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Report: Students Spend $1.3 Billion a Year on Remedial Courses

Students spend $1.3 billion on remedial education in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia each year, according to a Center for American Progress report released Wednesday.

September 28, 2016

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Court: Portland State Student Wrongfully Booted over Threat

PORTLAND, Ore. ― The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Portland State University wrongfully expelled a graduate student who was accused of threatening violence. The university banned Henry Liu from campus four years ago after a classmate reported to police that the student was upset with a professor and talked about guns in the […]

September 28, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Delaware’s 1st Black Female University President Selected

NEW CASTLE, Del. ― Wilmington University Executive Vice President LaVerne Harmon has been named the school’s next president and will become the first Black woman to lead a university in Delaware. Local news organizations report that the university’s board of trustees unanimously approved Harmon’s selection last week. She is slated to take the reins in […]

September 28, 2016

Student Protesters Halt Debate About Black Lives Matter at University of Michigan

YPSILANTI, Mich. ― Student protesters halted a debate at the University of Michigan about whether the Black Lives Matter movement is harmful to race relations. Protesters voiced their displeasure with the Michigan Political Union’s decision to host the debate Tuesday at the Michigan League, The Ann Arbor News reported. Lawrielle West, a University of Michigan […]

September 28, 2016

Tuition, Debt Increase at Technical Colleges in Wisconsin

APPLETON, Wis. ― Tuition and debt have jumped at Wisconsin’s technical colleges, which are supposed to provide a more affordable option for career training than four-year universities or for-profit schools. The Post-Crescent reported that U.S. Department of Education figures show many tech school students are facing bigger financial challenges than a few years ago. At […]

September 28, 2016

Judge Permanently Blocks Governor’s Order Abolishing University of Louisville Board

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― A Kentucky judge has blocked efforts by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to replace the board of trustees at the University of Louisville, setting up a likely battle before the state Supreme Court. The ruling from Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd on Wednesday permanently blocks an executive order Bevin issued earlier this year […]

September 28, 2016

An Ivy League professor on why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them’

In “The five things no one will tell you about why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color,” a piece first published in the Hechinger Report, Marybeth Gasman took on a common question: Why aren’t college faculties more racially diverse?

September 28, 2016

5 Strategies for Safe Opioid Treatment

CHICAGO, Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) today released the second part of an interview with Thomas W. Frederickson, MD, FACP, SFHM, MBA – lead author of the Society of Hospital Medicine RADEO guide (“Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Opioids”). The guide is a comprehensive clinician manual […]

September 28, 2016

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Pipeline Poses Health Hazards for Sioux

The North Dakota Pipeline is an ongoing $3.7 billion project that could create 8,000-12,000 construction jobs. By carrying roughly 470,000 barrels of oil per day from the fields of North Dakota to Illinois, it has the potential to generate $156 million in sales and income taxes for local and state governments. Concern has arisen over […]

September 28, 2016

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NIH Launches Centers to Address Disparities

The Natinoal Institues of Health wants to get outside the vacuum. Where people live, work and play can influence the development and progress of crhnoic disease and conditions. So, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is launching the Transdiciplinary Collaborative Centers for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease prevenetion program. Read […]

September 28, 2016

Vermont to Use New Medical Teaching Model

Inside Higher Ed reports on plans at the University of Vermont College of Medicine to revamp its academic approach, replacing traditional classroom lectures with video instruction and application-based learning with in-person “active learning” settings. The model follows a Stanford University-piloted program which suggested that medical training could be best delivered through a flipped classroom system, […]

September 28, 2016

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Most Depressed Adults May Be Untreated

Depression is a serious and common mood disorder. Signs and symptoms include feelings of hopelessness or pessimism; irritability; decreased energy or fatigue; loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities; difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions; and feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or helplessness. Major depression is typically treated with medications, psychotherapy, or a combination. […]

September 28, 2016

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Parents Channel Grief into Foundation

HARTFORD, Conn. — On the outside, Jordan Porco was a typical 18-year-old college freshman. He loved the outdoors. He snowboarded. He sought out new music, creating CDs and playlists and sharing them with his friends. So when Marisa Giarnella-Porco and her husband, Ernie Porco, received a call in February 2011 that their son had died […]

September 28, 2016

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Women Cross State Lines for Midwife Care

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — When Brianna Barker spots the big blue “Tennessee welcomes you” sign about an hour into her car trip, she breathes a little easier. Barker crosses the state line from Alabama to Tennessee every time she goes for a prenatal appointment. It’s the same welcome sign she’ll see in about a month, when […]

September 28, 2016

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Report Finds Black-White Wage Gap Worst Since 1979

The wage gap between Black and White workers is the worst it has been since 1979, according to a recent report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

September 27, 2016

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Expert: Higher Ed not Immune from Unconscious Bias

Those who work in higher education should not see themselves as immune from the same kind of unconscious bias that many believe is a factor in the fatal police shootings of Black men in the U.S., a higher education leader told CUPA-HR conference attendees.

September 27, 2016

By All Measures, University of Texas at San Antonio Rising at Rapid Rate

The University of Texas at San Antonio has emerged as one of the fastest-growing higher education institutions in Texas.

September 27, 2016

Data Show Just 86 Freshmen Enrolled at Chicago State

CHICAGO ― Only 86 full and part-time freshmen enrolled at the financially troubled Chicago State University for the fall semester and overall enrollment is down 25 percent, according to figures released Tuesday. The school, which is dealing with money troubles due in part to loss of state funding amid the budget crisis, has fewer than […]

September 27, 2016