Some students are choosing affordable safety schools over dream colleges after botched FAFSA rollout
Bricelyn Harrelson didn’t plan to spend six months applying to college. The New Smyrna Beach, Florida, high school senior sent in seven applications starting last September and expected to know by now where she’d be enrolling this fall. Instead, she blasted out six fresh applications in the last…#bricelynharrelson #newsmyrnabeach #florida #harrelson #kerriharrelson #fafsa #kellygainor #harrisonburg #virginia #albany (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scoping review of intimate partner violence prevention programs for undergraduate college students - An S, Welch-Brewer C, Tadese H.
Recognizing that intimate partner violence (IPV) negatively affects college students' health and well-being, colleges offer preventive interventions to address these effects. However, scholarly evidence on this effort has been limited, such that we know li... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Enrollment declines, demand for workers fuel community college workforce projects
As community colleges grapple with enrollment declines, they are pursuing workforce development as a key part of their strategy to reverse that trend, creating new programs to meet the needs of local employers and students. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: James Drew Source Type: news
Overcoming Isolation in the Online College Classroom
Many online colleges and universities are facing attrition issues as students struggle to feel a connection with peers and instructors in the classroom (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 28, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Disability Education Source Type: news
Physician Shortage Smaller Than Previously Expected, Report Shows
(MedPage Today) -- New projections pointed to a significant shortage of physicians in the next 10 to 15 years, albeit one smaller than previously anticipated, according to a report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Physician... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 27, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Oops. Education Dept. discovers calculation error in over 200,000 students ’ financial aid applications
The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them — a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college…#educationdepartment #educationdepartments #fafsa #pellgrants #justindraeger #republicans #education #miguelcardona #billcassidy #cassidy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prevalence and impact of workplace bullying among pharmacy practice faculty in the United States - Klein KC, Dittmar E, Vordenberg SE.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence and impact of workplace bullying among pharmacy practice faculty in the United States. METHODS: Members of the Pharmacy Practice section of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy were invited to compl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Department of Energy ’s science chief announces her unexpected departure
After 22 months on the job, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, director of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science, is stepping down. Yesterday Berhe sent a letter to the office’s 815 employees saying her last day would be 28 March. With a budget of $8.2 billion, the office is the United States’s single largest funder of the physical sciences.
Berhe, who was born in Eritrea and is the first person of color to direct the office, says in her letter that the job has been “the honor of my lifetime” and that she’s leaving with “pride in what we have accomplished, and a heavy heart filled with profound sadn...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 15, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater Accountability
A physician, scientist and academic, he brought together experts across disciplines to focus on the economic, political and social causes of poor health, not just the biological factors. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Trip Gabriel Tags: Hiatt, Howard (1925-2024) Deaths (Obituaries) Harvard School of Public Health Medicine and Health Income Inequality Poverty Colleges and Universities RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) Medical Schools Hospitals Boston (Mass) Source Type: news
Urgent action needed to avert school technician recruitment crisis
Schools and colleges will face a shortage of skilled support staff unless urgent action is taken to address low pay and morale among technicians, warns a new report released today by UNISON.
A survey of more than 3,000 school and college technicians found the majority are over 50, earn below the national average wage and do not think the public or politicians understand what they do.
The survey by Preproom, which provides science resources for schools, found over half of technicians (51%) are 51 or above, with around one in six (17%) aged over 60. And with fewer than one in 10 (9%) under 30, the data suggests schools and c...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Dan Ashley Tags: News Press release technicians; techognition Source Type: news
Leaked AAMC Emails Reveal Concern About ERAS Exodus
(MedPage Today) -- Leaked emails from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reveal concern about what the recent exodus of plastic surgery and ob/gyn from the standard residency application pathway means for the future of the Electronic... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 7, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
High level principles concerning physician associates (PAs): Academy consensus statement
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - This document outlines some practical and high-level principles that doctors and healthcare teams should use to determine whether and how to integrate PAs into existing teams. Given that PAs will join more varied and diverse teams than anaesthesia associates (AAs), these principles are directed at the PA workforce.Consensus statement (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news
JPMorgan Chase CEO criticizes schools amid Gen Z ’s struggle to find jobs
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has some surprising criticism for colleges and universities around the U.S. amid Generation Z’s recent ongoing struggle to find jobs after earning their degrees. In a new interview with Wish-TV, the CEO claims that there should be more of a focus on job placement as…#jpmorganchase #jamiedimon #generationz #cloudflare #dimon #tiktok #lohannysantos # #lohanny #alisonjohnson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
College AI degree programs are booming, but will the jobs still exist for graduates?
Computer science is not a new major at top schools, but with AI jobs in high-demand, there's a growing list of colleges and universities offering a four-year "AI" degree specifically. These programs generally move beyond the foundations of computer science to home in on topics such as machine…#bse #carnegiemellon #mit #purdueuniversity #indeedcom #keremkoca #bluecloud #mariaflynn #jobsforfuture #aidegrees (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
School chiefs struggle to craft AI policies
As artificial intelligence steamrolls ahead, the nation's K-12 school superintendents are largely flummoxed by how they should teach, use and set guidelines around AI — even though they know it's an imperative. Why it matters: The jobs of the future will have AI as a cornerstone, and colleges are…#k12 #aasa #keithkrueger #oregon #ohio #susanenfield #enfield #cosn #superintendents #glennrobbins (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
