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Maxwell group aims to give families other options than second-rate local schools
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A newly formed group at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama is aiming to improve the education options for military families. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the group plans to tackle a variety of topics. Among them: Increasing attendance at the on-base school; a streamlined application process for Montgomery’s magnet schools; and more […]
December 11, 2018
Students
Scholar-Practitioner Finds His ‘Home’ in Residential Life
Growing up with 14 siblings in rural Nebraska, Dr. Jim Tweedy had his first taste of privacy while living in the dormitories and earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
December 11, 2018
News Roundup
UC Berkeley President Announces New Undergraduate Student Diversity Project
University of California (UC) at Berkeley chancellor Dr. Carol Christ has announced the creation of the Undergraduate Student Diversity Project that’s focused on expanding and furthering diversity on campus. The goals of the project include expanding the enrollment of underrepresented, low- and middle-income and first-generation college students, increasing campus diversity and qualifying as a Hispanic-Serving […]
December 11, 2018
Opinion
Zombies in the Academy
This year’s Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference was exciting for me for two reasons. First, the theme “Envisioning the Woke Academy,” was brought to life by two scholars whom I admire, Drs. Lori Patton Davis and D-L Stewart. Second, this was my first ASHE conference. As a second-year doctoral student in the Higher Education Leadership program at Colorado State University, I could not contain my enthusiasm to hear from the same scholars I read in class — those who have helped me expand my critical thinking and knowledge base.
December 11, 2018
News Roundup
Dr. Kerry E. Pannell Named VP for Academic Programs at the Council of Independent Colleges
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), an association that focuses on services to independent colleges, universities and state-based council leadership, announced that Dr. Kerry E. Pannell was named its next vice president for academic programs, effective Feb. 4. Pannell currently serves as vice president for academic affairs, professor of economics and dean at Agnes Scott […]
December 11, 2018
News Roundup
Columbia University Condemns Racist Rant by White Sophomore
Columbia University has condemned a “racially charged incident” after a video went viral on Twitter that showed a White student shouting “White people are the best thing to happen to the world” at a group of minority students by Butler Library. On Sunday, Columbia officials released a statement citing the video as “alarming” and featured […]
December 11, 2018
News Roundup
Mark C. Jefferson Appointed As Harvard Law’s Assistant Dean for Community Engagement and Equity
Harvard Law School has appointed Mark C. Jefferson as its next assistant dean for community engagement and equity. Jefferson joined Harvard Law in 2017, working as director of community engagement and equity. Before coming to the school, Jefferson served as assistant director of admissions at the University of Michigan Law School, according to Harvard Law […]
December 11, 2018
News Roundup
Dr. James A. Banks, ‘The Father of Multicultural Education’ To Retire After 50 Years
Dr. James A. Banks, the first Black professor hired by the University of Washington (UW) College of Education, has announced he will retire from his position after teaching at the university for 50 years. Banks, who is known around the world for pioneering the field of multicultural education, first joined the UW faculty in 1969, […]
December 11, 2018
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Brief Offers Policy Recommendations to Address Unmet Financial Need
A new brief from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) finds that nearly three in four students experience unmet need, making this problem around college affordability a nearly “universal phenomenon” among today’s students.
December 10, 2018
Disparities
Accepting Alzheimer’s, One Lost Memory at a Time
With a slow moving disease like Alzheimer’s, there’s still time for doubt. Perhaps the diagnosis is wrong and the memory holes and struggle for words are just normal aging. Deep in your psyche, there’s still a little spark of hope. Read More
December 10, 2018
Policies
Kaiser Permanente strike: 4,000 mental health workers begin 5-day strike
Four thousand Kaiser Permanente mental health workers began a five-day strike on Monday amid an ongoing labor dispute. The dispute surrounds under-staffing issues at Kaiser facilities, according to the National Union of Healthcare Workers. The union says the staffing problem forces patients to wait a month or more for therapy appointments. Read More
December 10, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
The truth about Medicare for all
Like a cheap sweater that can be pulled apart by tugging at a thread, Obamacare is in tatters. Soaring costs of premiums coupled with outrageous deductible hikes have made things worse, not better. All this was predictable. Despite being less than a decade old, the law has clearly failed. The cost of health care did […]
December 10, 2018
Disparities
Loma Linda University School of Public Health Study Finds Railyard…
Loma Linda University School of Public Health researchers released the first study assessing all 18 major freight railyards in California and found a link with freight-railyard pollution to asthma-related emergency room visits in children. The study was recently published in Preventive Medicine Reports. This large-scale railyard study is a follow-up to the i nitial study […]
December 10, 2018
Disparities
University Health CEO resigns amid bacterial outbreak
University Hospital President and CEO John Kastanis resigned Thursday amid a deadly bacterial outbreak at the hospital’s neonatal intensive-care unit. Four premature babies in the neonatal ICU have contracted the Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria since September, three of whom died, according to public health officials. Read More
December 10, 2018
Students
Report: Is Guaranteed Admissions Effective in Developing Diverse Class?
In a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association, researchers evaluated whether admissions certainty for Texas high school graduates has different effects on high- and low-income students.
December 10, 2018
Leadership & Policy
Herman J. Felton Jr. Earns Ph.D. from Jackson State University
Dr. Herman James Felton Jr., who grew up in poverty and with dyslexia, beat all odds and earned a Ph.D. from Jackson State University and has become one of the youngest presidents of a historically Black college and university (HBCU). His story from poverty to college president was chronicled in the Clarion Ledger. Felton was the […]
December 10, 2018
News Roundup
UNC Faculty Demand Involvement in ‘Silent Sam’s’ Future, Teaching Assistants Promise Strike
On Friday, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Faculty Council called for university system leaders to drop a plan to have the ‘Silent Sam’ statue on the Chapel Hill campus and requested that a faculty committee be involved with the statue’s future plans. The meeting came after a strike involving more than 79 UNC instructors […]
December 10, 2018
Other News
Indiana State University student group proposes $75 mental health fee
Most Indiana State University students would pay a $75 per semester fee for increased mental health services in the future under a proposal from the Student Government Association. Association President Stephen Lamb says demand for mental health services is increasing and students now generally must wait weeks to see counselors. Read More
December 10, 2018
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