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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the conclusion of the strike, Montefiore Medical Center released a statement noting that the new contract includes a wage increase and more than 170 new nursing positions. The Ohio State University College of Nursing uses its Summer Institute for Future Nurses as a recruiting tool for high school students.

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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HBCUs send more Black applicants to medical schools than predominantly white institutions, including the Ivy League schools. And yet, HBCUs award 17% of all bachelor’s degrees and 24% of all STEM-related bachelor’s degrees earned by Black Americans despite representing just 3% of public and private nonprofit colleges and universities.

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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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Breaking the barriers to research

HECG

This is particularly so in Australia’s Health and Medical Research field. She made an extensive contribution to the latest DHCRC report Flying Blind, Australian Researchers and Digital Health Australian Health Data Series: Volume 2 , which puts the spotlight on how researchers access and use data for health and medical research.

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Florida v. Department of Education – Accreditation and Quality Control: Changing Higher Education Podcast 162 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Goldstein

The Change Leader, Inc.

The legislation basically asked, “Why doesn’t the Department of Education have an accreditation process for determining what institutions are qualified for the same way that the federal government decides what drugs are suitable for use in medical treatment through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration?”

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Chief Diversity Officer Steps Down Amid Backlash Over ‘Privilege’ Email

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“This blatant discriminatory sentiment is contrary to all the principles held dear in America, and certainly not expected from an institution that receives hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the federal government – including dollars to fund that office of Chief Diversity Officer,” he continued.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s in stark contrast to today’s rules, where “there are no jobs that are open to undocumented students,” he says, including academic jobs that “are very important to undergraduate students, such as being medical residents or teaching assistants. Then came 2012 and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.