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Police Assigned to Florida University’s ‘White Racism’ Class

A sociology professor offering a course titled “White Racism” this semester has received so many disturbing emails and voicemails that at least two campus police officers will be watching over the first meeting of his class on Tuesday. Assistant Professor Ted Thornhill says he sent police at Florida Gulf Coast University nearly 50 pages of […]

January 8, 2018

Educators Should Care About “Fire and Fury”

If you’re in higher ed and are trying to ignore Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, you shouldn’t.

January 8, 2018

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Housing as a Health Issue

Envision a society that fully connects the usually disparate worlds of health and housing. Clinicians would implement strategies that feature “housing as a vaccine” to prevent illness and disability. Professionals from both worlds would routinely link lodging with counseling, case management, and other services to ensure that supportive housing more robustly meets the needs of […]

January 8, 2018

Race Could Matter in Outcomes for Preemies

(Reuters Health) – Among the tiniest preemies, black and Hispanic infants are more likely than white babies to be born at hospitals with worse death and complication rates, a study in New York City suggests. In the study of 7,177 very preterm infants born at 39 hospitals citywide, 28 percent of the babies died or […]

January 8, 2018

Initiative on Mental, Physical Health Goes Global

A successful New Zealand initiative which encourages those working with the mentally ill to also consider their patient’s physical well-being has been exported overseas. Equally Well is a group of people and organisations with a common goal of reducing physical health disparities between people who experience mental health and addiction problems, and people who don’t. […]

January 8, 2018

Experts: Social Media Contacts Could Hold Key to Stopping Disease Spread

Facebook accounts and telephone records can be used to pinpoint the best individuals to vaccinate to stop a disease outbreak in its tracks, researchers said Wednesday. Such people would be “central” in their social networks, and thus likelier to spread disease-causing germs from one group to another. Assuming there is an outbreak, and not enough […]

January 8, 2018

Trump Rule Could Let More People Drop Obamacare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration proposed a rule on Thursday to allow Americans who are self-employed or work for small businesses to buy health insurance that does not comply with all Obamacare requirements in an effort to unwind the 2010 healthcare law. The rule, put forward by the Department of Labor, would allow individuals […]

January 8, 2018

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Snopes: Hurricane Maria and the IV Bag Shortage in U.S.

On 28 December 2017, a tweet from a man in California focused attention on one of less-reported aftereffects of the damage caused by the massive Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico on 20 September 2017. Ben Boyer’s post criticized the Trump administration’s response to the disaster while describing a recent hospital visit: My wife’s nurse […]

January 8, 2018

Obamacare Faces Challenges in 2018

It’s a New Year — but not a happy one for ObamaCare’s defenders. Two recent developments could lead to the collapse of the health law’s exchanges. First, the Trump administration will soon announce that it will allow insurers to sell “short-term” health plans that last up to 364 days. Currently, insurers can only sell these […]

January 8, 2018

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Did Racism Kill Erica Garner?

After 43-year-old Eric Garner was killed by an illegal NYPD chokehold on Staten Island in 2014, his daughter Erica cried out for police reform in America. Her dad’s alleged offense—selling loose, untaxed cigarettes—fit into a pattern of law enforcement preying on communities of color for minor offenses, and Erica, like thousands of others, demanded accountability […]

January 8, 2018

The Diverse World of College Athletics

A look at the leaders and issues shaping contemporary college sports.

January 8, 2018

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Obama Aide Challenges College Presidents to Encourage Civic Engagement

Valerie B. Jarrett—who for eight years served as a senior advisor to President Barack Obama—told college presidents that they had an important role in preparing students for civic engagement.

January 8, 2018

Scholars Find Solidarity at MLA Convention

Invigorated by animated discussions about research, teaching, literature, linguistics and careers in and outside of the academy, several thousand Humanities scholars braved the snow and frigid temperature to gather in New York City for the annual convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA).

January 7, 2018

Weather, Maintenance Issues Delay Start of Spring Semester at Howard

Ruptured pipes and ongoing heating issues has caused Howard University to delay the start of spring classes by a week.

January 7, 2018

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University of Montana Female Permanent Deans Down To 1

MISSOULA — A university dean says only one female permanent dean remains at the University of Montana, creating a gender balance issue. The Missoulian reported last week that Dean of Libraries Shali Zhang was left as the lone female permanent dean after two other female leaders left their posts. Christopher Comer, who leads the College […]

January 7, 2018

Joliet Junior College Getting Partial Tuition Reimbursements

JOLIET, Ill. — Officials say students who attend Joliet Junior College are receiving a partial tuition reimbursement. The college’s board of trustees and leadership raised tuition by $19 per credit hour to make up for an anticipated reduction in state funding. However, Joliet Junior College president Judy Mitchell wrote in an email to students that […]

January 7, 2018

Building Better MOOCS

A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is an ideal way to get students, employees or interested parties together and to learn something – they’ve even been shown to work for the most maligned of subjects, Compliance Training! But, how do you keep a MOOC social? What should you focus on if you are developing a […]

January 5, 2018

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Veterans Find Release Through Writers Workshop

SALEM, Mass. — Vietnam veteran Marc Levy of Salem stood up before dozens in Abbot Hall in Marblehead, and read his essay called “The Quiet Time,” which describes the drinking of morning coffee on the battlefield in an act akin to salvation. “Tear open and pour in one or two packets of non dairy creamer. […]

January 5, 2018