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Dotinga, Randy – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Faculty members and administrators should not assume that their colleges will pick up their medical bills during their retirement. Medicare benefits are not guaranteed that they will remain the same. Experts believe that the Medicare trust fund that pays for retiree hospital care will go bankrupt by 2019. As such, insurance experts are now urging…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Health Insurance, Health Care Costs, College Faculty
Strout, Erin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The American College Health Association estimates that three out of every 10 college students are overweight or obese. Both terms denote ranges of weight that are greater than what is considered healthy for a given height and have been shown to increase the likelihood of diseases. Over the past two decades, the number of American children who are…
Descriptors: College Students, Disease Control, Obesity, Child Health
Walker, Paulette V. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Under a new plan, the federal government will pay $400 million to 42 teaching hospitals in New York over six years. In return the hospitals will cut by 20-25% the number of residents they train by 2002. The intent is to reduce drain on the Medicare Trust Fund providing graduate medical education subsidies. Other reforms are included in the plan.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This February 27, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "My Life as an Adjunct after a Full Career" (Caesar, Terry); (2) "Are You the Retiring Sort?" (Ms.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Retirement