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Mitchell Named President of Howard University Hospital

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

has been named president of Howard University Hospital. Mitchell is uniquely qualified to lead Howard University Hospital, bringing decades of strong leadership experience and insight from regional, national and international healthcare roles,” said John Sackett, president and CEO of Adventist HealthCare. Mitchell, Jr.,

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The Future of Publicly-Funded University Hospitals (Dahn Shaulis and Glen McGhee)

Higher Education Inquirer

There are more than 200 active university medical centers (UMCs) and 1,700 teaching hospitals in the United States. At the same time, private equity is taking over hundreds of private hospitals across the US, finding value where they can, however they can. And they will cut out programs they cannot profit from.

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Texas A&M Today: New Department Of Hospitality, Hotel Management And Tourism Approved At Texas A&M

Hanover Research

The new department will offer three new undergraduate degree tracks in hospitality, hotel management and tourism. Hanover Research projects employment in hospitality and hotel management over the next 10 years to grow 6.3% nationally and 17.2%

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What Higher Education Can Learn from a Public Charity Hospital

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The most hopeful, powerful, and empowering antidote to such cynicism and negativism can be found in Ricardo Nuila’s stunning debut study of Houston’s publicly funded Ben Taub county hospital, the safety net for the Houston’s indigent, uninsured, and undocumented. It was also because it was a teaching hospital.

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Dr. Peiyin Hung, University of South Carolina

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hung was named a Breakthrough Research Star at University of South Carolina in 2023 and a National Rural Health Association Policy Fellow in 2019.

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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nic John Ramos, whose research on the histories of minoritized communities aims to amplify their oft-marginalized voices. The professor first pursued collegiate study and research pertaining to poor people of color and queer and trans people — persons who were familiar to Ramos in appearance and life experience. “It

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Panel Explores Gun Prevention in Black Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jada Watts is a member of the Student National Medical Association and member of the Howard University Taskforce at Howard University Hospital. "If According to the Pew Research Center, gun deaths among U.S. Black Americans, in particular, are disproportionately impacted by gun violence, according to Everytown Research and Policy.