Remove Federal Government Remove Medical Remove Safety and Security
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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Vedder recently retired from Miami University, which had approximately the same number of students as Stanford – but Stanford as 10 times as many employees, even excluding its medical school. Which university receives more taxpayer dollars from the federal government per student?”

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Coping with the Silence of My Friends

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In short, they prioritized “the economy,” whatever that really means against the backdrop of basic human rights, above my right to remain married to my spouse of 23 years, their right to claim my Social Security if I die before them, and our fundamental right to be treated as the family we are in critical medical situations.