopathic school of medicine, Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee seeks to raise the health statuses in Arkansas by using her passion for health care equality and experiences of overcoming as the underdog.
December 12, 2016
Students
Accreditor of For-profit Colleges Loses Appeal to Stay Alive
WASHINGTON — Federal education officials are standing by their decision to cut ties with the nation’s largest accreditor of for-profit colleges — a ruling that will bar hundreds of schools from providing federal financial aid and likely force some to close. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, which oversees more than 250 institutions […]
December 12, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Iowa State President Apologizes, Reimburses for More Flights
ANKENY, Iowa — Iowa State University President Steven Leath apologized Monday for using university airplanes for some personal trips and said he had paid back the school for additional flights beyond what he had done previously. Leath told the Iowa Board of Regents during a special meeting in Ankeny that he was “very sorry” for […]
December 12, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Rhodes College Names Marjorie Hass First Female President
MEMPHIS — Rhodes College in Memphis has named Marjorie Hass as the school’s 20th president. Hass, who is currently president of Austin College in Sherman, Texas, will become the first female president in Rhodes’ 168-year history. She succeeds current President William E. Troutt in July following his retirement after 18 years as Rhodes president. Rhodes […]
December 12, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Can Trump Save Health Care?
Donald Trump will soon be President Trump. In light of this, it’s worth examining the potential impact of one of his most frequent promises: the replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I suspect average Americans were encouraged by Trump’s promise, and might expect that whatever replaces the ACA, will be more life-affirming in terms […]
December 12, 2016
Other News
Exhibit at Airport Focuses on Stigma of Mental Illness
BOSTON — An exhibit at Boston’s Logan International Airport featuring larger-than life-photographs along with the personal stories of people who have struggled with mental illness is designed to shine light on a topic often kept in the dark. “Deconstructing Stigma: A Change in Thought Can Change a Life” is part of a campaign by McLean […]
December 12, 2016
Other News
Crack vs. Opiods: Greater Lenience Now for Users
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — When Leola Bivins was first sent away for dealing drugs, she was a 22-year-old high school dropout with a 2-year-old daughter at home. Addiction was the center of the life she knew in East Stroudsburg, where she was born and raised, she recalled recently. Bivins’ mother was a heroin addict — she […]
December 12, 2016
Disparities
Hazards Found in Beauty Products Targeting African-Americans
(CNN) — One in 12 beauty and personal care products marketed to African-American women in the US contains highly hazardous ingredients, according to research released Tuesday by the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit environmental organization in the US specializing in research and advocacy. The organization analyzed more than 1,100 products marketed to black women — […]
December 12, 2016
Disparities
Faith Can Be Part of Care for Post-Partum Depression
Churches and other faith-based communities are an untapped resource that health-care providers should consider when suggesting treatment options for African-American and Latina mothers who have histories of postpartum depression. “There is nothing ambiguous about it,” says Robert Keefe, associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo. “Church, religion, and spirituality […]
December 12, 2016
Policies
World Health Organization Urges Obamacare Expansion
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to expand Obamacare and ensure all Americans have access to healthcare. The real estate magnate takes office next month after promising to repeal outgoing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare policy which helped millions more Americans get medical insurance but has been a target […]
December 12, 2016
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