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Senate Starts New Round on Repeal Votes
Senate Republicans forged ahead Wednesday with proposals aimed at revamping the Affordable Care Act, hoping to produce some sort of legislation that could garner enough support to serve as the basis of negotiations with the House. But after they won a key procedural victory with the help of Vice President Pence’s tiebreaking vote Tuesday, it […]
July 26, 2017
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110 Out of 111 N.F.L. Brains Studied Show Damage
Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist, has examined the brains of 202 deceased football players. A broad survey of her findings was published on Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Of the 202 players, 111 of them played in the N.F.L. — and 110 of those were found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, […]
July 26, 2017
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SUGHRA AHMED
SUGHRA AHMED has been named associate dean for religious life at Stanford University. She previously held a fellowship at Yale University and was a research associate at Cambridge University and St. Edmund’s College. She also served as president of the Islamic Society of Britain. She earned an undergraduate degree in English language and literature from Birmingham City University and a master’s degree in Islamic studies from Loughborough University.
July 26, 2017
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JOHN HERNANDEZ
JOHN HERNANDEZ has been named the fifth president of Santiago Canyon College (SCC). He has been the interim president of SCC since July 2016. Hernandez earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology at California State University, Fullerton; a master’s degree in counseling at California State University, Long Beach; and a doctorate in college student personnel administration from the University of Maryland, College Park.
July 26, 2017
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PEGGY F. BRADFORD
PEGGY F. BRADFORD has been named president of Shawnee Community College. She was previously provost and vice president of academic affairs at the State University of New York Westchester Community College. Bradford earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law and a doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University.
July 26, 2017
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CATHY YOUNG
CATHY YOUNG has been appointed executive director of Boston Conservatory at Berklee, effective August 1. She is currently the dean of dance at the Conservatory. Young has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Master of Fine Arts in dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
July 26, 2017
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JULIE ZERWIC
JULIE ZERWIC has been appointed dean of the University of Iowa College of Nursing starting August 14. She was previously the nursing executive associate dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
July 26, 2017
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JUSTIN SCHWARTZ
JUSTIN SCHWARTZ has been appointed dean of Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. He received a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
July 26, 2017
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G. CHRISTINE TAYLOR
G. CHRISTINE TAYLOR has been appointed vice president and associate provost for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Alabama, effective August 1. Taylor is vice provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Purdue University. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and a master’s degree and a doctorate from Ohio University.
July 26, 2017
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JOHNSON O. AKINLEYE
JOHNSON O. AKINLEYE has been appointed chancellor of North Carolina Central University. Akinleye was interim chancellor at the university since January 2017. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University and a doctorate from Howard University.
July 26, 2017
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TONYA BUTLER
TONYA BUTLER has been named assistant chair of music business/management at Berklee College of Music, effective August 1. Butler currently directs the music industry studies program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She earned a bachelor’s degree from National University, a J.D. from California Western School of Law and an M.L. from Southwestern University School of Law/Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England.
July 26, 2017
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Report: Good Jobs Available for Those Without Bachelor’s
Despite the decline of manufacturing that made good jobs for high school graduates a rarity, there are still 30 million good jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, a new report being released today shows.
July 26, 2017
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Program to Help Guide Hispanic Prep Students to College
The Hispanic Student College Institute is aimed at helping students become better prepared for applying to colleges by learning about the search and application process, essay writing, resume building, and developing leadership and public speaking skills.
July 25, 2017
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2 Ohio Schools Utilize Transfer Partnership to Help Students Step Up
This past fall, the University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College welcomed the first cohort of six students to the UD Sinclair Academy, a new joint venture intended to bridge the distance between the two schools.
July 25, 2017
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Applications Pile Up for University of Montana’s Top Job
MISSOULA, Mont. — A recruiting company official says 98 people have applied to be the next president of the University of Montana. Jim McCormick of AGB Search tells the Missoulian that the applicants come from 38 states and five countries. The school hopes to select a new president by October. Former Commissioner of Higher Education […]
July 25, 2017
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Teens From 15 States Learn Mandarin Chinese in Mississippi
OXFORD, Miss. — Thirty American teenagers are learning to speak Mandarin Chinese during an intensive summer program at the University of Mississippi. Now in its 11th year, Mississippi StarTalk is a federally funded program for students who will be high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. A university news release says language classes are taught at […]
July 25, 2017
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New Program: Centenary College to Baylor Nursing School
SHREVEPORT, La. — Centenary College says a new program helps science graduates enter a one-year program at Baylor University’s nursing school. Representatives from the schools in Shreveport and Dallas signed the agreement last week. Centenary spokeswoman Kate Pedrotty says students who graduate with all of the courses required to get into Baylor’s FastBacc program will […]
July 25, 2017
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Preparing Service Members for Future
In Congress, my colleagues and I have not only been working around-the-clock to repeal and replace Obamacare, we have also been doing important work in our committees to cut red tape, advance pro-growth policies that will create jobs and provide essential oversight of government programs so we can improve them. This has been particularly true […]
July 25, 2017
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