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Social Drivers of Health Are Affecting Your Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I’ve answered questions about these issues at least twice a year during standard check-ups, and when I was pregnant, I answered also a few every time I went to the hospital for an ultrasound. Because these factors impact quality of life, functioning, and overall wellbeing. Plus, it is available in 25 languages!

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Community College Teams Up with For-Profit for Medical Assistant Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Medical assistants are critical to the operation of doctor’s offices, hospitals, and clinics. Using traditional sources of financial aid and TFJSA funds, Alamo sent a special cohort of 10 students to CHCP’s program at no cost for tuition, laptop, books, and course materials.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Campuses are investing resources into financial aid and emergency support services. Wilson Award for Civil and Human Rights in Education, and the Health Care Governance Leadership Award from the Kentucky Hospital Association. CPE has worked with campuses has kept tuition increases to less than 2.9%

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Teneo Linguistics Company, the Agape Clinic and Dallas Children’s Hospital. Graduates of the program find jobs in hospitals, educational settings, business and tourism related companies, government institutions, translation companies and as freelancer translators.

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Small College America – Profile: Whitman College

Edu Alliance Journal

Financial Strength and Support: Despite its modest enrollment, Whitman maintains a substantial endowment nearing $800 million. This financial strength enables the college to offer robust financial aid packages, greatly reducing costs for middle-income families and improving access.

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Casino project opposed By Hofstra, supported by others

Confessions of a Community College Dean

For example, students may be susceptible to gambling away their financial aid funds, she said. No deal has been reached involving the Sands giving the college money to support academic or training programs related to hospitality industry jobs, Kornbluth said.

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State Support for Higher Ed Is Up

Confessions of a Community College Dean

percent was allocated to financial aid, and 11.4 percent went to research, hospital expansion and medical schools. Nearly half of the state funding went to four-year institutions, while two-year colleges received 22 percent; another 13.2 percent), Mississippi (26.6 percent), New Mexico (23.5 percent) and Tennessee (22.1