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Texas colleges and universities get $2 billion in federal stimulus money. Half must go directly to struggling students

A meeting of a community board that helps guide regional solutions to homelessness underscored concerns last week around a shelter proposal pitched by Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran. The virtual Wednesday meeting of the A Home For Everyone (AHFE) Coordinating Board—which oversees the collaborative work being done by governments in the Portland metro region to address homelessness—centered on Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury's proposed county budget for the 202...

Following the establishment of the Texas Reskilling Support Fund Grant Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Tech is planning to offer tuition and fees assistance to students whose academic progress got impacted by COVID-19. This grant will be given to qualifying students who were unable to attend school in the fall of 2020 due to COVID-19-related circumstances. Tech Vice Provost Melanie Hart said that eligible students must be able to graduate within 12 months and hav...

The Global Partnership for Action to Eliminate all Forms of HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination  The Global Partnership for Action to Eliminate all Forms of HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination (Global Partnership) was established in 2018 following a call to action by the nongovernmental organization delegation to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB NGO Delegation). It is co-convened by UNAIDS, UN Women, the United Nations Development Programme, the Global Network of People Living ...

UNAIDS More than 150 civil society representatives from 17 countries in Asia and the Pacific joined the first virtual regional consultation on the upcoming United Nations High-Level Meeting on AIDS. “Your views are important. We need them, and they really matter for the success of the political declaration,” said Mitch Fifield, Australia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and one of the two co-facilitators for the high-level meeting process, in his opening rem...

UNAIDS The Epidemiological Well-Being international conference, which will draw attention to the need for stronger health systems and preparedness against epidemics in the light of the colliding COVID-19 and HIV pandemics, opened today in Moscow, Russian Federation. The aims of the conference include discussions on the progress made against infectious diseases globally, highlighting interim results for reaching the goal of ending AIDS by 2030 and coming up with recommendations for sustainable a...

To ensure the involvement of civil society and ensure an open, transparent and participatory process, UNAIDS is forming, by the end of March, a multistakeholder task force comprised of representatives of civil society and the private sector. The task force will advise UNAIDS on the format, theme and programme of the multistakeholder hearing and will help to identify speakers

Listen here. Two community colleges in Missouri, including one in Springfield, will soon offer bachelor’s degrees in respiratory therapy. Ozarks Technical Community College and St. Louis Community College announced their approval from the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to offer respiratory therapy as a bachelor’s degree this week.  It’s the first time a community college in Missouri has gotten approval to offer a bachelor’s in any subject.  Aaron Light, Respiratory Therapy P...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — For the first time in the state, two community colleges in Missouri will be allowed to offer bachelor's degrees. Missouri’s

OTC To Offer Respiratory Therapy Bachelor’s Degree