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Rodriguez: Beware of Poisoned Orange Tree
The task of determining what it means to be human should be the primary work of institutions of higher learning. At least it should be.
April 5, 2017
HBCUs
Expert: Career-based Courses Could Help Diversify STEM Workforce
Career-based courses that function like a virtual apprenticeship could be the answer to cultivating a diverse STEM workforce, an IBM executive said Wednesday.
April 5, 2017
Sports
Florida Could Open Books of Athletic Boosters and Foundations
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s college athletic booster groups and university foundations could be forced to open their records and books to the public. The Florida House is moving ahead with a measure to repeal a state law that now allows university groups to keep most of their records private. If the bill becomes law athletic […]
April 5, 2017
Students
UNLV Suspends Sorority Over Alleged Hazing
LAS VEGAS — The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has suspended a sorority as a campus organization for hazing and other violations of school policy. The university notified the school’s chapter of Delta Zeta on March 27 that the organization will be suspended until fall 2019. The sorority chapter is accused of distributing alcohol in […]
April 5, 2017
LGBTQ+
Court: Civil Rights Law Prohibits Discrimination of LGBT
CHICAGO — A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53-year-old law. The 8-to-3 decision by the full 7th U.S. Circuit […]
April 5, 2017
Leadership & Policy
New University of Arizona President to Get Nearly $1 million Salary Package
TUCSON, Ariz. — University of Arizona’s new president will receive $988,000 a year under a proposed contract, more than any other university president in state history. The annual compensation for Dr. Robert Robbins is part of a three-year contract the Arizona Board of Regents is expected to approve Friday. Robbins is CEO of Texas Medical […]
April 5, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Embrace Single-Payer Plan
With the collapse of RyanCare, the Trump administration is looking for a new plan. We’re going to need one, since health-care reform isn’t going away. At best, we just kicked the can down the road. We’re still living with the night of the living dead that is ObamaCare. It’s slowly dying because too few people […]
April 5, 2017
Nursing
Prosecutors: Fake “Nurse” Treated Patients
SAN FRANCISCO — Prosecutors have charged a man with no medical training of lying his way into a volunteer nursing position at a San Francisco clinic. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that 39-year-old Brian Litz was arraigned March 30 on charges of practicing medicine without a license and identity theft. He has pleaded not guilty. […]
April 5, 2017
Other News
Senate Extends Private Care for Vets
WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved legislation that would extend a troubled program aimed at widening veterans’ access to private-sector health care, the first step in an overhaul of programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill passed by voice vote on April 3. It would allow the VA to continue operating its Choice […]
April 5, 2017
Other News
Abortion Rules Advance in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas already requires abortion providers to inform women about the risks involved in the procedure. Soon, it may also require them to tell women where the doctor performing an abortion went to medical school. In black, 12-point size lettering, Times New Roman font, no less. The Kansas House voted 85 to 38 […]
April 5, 2017
Policies
Golfing Increases Paul’s Optimism on Healthcare
Despite threats from some of his top advisers and even from President Trump himself that he would try to defeat some leading congressional conservatives in primaries, the president had a golf outing with Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Sunday that brightened hopes that the rift between the administration and congressional conservatives could be healed — and […]
April 5, 2017
Policies
Bill Would Expand Medicare Telehealth
Senate lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding telehealth services for Medicare patients. Under the Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act, eligible hospitals would test telehealth services through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. CMMI would evaluate the services for cost, effectiveness and quality of care, and those that past muster would be […]
April 5, 2017
Disparities
Rural Hospitals at Risk If ACA Ends
More rural hospitals could fail if lawmakers replace the ACA with a plan that reduces Medicare and Medicaid funding, on which they heavily rely. According to a new study by Health Management Partners, Medicare and Medicaid patients account for 63% of rural hospitals’ volume, compared with 49% at urban hospitals. Read More
April 5, 2017
Disparities
Cancer Deaths Decline for Most Types
Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2014. The report finds that death rates during the period 2010-2014 decreased for 11 of the 16 most common types of cancer […]
April 5, 2017
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April 5, 2017
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April 5, 2017
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Colleges Could Start Using “Adversity Index”
In an effort to admit more students who hail from some of the nation’s most socio-economically challenged neighborhoods and high schools, colleges and universities may soon use an “adversity index” in the admissions process in addition to more standard methods such as college entrance exam scores.
April 4, 2017
Sports
HB 142 Meets With NCAA Approval, Civil Rights Groups’ Criticism
Critics of the bill’s replacement, House Bill 142, said that it continues the same discriminatory practices of HB2. Some referred to it as “HB2.0.”
April 4, 2017
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