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Report: Community Colleges Are Leaving Millions in Medicaid Funding on the Table

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stewart previously served as the Secretary of Education for New Mexico and has inspired his thinking about how K-12 schools accessed student resources through Medicaid. The primary barrier colleges face when accessing this funding is a lack of information about its existence and whats required to obtain it. But that has to be funded.

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Access Agreement Will Allow Independent Testing at Poe Hall

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After months of delay, an independent access agreement between North Carolina State University and law firms representing sick clients will allow independent testing to be conducted within Poe Hall to determine the levels and kinds of PCBs present in building materials that may have caused former workers and students to become ill.

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Scholar Who Creates Inclusive Spaces - Dr. Melva Treviño Peña

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Find your people, learn how to support them, and let them support you when you need it too.” Human interaction is at the center of Dr. Melva Treviño Peña’s work. Treviño Peña, an assistant professor in the department, describes herself as a human geographer, ethnographer, and social scientist. Are they young children?

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Your Guide to Mental Health Legislation in 2023

Active Minds

Addressing racial inequality is one of the key components of this effort to ensure marginalized communities have access to the same opportunities and resources as others and recognize the unique challenges faced by different marginalized groups, especially when it comes to mental health.

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Authorship for post/PhDers – the problem of gift authorship

Patter by Pat Thomson

I would also take the precaution of documenting everything. if this happens, your institution and theirs will have documented procedures and ways for you to get assistance in complaining. And you may be able to get some immediate support from within your institution, or from support groups on social media platforms.

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Panel Dives into Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He noted that the founding documents of most colleges and universities list economic mobility as an important goal. A school might be offering access to a great many low-income students, but not graduating many of them. It’s how human beings do everything,” he said. Or vice-versa.

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A Snapshot in Time: The Cancer Cluster at NC State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and his client Dr. Darren Masier, an assistant professor of human resource management at Meredith College, had petitioned for an independent examination of the potential cancer cluster at Poe Hall at North Carolina State University (NC State). Bryan Brice, Jr.,