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Online Challenge
The University of Massachusetts has set an ambitious goal for its renewed push into online education: to increase annual online revenue from $100 million to $400 million. To make that happen, UMass has to break out in an already crowded market and make up for some major lost time. The university system has also hired […]
January 4, 2018
Veterans
Group Wants Photos of Americans Killed in Vietnam
Look at a picture of Army Lt. David A. Johnson, and you’ll see the same big smile that earned him the nickname “Big Dave” among Afghan civilians. The son of an Elmhurst native, Johnson was mortally wounded in 2012 by an improvised explosive device in one of the country’s most dangerous regions. Images of Johnson, […]
January 4, 2018
Academics
UNC Military Liaison Making a Difference
I am the Military Liaison and Program Manager for the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and founder and president of the Southeastern Council on Military Education. UNCW@Onslow has three office locations within Onslow County, aboard Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River – all of which are dedicated to serving military-affiliated personnel and area residents. […]
January 4, 2018
Veterans
Hire-a-Vet Campaign Trains Employers
AUGUSTA—Maine’s Hire-A-Vet Campaign is offering businesses attendance at Military Culture 202, a no-cost training seminar to help employers recruit and retain veterans to their workforce. A panel of employers, including IDEXX, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EMHS) and the State of Maine, will also share their best practices for recruiting, hiring, and retaining veterans during the […]
January 4, 2018
Other News
Maine Lawmaker Wants to Expand Free Tuition Plan for Guard
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Senate President Mike Thibodeau wants to expand a program that allows National Guard personnel to attend state colleges and universities tuition-free. Last year, a 100 percent tuition waiver went into effect for National Guard members who attend University of Maine System and Maine Community College System schools. Thibodeau said he wants […]
January 4, 2018
Other News
Experts: Lying About Service Is Common, Rarely Punished
Editor’s note: The Times Free Press in November 2016 published a story that included information about Vietnam veteran Stephen D. Holloway, who was speaking at a Veterans Day event in Pikeville, Tenn., and claimed to be the most-decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. Holloway’s public claims were challenged by veterans of Vietnam and other conflicts, […]
January 4, 2018
Policy
5 Trends That Will Shake Up Higher Ed in 2018
In 2017, a focus on adult learners was named the Education Dive: Higher Education Obsession of the Year, and for good reason: According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 8.1 million students enrolled in higher education — or more than 40% — in 2015 were 25+ years old. While 2017 saw a lot of […]
January 4, 2018
Policy
Higher Ed Act Moves Forward in the House
As Congress reconvenes this month, there is significant movement toward a 2018 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), the nation’s primary law with respect to postsecondary education and which authorizes the federal student financial aid programs. On December 13, 2017, the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by […]
January 4, 2018
Opinion
Home for the Holidays
Imagine what it is like to dread going home for the holiday break because all semester you struggled academically and questioned whether you belong at your institution. As a first-generation, low-income student in college, this is what I went through. You see, upon acceptance to Cornell University several years ago, I became a beacon of pride for my family and everyone wanted to know how I was doing in college—and quite frankly, I was embarrassed
January 4, 2018
Home
New York Governor Proposes Legislation to End Hunger at all Public State Schools
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will introduce legislation this year that would require all State University and City University of New York system schools to establish food pantries or other “stigma-free” arrangements for food-insecure students to have access to food.
January 3, 2018
African-American
A Seasoned HBCU Leader Takes the Helm of TMCF
Dr. Harry Williams, the new leader of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is known among peers for his focused, successful, low-key approach to tough challenges.
January 3, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Banned Words
The Washington Post recently reported that, in an unprecedented and dangerous move, the Trump-Pence administration has banned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using seven key words and phrases: “evidence-based,” “science-based,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” and “diversity.” As a health care provider committed to fighting health disparities and caring for everyone who […]
January 3, 2018
Policies
Recreational Market Clouds Picture for California Medical Marijuana
LOS ANGELES — When Elias Zaldivar was an 18-year-old college freshman and decided he was in the market for marijuana, he knew just how to get it, and it didn’t involve canvassing the corridors of his campus in search of that stoned-out dude who sold pot from his dorm room. Instead, he went straight to […]
January 3, 2018
Policies
WHO: Too Much Video Gaming? It’s an Illness
It was only a matter of time before health officials diagnosed video game characters such as Mario and Super Mario as addictive, as the World Health Organization basically will do when it adds “gaming disorder” to its disease list next year. The decision is cause for celebration in mental-health circles, with La Crosse therapist Jeff […]
January 3, 2018
Policies
“Food Swamps” Pose Threats to Health
The term “food desert” conjures the image of a forlorn citizen, wandering through a barren landscape for miles and miles (or, by definition, for more than a mile) to reach the nearest fresh-food market. Populating food deserts with grocery stores is a favored cause among nutrition advocates, but the concept became controversial after some recent […]
January 3, 2018
Policies
Tax on Medical Devices Resumes
The device industry has long pushed for repeal of the excise tax, recruiting unconventional allies including Democratic lawmakers from states with big industry in Massachusetts and Minnesota. The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the industry’s main trade association, has argued the tax hurts research and development and cost 29,000 medtech jobs during the three years […]
January 3, 2018
Policies
Top Health Care Stories of 2017
This past year has been chaotic, especially in the world of health care. From multiple attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with the American Health Care Act, to the expanding opioid epidemic, experts from both sides of the political aisle had their opinions on these controversial health topics: Read More
January 3, 2018
Other News
Half of Republicans Believe Fake News on Obamacare
It’s become increasingly apparent that conservatives continue to divorce themselves from objective reality, as a new poll shows that a near majority of Republicans believe President Donald Trump successfully repealed the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. With all the recent talk of how fake news is generated, one formula continues to rein successful: The […]
January 3, 2018
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