Congress Expands Health Insurance to the Unemployed and Aid to College Students

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R.1), Congress approved measures to expand health-care coverage to unemployed workers and increase Pell Grant aid to college students. Share and Enjoy:FacebookTwitterGoogle BookmarksemailPrintPDFStumbleUpondel.icio.usYahoo! BuzzPing.fmRedditDiggLiveLinkedInMySpaceTechnoratiRSS

Study Confirms Persistence of Diversity Problems in Academic Medicine

A survey study believed to be one of the first efforts to put hard numbers around long-held beliefs about diversity in medical school faculties has affirmed that awareness and sensitivity to racial and ethnic diversity are believed by most faculty to be poor and even poorer among faculty who are members of underrepresented minorities. Share [...]

Online Psychology Degree: Master’s and Doctor’s Degree Programs at Rockies

The University of the Rockies, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, announced an online psychology degree program, a Master’s of Arts and a Doctor of Psychology. Share and Enjoy:FacebookTwitterGoogle BookmarksemailPrintPDFStumbleUpondel.icio.usYahoo! BuzzPing.fmRedditDiggLiveLinkedInMySpaceTechnoratiRSS

Overcoming Gaps in Employment History

Gaps in employment history can sound sirens revealed a new survey. Ninety-three percent of executives polled stated that they’d be concerned about a potential employee’s ability if their resume displayed involuntary gaps in employment history. Share and Enjoy:FacebookTwitterGoogle BookmarksemailPrintPDFStumbleUpondel.icio.usYahoo! BuzzPing.fmRedditDiggLiveLinkedInMySpaceTechnoratiRSS

Virginia Tech’s New Emergency Alert System Failed During a “Gunfire” Sound Scare

It was a false alarm, although Virginia Tech (VT) students didn’t know it at the time when they reported hearing gunshots near one of its buildings. VT police flooded the scene and surrounded the building, searching for suspects who may have contributed to the sound. Share and Enjoy:FacebookTwitterGoogle BookmarksemailPrintPDFStumbleUpondel.icio.usYahoo! BuzzPing.fmRedditDiggLiveLinkedInMySpaceTechnoratiRSS

Comparing Colleges: More Differences Within Them Than Between Them

A survey revealed that the quality of an undergraduate education varies more within colleges when comparing them than between colleges, making rankings misleading. Share and Enjoy:FacebookTwitterGoogle BookmarksemailPrintPDFStumbleUpondel.icio.usYahoo! BuzzPing.fmRedditDiggLiveLinkedInMySpaceTechnoratiRSS

Dept. of Education Takes Steps to Ensure Students Continue to Have Access to Federal Student Aid

Access to higher education may no longer be a big problem to some as the U.S. Department of Education started taking steps in ensuring that students can have an “uninterrupted and timely” access to federal student aid via the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the Direct Loan Program. Share and Enjoy:FacebookTwitterGoogle BookmarksemailPrintPDFStumbleUpondel.icio.usYahoo! BuzzPing.fmRedditDiggLiveLinkedInMySpaceTechnoratiRSS

What to do About Workplace Bullies

If you have been experiencing problems with workplace bullies and are thinking of reporting them to the human resources (HR) department, don’t think about it, says one expert, since some companies, especially the big ones, are considered breeding grounds for such culprits. Share and Enjoy:FacebookTwitterGoogle BookmarksemailPrintPDFStumbleUpondel.icio.usYahoo! BuzzPing.fmRedditDiggLiveLinkedInMySpaceTechnoratiRSS

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