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Disparities
Data Show Disparities in Medicare Advantage
Significant gender, racial and ethnic differences exist in care received by beneficiaries of Medicare Advantage, according to two reports released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. One report compared quality of care for women and men while the other report looked at racial and ethnic differences in healthcare experiences and clinical care in […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
Study: Mental Health Care System Is Broken
The state of health care in the US may arguably be improving – partly thanks to the imperfect addition of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and partly due to the deserved collapse of the catastrophic American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017 – but it is still rife with problems. Mental health care, in particular, […]
April 19, 2017
Policies
Health Insurers Respond to Threat
President Donald Trump is trying to bring the Democrats to their knees with respect to the Affordable Care Act through devious means. He has recently issued threats to health insurers, suggesting that his government would not reimburse the companies for their coverage of low-income individuals. Meanwhile, a representative body of the health insurers has sent […]
April 19, 2017
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ANGELIA MILLENDER
ANGELIA MILLENDER has been appointed president of Century College. She has served since 2014 as president of Olive-Harvey College. She earned her bachelor’s from Chicago State University. Millender also was district vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Broward College.
April 19, 2017
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RODERICK FERGUSON
RODERICK FERGUSON, professor of African American studies and gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named president-elect of the American Studies Association. Ferguson earned a bachelor’s from Howard University and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of California, San Diego.
April 19, 2017
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JACQUELINE A. TRAVISANO
JACQUELINE A. TRAVISANO has been named executive vice president for business and finance and chief operating officer of the University of Miami. Travisano has served as Norfolk State University’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 2011. She has a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership from NSU, a master’s from Chatham University and a bachelor’s from Robert Morris University.
April 19, 2017
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Progressive Leader
Saluting community college advocate Dr. Kay McClenney, the 2017 recipient of the Diverse Champions Award.
April 19, 2017
Students
Report: Community College Full-time Students More Likely to Graduate
Attending even just one semester of community college full-time, however, gives students a better chance of completing college, according to a report out on Wednesday.
April 19, 2017
Faculty & Staff
For USF Professor, Diversity Key for Best Public Policy
Dr. Richard Greggory Johnson III brings to the classroom an exemplary academic, professional and personal history that has shaped his passion for public policy, social equity and human rights.
April 18, 2017
African-American
Rights Advocates: Jackson a Troubling Choice for Acting Head of Office of Civil Rights
The person that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently put in charge of her agency’s Office of Civil Rights is drawing a chorus of criticism from civil rights advocates and scholars over her historical hostility to racial preferences and other ideological stances.
April 18, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Pakistan Professor from Minority Ahmadi Sect Fatally Stabbed
LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police say a university professor from the Ahmadi sect was found stabbed to death in what may be the latest in Islamic militant attack on members of the minority group. Officer Mohammad Ali says the 61-year-old microbiology professor Tahira Malik was found slain in the eastern city of Lahore, with several […]
April 18, 2017
Health
Penn State Launches New Research Effort to Help Abused Kids
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new research program at Penn State is aiming to improve the health of neglected and abused kids and to test a new way to screen children for head injuries. The university said Tuesday it will be establishing the Center for Healthy Children at its main campus. The initiative is supported by […]
April 18, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Baylor Hires 1st Female President Amid Sex Assault Scandal
WACO, Texas — Baylor University has hired its first female president as the nation’s largest Baptist school faces several lawsuits stemming from a sexual assault scandal. Linda Livingstone comes to Baylor from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she has been a dean and professor of management. Her academic career includes previous administrative and […]
April 18, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Appeals Court Won’t Revive Lawsuit Over UNC Sham Classes
RALEIGH, N.C. — A state appeals court won’t revive a lawsuit by two former athletes who say they were harmed by sham classes at the University of North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a Charlotte-area judge properly dismissed their case last year. James Arnold and Leah Metcalf are former members […]
April 18, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Who Gets Pell Grants and Why It Matters
The Pell Grant program provides federal financial aid for low-income college students across the country. The program is a vital resource to students in pursuit of higher education. Investments in the program need to be protected, not cut, to ensure that low-income students continue to have a pathway through college and into the middle class. […]
April 18, 2017
Other News
College Gives Degrees to 6 in Family, 5 Posthumously
BOSTON — A Boston college is presenting honorary bachelor’s degrees to six members of a New Hampshire family, five of them posthumously. Wentworth Institute of Technology said the members of the Downing family graduated with two-year degrees between 1914 and 1965. The surviving Wentworth graduate from the family is 72-year-old Jonathan Downing, from the Class […]
April 18, 2017
Other News
Warrior’s Heart Project Helps Veterans Adapt
More than four decades after serving in Vietnam, Perry Famularo still feels the sting of being rejected by other Americans after returning from the controversial war. “Civilians were really mean to us,” said Famularo, who served in the Marine Corps from 1970 to 1974. “They thought we were all crazy, wild maniacs. … It wasn’t, […]
April 18, 2017
Veterans
Penn State Enhances Services for Veterans
University Park, Centre County, Pa. – Penn State is trying to become the best university in the country when it comes to supporting veterans. Scholarship opportunities are expanding, thanks to the Penn State World Campus and the generosity of a Penn State retiree. Al Matyasovsky wishes to show his appreciation for veterans and their service […]
April 18, 2017
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