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Academics
Stanford Students Hacking for Defense
This spring, as part of their coursework, four Stanford University students found themselves in Coronado, California, doing pushups on the beach and charging into a 61-degree surf while overseen by Navy SEAL trainers. They performed this extraordinary homework to better understand the process of inculcating recruits into the elite corps of military frogmen and women. […]
July 27, 2017
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Other News
Mattis Targets Some Training as Waste of Time
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has ordered a Pentagon review of the mandatory training and administrative requirements his troops face each year that cut into time that they could be spending to prepare for combat. Mattis, a former Marine general who commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, ordered the formation of a group to study policies […]
July 27, 2017
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Policy
Trump Wants to Bar Transgender People from Military
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military “in any capacity,” citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption.” Trump’s announcement on Twitter would reverse the effort under President Barack Obama to open the armed services to transgender people. He did not say what would happen to […]
July 27, 2017
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LGBTQ+
Trump Relegates Transgender Americans to Ranks of Second-Class Citizens
On July 26, 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced — via Twitter, of course — that transgender people will be banned from serving in the military in any capacity.
July 26, 2017
Students
3 Rowan University Diversity Programs Awarded NSF Grants
Three programs at Rowan University with goals to promote diversity and equality for underrepresented races and sexualities on and off campus recently have been awarded grants by the National Science Foundation to aid those efforts.
July 26, 2017
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Leadership & Policy
Bureaucratic Costs Are Twice Instruction Expenses at Some Colleges
New report urges boards of trustees to constrain continuing administrative bloat.
July 26, 2017
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Students
Has California Found the Answer to More Equitable Developmental Education?
California Bill AB 705 aims to reduce the burden of performing well on a standardized test as the singular opportunity for students to get into credit-bearing courses.
July 26, 2017
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Students
Clearinghouse Data May Help Students Home In on Success
District of Columbia Public Schools administrators are using National Student Clearinghouse data to determine how well their graduates are faring at particular institutions of higher education.
July 26, 2017
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Faculty & Staff
Duquesne University Professor Charged With Keying Neighbors’ Cars
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania professor known for her expertise on consumer trends has been charged with keying her neighbors’ cars. Bridgeville police say Duquesne University professor Audrey Guskey told them she gets upset when others park their vehicles in front of her residence. Police have charged the marketing and communications expert with criminal mischief. […]
July 26, 2017
News Roundup
University of Missouri to Investigate Potential Embezzlement
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri in Columbia is investigating a possible case of employee embezzlement. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that a university news release Tuesday said that the school’s Police Department was investigating “suspected misappropriation of funds from student organization accounts affiliated with Greek Life.” The release says the money was held […]
July 26, 2017
Students
University of Alaska Fairbanks to Eliminate Economics Degree
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The University of Alaska Fairbanks is discontinuing its economics degree program. The Board of Regents made the decision to cut the program during its most recent meeting. Two faculty members recently received layoff notices, giving them one year left to teach, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Tuesday. The university’s Faculty Senate met […]
July 26, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Former Panthers President Morrison Returns to Teaching
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Carolina Panthers president Danny Morrison is heading back to college. Morrison, the onetime athletic director at Wofford and TCU, will teach at the University of South Carolina’s College of Hospitality, Retail and Sports Management starting next month. The school announced Morrison’s addition this week. Between stints at Wofford and TCU, Morrison […]
July 26, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
He’s No Hero
Today, John McCain is doing something “heroic” or “tough” or “badass,” according to a certain echo chamber of political pundits with short memories. After recently being diagnosed with brain cancer, one of a series of ailments that have plagued McCain over the years, he’s decided that today’s health care vote is so important that he […]
July 26, 2017
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Disparities
Repeal Would Hurt Students with Disabilities
On the eastern end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Rachel Fuerer’s school district depends on more than $870,000 in Medicaid funds each year. About 5 percent of its overall annual budget, the money goes toward providing medical services for more than 1,000 special education students in 19 public schools across 4,000 square miles. Those dollars, though, […]
July 26, 2017
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Disparities
Uninsured, Rural, & Poor Line Up for Care in Tents
WISE, Va. — Anthony Marino, 54, reached into his car trunk to show a pair of needle-nosed pliers like the ones he used to yank out a rotting tooth. Shirley Akers, 58, clutched a list of 20 medications she takes, before settling down to a sleepless night in the cab of a pickup truck. Robin […]
July 26, 2017
Policies
Digital Therapeutics: App-Based Healthcare Is the Future
Last month, healthcare startup Omada Health secured a $50 million C round led by major insurer Cigna, which brings the 5-year-old company’s total funding to over $127 million. That kind of nine-figure investment isn’t unusual for a company with the next blockbuster drug or game changing medical device, but Omada’s core product is a diabetes-preventing […]
July 26, 2017
Disparities
Blackfeet Share Tribal Stories to Enhance Health
By the neon light of glow sticks, Kevin KickingWoman and others shared traditional stories of the Blackfeet tribe at Blue Mountain last week. He told the story of how the Blackfeet learned their sun dance. Others shared stories they had told their children growing up. Everyone in the circle was given a chance to speak […]
July 26, 2017
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Disparities
Black Elderly Stroll Familiar Paths to Stall Dementia
Sharon Steen dons her tennis shoes and, with two fellow seniors, walks streets that in her youth were a vibrant center of Portland, Oregon’s African-American community. Wasn’t this the corner where an NAACP march began in 1963? Look, the record store is now a fancy high-rise. It’s more than a stroll down memory lane. Steen […]
July 26, 2017
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