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The decision by the coordinating board is the first time the law has been triggered. Aaron Light, director of the respiratory therapy program at OTC, said expectations have changed. OTC students who graduate with an associate's degree in respiratory therapy were in high demand prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. "They work in acute care settings," Light said. "They are doing patient assessments, nebulizer treatments, running mechanical ventilators, drawing arterial blood gases in anybody from a newborn up to a geriatric patient." The American Association of Respiratory Care, which accredits pr...

Updated: 12:44 PM CST March 3, 2021 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Two Missouri community colleges have been given permission to become the first in the state to offer a four-year bachelor's degree program. Missouri's Coordinating Board for Higher Education on Wednesday approved plans for Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield and St. Louis Community College to offer bachelor's degree programs in respiratory therapy. The proposal must still be approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care and the Higher Learning Commission, The Springfield News-Leader repor...

Hoffman appointed to Board of Higher Education Submitted C. Phillip Hoffman, Trenton, was appointed to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education by Gov. Mike Parson last week.  Hoffman has worked for his family’s agriculture input supply business since 1976. In 2014, the family business was acquired by GFG Agriservices, LLC,  and Hoffman and his brother were retained to manage the business until his retirement in 2017. He and his brother are now partners in their family’s cow-calf operation in Trenton. Hoffman is active within his local community as a member of the Trenton Area Chamb...

unaids.org UNAIDS A panel meeting at the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on ending AIDS held in June 2016. New York. Credit: UNAIDS Press statement UNAIDS welcomes the United Nations General Assembly decision to hold a high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS in 2021 25 February 202125 February 2021 GENEVA, 25 February 2021—UNAIDS welcomes the United Nations General Assembly dec GENEVA, 25 February 2021—UNAIDS welcomes the United Nations General Assembly decision for a high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS to take place between 8 and 10 June 2021. The high-level meeting will r...

UNAIDS warmly welcomes the appointment of Andrew Spieldenner as the Executive Director of MPact Global Action for Gay Men's Health and Rights. MPact has...