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College Costs Outpace Aid Increases
Colleges are putting the brakes on hefty price increases, but tuition and fees are still rising at a faster rate than the financial aid and family income needed to cover costs, according to two reports released Wednesday by the College Board. “Despite the moderate increases in average published prices, there were considerable increases in net […]
November 1, 2016
Veterans
Free Tuition for Veteran’s Children Creates Conundrum
KINGSVILLE — Steven Tallant, president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, credits two American institutions for his success: the military and higher education. He has studied or taught at universities in Florida, Utah, Wisconsin and Texas, and been stationed by the Air Force in Mississippi, Portugal and Washington, D.C. Those experiences helped him rise from a young […]
November 1, 2016
Students
Diverse Docket: Judge Allows Retaliatory Firing Suit Against Wichita State to Go Forward
The former chief information officer at Wichita State University can pursue a retaliatory firing claim after he complained about a colleague’s allegedly offensive gender and race-related comments, a federal judge in Kansas has ruled.
October 31, 2016
Women
Study Underscores Bias Obstacles for Women, Minorities in Engineering
A new study from the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and the Society for Women Engineers sheds light on factors that make it harder for women and people of color to succeed in the field.
October 31, 2016
Students
Financial Aid for College not Reaching Foster Youth
Although special programs have been set up to provide financial aid for students who’ve been in foster care, the requirements can be so confusing and restrictive that many foster youth “continue to slip through the cracks,” a new report has found.
October 31, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Audit Questions Luna Community College Hiring, Pay
LAS VEGAS, N.M. ― A recently completed special audit of a Las Vegas, New Mexico, community college is questioning the schools hiring practices. The Las Vegas Optic reports that according to the report there were multiple instances of family members of the Luna Community College president and board members receiving jobs, promotions and substantial pay […]
October 31, 2016
Students
More Anti-Black Graffiti Found on Eastern Michigan Campus
YPSILANTI, Mich. ― More anti-black graffiti has been discovered on the Eastern Michigan University campus. The university says the graffiti was discovered Monday spray-painted on the exterior of Ford Hall. It says the graffiti was immediately removed. The Ann Arbor News reports university President Jim Smith said in a message emailed to the campus community […]
October 31, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Indiana Tech Law School to Close, Citing Low Enrollment
FORT WAYNE, Ind. ― Indiana Tech Law School is closing its doors next year. The law school in Fort Wayne cited low enrollment and $20 million in losses. The board of trustees voted unanimously to close. The school has 71 students. Indiana Tech President Arthur Snyder said Monday that it was a difficult decision, but […]
October 31, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Board Extends Contract for Valparaiso President to 2021
VALPARAISO, Ind. ― The contract of Valparaiso University’s president has been extended through June 2021. The university’s board of directors announced Monday that it had entered into a new five-year contract with President Mark Heckler. He first became the university’s president in 2008. Board members cited Heckler’s leadership overseeing the university’s enrollment growth, campus expansion […]
October 31, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Pipeline Compounds Injustices Against Native Americans
It would seem that most people are aware of the immoral atrocities committed by Christopher Columbus after his arrival in 1492. Several states and institutions no longer celebrate Columbus Day on Oct. 12, instead opting for the more progressive Indigenous Peoples’ Day. While the modified name is a welcome shift, it is important to realize […]
October 31, 2016
Other News
Cancer Study Targets Hispanic Mothers
LAS CRUCES, N.M. —New Mexico State University’s College of Health and Social Services has launched a study to examine the impact of cancer on Hispanic families and to develop programs targeting Latinas. Researchers in the university’s Department of Public Health Sciences said this week they are looking for Hispanic mothers who have been diagnosed with […]
October 31, 2016
Other News
R.I. Issues Emergency Marijuana Rules
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island has issued emergency regulations to begin licensing a new group of private growers of medical marijuana. The Department of Business Regulation said creating a new class of marijuana cultivators will protect patients from an expected shortfall of the product this winter. The regulations took effect October 25. State officials said […]
October 31, 2016
Nursing
Ontario Nurse Charged in 8 Deaths
TORONTO — A nurse has been charged with the murders of eight elderly people under her care at nursing homes in southwestern Ontario over a seven-year period, police said. Woodstock Police Chief William Renton said Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer, 49, was charged with first-degree murder in the killings that took place between 2007 and 2014. […]
October 31, 2016
Disparities
Indiana U. First to Offer Health Data Degree
INDIANAPOLIS —Indiana University is poised to offer what it says is the country’s first bachelor of science degree in health data science. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports the university’s Fairbanks School of Public Health will offer the degree pending approval of the Indiana Commission on Higher Education in December. Students would start working on course […]
October 31, 2016
Disparities
Gates Foundation Gives UW $210 Million
SEATTLE —The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving the University of Washington $210 million to help build a new facility to advance efforts to improve the health and well-being of people worldwide, officials said Tuesday. The donation from the largest private foundation in the world, located just miles from the Seattle campus, is the […]
October 31, 2016
Policies
Kansas Mental Health Courts Improved Lives, Advocates Say
WICHITA, Kan. — Municipal Judge Bryce Abbott slid into a high-backed leather chair behind a stack of bloated manila files documenting the dilemma of adults seeking refuge in Kansas’ groundbreaking mental health court. He shoved enough progress-report files aside to create a line of sight to defendants and family members, social workers, counselors and the […]
October 31, 2016
Disparities
Freddie Gray Asked Police to Go to Hospital, Tapes Show
BALTIMORE —The videotaped statements of two of the Baltimore officers charged in the death of a young black man whose neck was broken in the back of a police transport wagon have been made public for the first time. WBAL-TV used a Maryland Public Information Act request to obtain the April 17, 2015 statements from […]
October 31, 2016
African-American
Cultural Issues ‘Trump’ Economic Issues for Many White Voters
According to a recent study, 72 percent of likely voters supporting Donald Trump, in particular White evangelical Protestants (74 percent), say that the nation has gotten progressively worse since the 1950s.
October 30, 2016
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