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Senator Mike Rounds Demands Audit of Indian Health Service
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A U.S. Senator has formally requested an audit of the finances of the Indian Health Service. South Dakota’s U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds has asked the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to conduct the audit. Rounds’ request on July 6 comes at a time when the […]
July 7, 2016
Disparities
UND Gets Grants for Health Fields
BISMARCK, N.D. —The University of North Dakota is getting $640,000 to provide scholarships to disadvantaged students pursuing degrees in health care, nursing and other health professions. North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the money comes from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. Officials say North Dakota will have 4,430 registered nurse openings by 2020.
July 7, 2016
Disparities
Pilots’ Work: Rescue the Ill from South Pole
WASHINGTON — It was so dark it was like being locked in a closet. It was almost cold enough to damage crucial plane parts. The flight in a small, overloaded bush plane to the South Pole was nine hours each way and there was nothing in between. So to the outside world the Antarctic rescue […]
July 7, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Study Suggests Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Should Be Tested for Inherited Mutations
Inherited mutations in DNA-repair genes, such as the BRCA genes, can increase cancer risk. A new study shows that DNA-repair mutations are significantly more common in men with metastatic prostate cancer compared with men whose prostate cancer hasn’t spread. This suggests all men with advanced prostate cancer should be tested for inherited DNA-repair mutations to […]
July 7, 2016
Other News
Insomnia severity more pronounced in older Hispanics
Insomnia is a more pronounced problem than expected among Hispanics over age 50, according to results of a study by Christopher N. Kaufmann, PhD, and his coauthors. Dr. Kaufmann and his colleagues studied 22,252 participants of white, Non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, or other race/ethnicity. Participant data came from a nationally representative survey from 2002 to 2010, […]
July 7, 2016
Other News
Counseling geriatric patients about opportunity and risk when ‘digital dating’
Baby Boomers represent a rapidly growing segment of digital device users.1 As these people age, their continued, even increasing, use of the Internet can be expected.1 At the same time, many older adults (age ≥65) are engaged in intimate relationships and regard sexuality as an important part of life. At this intersection, the Internet is […]
July 7, 2016
African-American
James Ammons Reverses Course, Staying at FAMU
A little more than a month after being named provost of Delaware State University, James Ammons has decided that he is staying on at Florida A&M University.
July 6, 2016
African-American
Philanthropic Foundations Pushing College Access, Attainment Higher on Priority Lists
Philanthropic foundations are working to move the needle on student access and success issues.
July 6, 2016
Leadership & Policy
University of Tennessee Settles Title IX Lawsuit for $2.48M
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ― The University of Tennessee is paying $2.48 million to settle a lawsuit filed by eight unidentified women who said the school had violated Title IX regulations and created a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assaults by athletes. Lawyers for the school and the plaintiffs issued a joint press […]
July 6, 2016
Opinion
Free College for All, but Where’s the Choice?
The trouble takes root not in who would have access but where students could go tuition free: only to public institutions.
July 5, 2016
STEM
Diverse Conversations: Is Entrepreneurship Pushed Enough for Minority Students?
In the push to fill demand in the already-established workforce, are we forgetting about the leadership and innovation possible with entrepreneurship?
July 5, 2016
Home
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
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