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Don’t Touch My Hair: Black Women Navigating the Ivory Tower

Solange’s “Don’t Touch My Hair” is a powerful anthem that resonates with women of color. Her hair is her crown and symbolizes a refusal to compromise her beliefs and identity to accommodate others. Unfortunately, for female scholars of color, particularly those in higher education, our crown is as much a curse as it is a gift.

March 7, 2018

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College Awarded Federal Grant to Study Lake Superior Bay

BAY MILLS, Mich. — Bay Mills Community College has received a federal grant to study biodiversity and pollution levels in Lake Superior’s Waishkey Bay. The bay is an important recreational and cultural resource for members of the Bay Mills Indian Community and tourists. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the college $216,000 for the study. […]

March 7, 2018

Chanting Protesters Shut Down Temple Stadium Town Hall

PHILADELPHIA — Chanting community members protesting Temple University’s plan to open a $135-million football stadium on its campus shut down a town hall meeting meant to address their concerns. The university’s president was to speak, and then architects were to present plans and then answer questions. Philly.com reports that about 10 minutes into President Richard […]

March 7, 2018

Foundation Report Advises on College ‘Promise’ Programs

A report issued this week by a nonpartisan think tank suggests that states considering “free college” policies should avoid unfair cost-containment strategies, communicate with students and families and make bolder investments in higher education.

March 7, 2018

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Man Pleads Guilty to Racist Threats Toward Howard University

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A northern Virginia man has pleaded guilty to posting racist threats online targeting historically Black Howard University in the nation’s capital. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a news release that 26-year-old John Edgar Rust pleaded guilty Tuesday to threatening to kill Black students at the […]

March 7, 2018

Duderstadt: Diversity Improves School Quality

While he is known today as a pioneer of diversity and inclusion in higher education, Dr. James J. Duderstadt started as an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Michigan and eventually became president.

March 7, 2018

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Short-Term Policies

Short-term health insurance is sometimes scoffed at as “sham insurance.” But to those who turn to it in need, this kind of insurance offers vital protection from unexpected medical costs. The Trump administration’s plan to extend how long it lasts makes sense. Short-term plans offer temporary coverage for many of the same things standard health […]

March 7, 2018

Short Term Policies

Venues Accommodate for Sensory Overload

NEW ORLEANS — A nonprofit organization that helps open doors for people with autism has certified the aquarium and zoo in New Orleans as sensory inclusive. The Aquarium of the Americas is the first aquarium to get such certification, and the Audubon Zoo is among the first 10 zoos, according to KultureCity, based in Birmingham, […]

March 7, 2018

New Orleans Aquarium

Woman Sentenced Over Buttocks Injection

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California woman who performed an illegal buttocks enhancement that sent a woman to the hospital has been sentenced to two years in prison. Ana Hernandez of Monterey Park was sentenced Monday for receiving an adulterated medical product. She also was ordered to pay $125,000 in fines and restitution to the […]

March 7, 2018

Buttocks Injections

Studies Offer Promise for Fighting Childhood Cancers

Each year, more than 15,000 American children and teenagers will be diagnosed with cancer. While great progress has been made in treating many types of childhood cancer, it remains the leading cause of disease-related death among kids who make it past infancy in the United States [1]. One reason for that sobering reality is our […]

March 7, 2018

Childhood Cancer

Efforts to Revive Mandate Stall

Congress approved zeroing out the individual mandate penalty in December after a year of failed efforts to repeal the ACA. The individual mandate was considered one of the most unpopular part of the ACA. Some Americans were upset at the idea of being told what to do, and they especially don’t like getting whacked with […]

March 7, 2018

Congress Mandate Stall

Washington State Requires Insurers to Cover Abortion

The Washington state Senate passed a bill Saturday mandating that insurance companies pay for abortions and contraceptive drugs and procedures for maternity care plans. The state legislature passed Senate Bill 6219 in a 27 to 22 vote Saturday, according to KIRO7. The measure insists that any company who provides maternity care must also provide coverage for women who seek […]

March 7, 2018

Insurers to Cover Abortion

U.S. Approves Medicaid Work Rule for Arkansas

On Monday, the nation’s top Medicaid official traveled to Little Rock to announce federal approval of a measure long sought by Governor Hutchinson: a work requirement for beneficiaries of Arkansas Works, the program providing health insurance to 285,000 low-income Arkansans under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for […]

March 7, 2018

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Heavy Drinkers at Greatest Risk for Dementia

Hot on the heels of headlines linking alcohol consumption with longer life comes new research that casts a much more sobering light on drinking. According to an analysis of more than 1 million people—the largest study of its kind to date—scientists say that heavy alcohol use is the biggest modifiable risk factor for dementia, especially early-onset forms […]

March 7, 2018

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Nevertheless, She Persisted

This year, the National Women’s History Project has chosen the theme of “Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women” for National Women’s History Month, which begins March 1.

March 7, 2018

The Man Who Yells Outside My Window

It’s 4:38 a.m. One to three times a week, I am awakened by a man yelling outside my window. While my first reaction is to yell back, “Please be quiet!” I stop myself. This man of color, living with mental illness, has two things in common with my brother.

March 6, 2018

HBCUs’ Relevance in Diversifying the STEM Workforce

Global scientific competitiveness of the United States depends on the nation’s ability to sustain and grow the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. An important approach to this goal is ensuring that groups historically underrepresented (HU) in STEM fields play larger roles.

March 6, 2018

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Selecting Commencement Speakers: A Political Minefield

In this hyper-polarized environment, students in the class of 2018 may find themselves without a commencement speaker who has strong views on political or social issues. Many administrators are struggling to identify orators who will be welcomed by the campus community without provoking protests.

March 6, 2018