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Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The author of Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (2015), her interdisciplinary research in the field of the medical humanities engages literary, historical, philosophical, and ethical explorations of black women’s health and medicine. Jones is also an associate professor of Africana Studies.

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Marquette University Receives $1.25 Million to Bolster Prison Education Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The other schools and groups in the consortium are the Milwaukee School of Engineering, the Milwaukee Area Technical College , Alverno College , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Mount Mary University , Concordia University , Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design , and the Medical College of Wisconsin.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 They give voice to limited English proficient individuals during some of their most vulnerable moments—whether it’s a medical appointment, a court proceeding, or accessing educational and social services.”

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A Model to Engage Learners in Discussions on Health Equity and Implicit Bias

The Scholarly Teacher

Kalpana Panigrahi, Interfaith Medical Center. The University of North Carolina Faculty Development Fellowship Fellows Educational Collaborative, comprised of academic medical school and residency faculty from across the country developed a model to improve teaching and patient care related to health equity and bias in a clinical context.

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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

Half of Social Security beneficiaries with student loans in default and collections skipped a doctors visit or did not obtain prescription medication due to cost. Over half of them have medical debt. 35 Consumers often explain their difficulty paying for such expenses as rent and medical bills.

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Teaching with sustainability in the Vet School

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

To encourage inter- and multi-disciplinary connections, students are invited to propose project topics which are not directly related to the veterinary medical curriculum. In 2015-16, the project focus was refined to directly draw on concepts of social responsibility and sustainability. Oct 20, 2016

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Temple gets $11 million gift for students with disabilities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Now, 70 years later, the new funds will be used to assist current students who can incur higher college-related expenses related to their disability for such things as assistive technology, or note-takers or interpreters, or for housing that can accommodate large medical equipment, among other things.