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Nominee for HHS Sought Favors for Health Industry Donors

Rep. Tom Price, the physician and Georgia Republican tapped for the nation’s leading health care job, has long criticized federal spending as excessive. Yet during his years in Congress, he’s worked hard to keep federal dollars flowing to his most generous campaign donors. Price has been a go-to congressman, a review of his records show, […]

January 11, 2017

Blacks, Twice as Likely to Have Diabetes, Rare in Trials

(Reuters Health) – Even though diabetes rates are almost twice as high in black people as in whites, black patients may be far less likely to be included in drug safety trials, a recent study suggests. Since 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has required that new glucose-lowering medications for diabetes be tested for […]

January 11, 2017

FDA Encourages Diversity in Clinical Trials

Clinical trials are voluntary human research studies designed to answer specific questions about the safety and effectiveness of drugs, vaccines, devices, and other therapies—or to study new ways of using existing treatments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not ordinarily conduct clinical trials. But the FDA relies on the data from these trials to […]

January 11, 2017

GOP Uneasy About Obamacare Repeal Without a Plan

WASHINGTON — Republican anxiety is mounting over voting to unravel the healthcare law without having an alternative in hand, fanned by words of encouragement from Donald Trump to a GOP senator who wants to simultaneously repeal and replace the statute. GOP leaders have made dismantling President Barack Obama’s treasured healthcare overhaul their premier 2017 priority. […]

January 11, 2017

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Obama Health Legacy: Coverage, Conflict, Questions

WASHINGTON — Although his signature law is in jeopardy, President Barack Obama’s work reshaping healthcare in America is certain to endure in the broad public support for many of its underlying principles. Notwithstanding growing pains in connection securing some of the promises of the Affordable Care Act, the belief that people with medical problems should […]

January 11, 2017

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Proactive Pragmatist

NCAA’s Dr. Bernard Franklin moves diversity/inclusion needle.

January 11, 2017

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Year in Review

2016 Year in Review

January 11, 2017

Ex-student Loses Legal Challenge in Sexual Misconduct Case

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A judge has ruled in favor of the University of Michigan in a lawsuit by a former student who says his rights were violated during the disciplinary process for alleged sexual misconduct. Attorney Deborah Gordon says the man, identified only as John Doe, was made a “scapegoat” by the university to […]

January 10, 2017

Maryland Governor Hogan Proposes Tuition and Student Loan Relief

Tuition increases next fall at Maryland’s public colleges and universities would be capped at 2 percent, and student loan interest would become fully deductible on many people’s state tax returns under proposals Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday. Hogan said the proposals, if approved by the General Assembly in the session starting Wednesday, will provide relief […]

January 10, 2017

House Democrats, Teachers Unions Rally Against Betsy DeVos Nomination

Casting her as the “antithesis” to public education, House Democrats — joined by the leaders of the nation’s two largest teacher unions — on Tuesday called for the Senate to block the nomination of Betsy DeVos as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. secretary of education.

January 10, 2017

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Rodriguez: The Miscounted of 2016 and False Media Narrative of Police Abuse

If one was relying on the mass media, one would never know that along with Blacks, Red-Brown peoples are getting killed at outrageous and unacceptable rates.

January 10, 2017

Champions Award

Kay McClenney Named as 2017 Diverse Champions Award Winner

Dr. Kay McClenney, a veteran leader in education and a community college advocate, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Diverse Champions Award.

January 10, 2017

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Florida Governor Pushes Again to Cut College Costs for Students

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is renewing his push to eliminate sales taxes charged on college textbooks. Scott said Tuesday he would ask state legislators to enact proposals aimed at helping students graduate from college within four years. Legislators will consider the proposals during their session that starts in March. Scott has been […]

January 10, 2017

Faculty & Staff

University of Kansas Professor’s Lawsuit Alleges Anti-German Discrimination

LAWRENCE, Kan. — A University of Kansas assistant professor is claiming in a federal lawsuit she faced anti-German discrimination and a hostile work environment that eventually led to her being told she would lose her job at the end of this school year. In a federal lawsuit filed Friday, Catherine Joritz said students in the […]

January 10, 2017

Fraternity at Indiana University Suspended after Hazing Issues

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The governing body of Delta Tau Delta has suspended the charter for the fraternity’s chapter at Indiana University Bloomington following problems with hazing. Jim Russell, executive vice president of the national fraternity, says there is “no place for hazing in Delta Tau Delta” and it’s “absolutely contrary to our values and will […]

January 10, 2017

Dean: I was Asked to Step Down at Charlotte School of Law

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The academic dean at the Charlotte School of Law is stepping down. The Charlotte Observer reported that Camille Davidson said in an email Monday she’s been asked to resign as the head of academics at the school. Davidson says the request was made by Jay Conison, head dean of the school. Davidson […]

January 10, 2017

Free College? Do the Math

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a big splash this week when he announced a fairly inexpensive plan to make college tuition-free for as many as 1 million New Yorkers. Unfortunately, the math doesn’t appear to add up. Cuomo’s plan would force the state to fully cover college tuition bills beginning this autumn for any […]

January 10, 2017

W.Va. Governor Names Secretary for Veterans’ Aid

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor-elect Jim Justice has announced that Dennis Davis will serve as secretary of veterans assistance in his administration, replacing Billy Wayne Bailey. Davis is a veteran of the U.S. Army and currently serves as a member of the Honor Guard at the Donel C. Kinnard Veterans Cemetery. Davis is a lifelong resident […]

January 10, 2017