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Policy
House Will Get VA Accountability Bill
WASHINGTON — The House will vote next week on Senate-passed legislation to make firing employees easier for the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, moving quickly on a long-sought accountability effort urged by President Donald Trump. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told a small group of reporters Wednesday that fixing the VA is a “big focus […]
June 8, 2017
Other News
Online Learning Startup Raises $64 Million
As the cost of in-class education continues to rise, and the cost for computing continues to fall, we’re seeing a flourishing of startups that target the market for online learning. As one mark of the trend, one of the leaders in this space, Coursera, is today announcing $64 million in a Series D round of […]
June 8, 2017
Academics
Microsoft Academy Bridges Gap to Careers
About 500 soldiers leave the military every month in Colorado Springs, and now the Microsoft Software & Systems Academy is bridging the gap to civilian careers in information technology. MSSA and Fort Carson celebrated Friday as 24 soldiers entered the inaugural class at Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation. “Coming out of the military, this […]
June 8, 2017
Policy
Senators Support Pell Grant Program
Sens. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led a group of 37 Senators, calling on appropriators to continue strong support for the federal Pell Grant program in Fiscal Year 2018. As the largest source of federal grant aid for undergraduate students in the U.S., the Pell Grant program helps millions […]
June 8, 2017
Policy
Senator Tells DeVos Cuts Won’t Fly
A closely watched panel chaired by Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senator Roy Blunt undertook a key public issue Tuesday. Blunt’s appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Education held a hearing to question the agency’s head over its 2018 budget. Under President Donald Trump’s proposal, education would be cut by $9.2 billion, or 13.5%. Spending reductions […]
June 8, 2017
Students
New Program Aims to Help Indiana Foster Kids in College
INDIANAPOLIS — About 50 Indiana foster children who are entering college will receive additional instruction this summer though a program intended to boost the number of foster kids finishing degrees. The nonprofit Indiana Connected by 25 is working with Purdue University Northwest, where the incoming freshman will stay in dorms while receiving eight weeks of […]
June 7, 2017
International
Suspect in Notre Dame Attack was Ex-journalist, Student
PARIS — The Algerian doctoral student suspected of attacking police officers in front of Notre Dame Cathedral – with cries of “This is for Syria!” and a hammer – was identified Wednesday by a relative and a friend as an ex-journalist who firmly believed in democratic values and showed no signs of radicalization. The Paris […]
June 7, 2017
Students
MIT Gets $140M Donation from Anonymous Alumnus
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is getting a $140 million donation from a former student. Officials at the elite school said Wednesday that the donation comes from an alumnus who wants to remain anonymous. The gift is an unrestricted donation, meaning it can be used in any way to support MIT’s research […]
June 7, 2017
Students
University of Michigan Wins Right to Ban Guns on Campus
While the vast majority of the nation’s colleges and universities continue to prohibit the carrying of firearms on their campuses, the rift over policy as to whether guns belong at higher education institutions roils on.
June 7, 2017
Latinx
Rodriguez: The X in LatinX
This development has happened due to issues relating to the fluidity of gender — a recognition that there is not simply a male-female binary.
June 7, 2017
Students
McBride Taking Equity, Access Advocacy to Next Level
When it comes to LGBTQ and queer studies, Dr. Dwight A. McBride has been a pioneering theorist, churning out groundbreaking scholarship that examines the intersection of race and sexuality.
June 7, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
End the War Against the Poor
In an age when we are supposed to be a society that cares enough to see that all of us receive the health care that we need, we still have those among us who insist that people with no assets — often homeless and frequently missing meals — are supposed to exercise “personal responsibility” by […]
June 7, 2017
Policies
Scientist: Trumpcare Presents Threat to Research
A facet of the Republican-led American Health Care Act would “cripple” the advances made in using genomic and big data sets to bolster medicine, the nation’s first federal chief data scientist says. DJ Patil, U.S. chief data scientist in the latter years of Barack Obama’s presidency, wrote on Medium that Trumpcare, as the AHCA is […]
June 7, 2017
Policies
Lawmakers Approve UNLV Med School
CARSON CITY, Nev. — In the works for years, a new medical school is finally going to become a reality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Nevada Legislature gave final approval Monday night to a bill that includes $25 million in state money to build the UNLV School of Medicine. It’s been a […]
June 7, 2017
Nursing
Idaho Faces Severe Nursing Shortage
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho continues to experience pockets of severe nursing shortages while better paying jobs in surrounding states are attracting Idaho’s nursing graduates, according to a recently released report from the Idaho Department of Labor. The report, issued late last month, found that southwestern Idaho faces the biggest challenge of finding enough nurses because […]
June 7, 2017
Disparities
Rural America Braces for Alzheimer’s Crisis
June Aman no longer laughs when her husband teases her, which he does fairly often. When she complains about how long it takes Dave to fix something, he says she never told him she was in a hurry. When she says he has no one else to pick on, he responds, “You poor thing.” Sometimes, […]
June 7, 2017
Other News
Trump Plans Overhaul of VA Records
The Trump administration announced Monday that it is taking a multibillion-dollar step to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs’ electronic medical records system to make it compatible with the Defense Department’s records. “This is one of the biggest wins for our veterans in decades,” President Trump said at the White House. Read More
June 7, 2017
Other News
Single-Payer Healthcare Advances in California
A proposal to adopt a single-payer healthcare system for California took an initial step forward Thursday when the state Senate approved a bare-bones bill that lacks a method for paying the $400-billion cost of the plan. The proposal was made by legislators led by Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) at the same time President Trump […]
June 7, 2017
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