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Higher Ed Fundraising ‘Pacesetters’ Find Keys to Success
The “pacesetters” in higher education fundraising have learned what attracts donors — stability in institutional leadership, accountability, and alumni and donor engagement.
July 5, 2016
African-American
Former Tuskegee Airman, Educator Roscoe Brown Remembered as ‘Real Pioneer’
Roscoe C. Brown also will be remembered for the forays he made on behalf of diversity in the realm of academe and access to higher education.
July 5, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Bismarck State College President: Budget Cuts Forcing Retirements
BISMARCK, N.D. ― The president of Bismarck State College says 15 employees are retiring by the end of this year and most of them have been driven out by statewide budget cuts. President Larry Skogen tells the Bismarck Tribune that he expects more retirements from teachers and staff to be announced as the school grapples […]
July 5, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Good — and bad — news about today’s teens
The results are in from the 2015 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). There is a lot to celebrate — but there are also some trends that parents, and everyone who spends time with or works with teens, should know about. The YRBS is a nationwide survey of high school students conducted every two years. […]
July 5, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
End Racial Profiling of Asian American Scientists and Academics
When Joyce Xi attends her commencement at Yale this week, she will join not just the ranks of educated men and women, but a very distinctive subset. She will be an Asian American who now knows exactly what it’s like to undergo the extreme xenophobia of her own country. But only as an associate. She […]
July 5, 2016
Other News
Access to health in the developed and developing world
The idea that complete access to optimum health care is reserved only for the financially stable in the society or that inequality in health care access should exist for various social reasons first of all should not harmonize with our thoughts and policies against that should be formulated and implemented globally. To think that the […]
July 5, 2016
Other News
Senior Health: Men often let health slip after spouse dies
Charles Hendrix Sr., 74, lost his wife of almost 41 years, Jacqueline, in December. He’s found it hard to get out of his South Side home after her passing, but he has support from his son and his church. It’s been six months since Charles Hendrix Sr.’s wife died of heart disease, and he still […]
July 5, 2016
Policies
Louisiana Expands Medicaid; First in Deep South
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana is becoming the first state in the Republican-dominated Deep South to expand its Medicaid program, with more than 233,000 people already enrolled in the government-financed insurance coverage that began July 1. Medicaid expansion fulfills one of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ main campaign promises, embracing the health law championed by […]
July 5, 2016
Policies
Abortions Totals Fell Under Overturned Texas Law
AUSTIN, Texas — Abortions in Texas plummeted about 15 percent during the first year after approval of tough restrictions that the U.S. Supreme Court has since struck down — a decline that activists say shows how hard it had become to get an abortion in America’s second-largest state. The health department released the statistics June […]
July 5, 2016
Policies
New Mexico Will Cut Less from Medicaid Fees
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico is cutting Medicaid payments by less than originally planned in response to concerns raised by Native American tribal leaders, hospitals and other health care providers. The Human Service Department that oversees Medicaid health care for the poor and disabled also is easing cuts to dentists and the University of […]
July 5, 2016
Disparities
Nursing Homes: Better Care Replaces Alarms
MADISON, Wis. — Alarms no longer go off when a resident shifts in bed or rises from a wheelchair at Oakwood Village Prairie Ridge in Madison. Nurses no longer place fall mats next to beds or lower beds to the floor when residents sleep. The changes, which took effect at the nursing facility in June, […]
July 5, 2016
Campus Climate
Photographer Tim Tai Honored for His Work During University of Missouri Protests
Photographer Tim Tai was on hand to capture images from the student protesters last fall at the University of Missouri, found himself in the middle of controversy and recently was honored by the National Press Club for his professionalism.
July 4, 2016
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How to Make College Diversity Work Without Division
The purpose of diversity efforts on college campuses is to enhance the population ― but in drawing so much attention to people’s differences, are we actually deepening divides?
July 4, 2016
International
Bangladesh Attack Underscores that It’s No Summer of Freedom for U.S. College Students
From Orlando, to Turkey, to Bangladesh, the news of another violent outburst has marred the season those in higher ed usually associate with down time.
July 4, 2016
African-American
Study Links Black Men’s Lower Life Expectancy to Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Marcella Alsan and Marianne Wanamaker examined healthcare utilization and outcomes across demographic groups before and after 1972 and found that the closer Black men lived to Tuskegee, Ala., the less likely they were to visit a doctor.
June 30, 2016
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Montclair State University Hones In on Minority Journalists Early
For the past three days, aspiring minority high school journalists from two urban cities in North Jersey got a first-hand account of what it feels like to be a reporter.
June 30, 2016
African-American
Mentoring Pluses for Underrepresented Faculty
Much has been written about the demands from mentoring students, but much less has been written about the benefits to underrepresented faculty from mentoring students.
June 30, 2016
Community Colleges
Panel: Free Community College Plans Need More Focus on Adult Learners
As the concept of free community college continues to take root throughout the country, policymakers need to give more thought to the role that such plans can play in the lives of adult learners.
June 30, 2016
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