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Higher Education Act Reauthorization: Will It Happen This Year?

Legislation, House, Senate, Education, Financial Aid, Graduate Students, Higher Education | Permanent link

Whether the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) will happen this year depends on whether you are in the Administration, in the Senate or in the House. On May 22, Rep. Virginia Foxx, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the... Click Here To Read More

Published On 2018-06-04

Texas Lawmakers Work Together to Reauthorize Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program

Funding, Legislation, House, Medicare and Medicaid Services, GME, Graduate Students | Permanent link

Two Congressmen from Texas came together in a bipartisan effort to support graduate medical education (GME) programs that care for our nation’s youngest patients. GME is funded through Medicare, Medicaid, the... Click Here To Read More

Published On 2018-06-04

ADEA Highlighted at 218th Meeting of National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council

Research, NIDCR, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse, Research | Permanent link

The National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council held its 218th meeting on May 25, where it highlighted an ADEA report on the role of dental education in the prevention of opioid misuse. Many of the approved... Click Here To Read More

Published On 2018-06-04

Department of Education Launches the Temporary Expansion of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Education, Financial Aid, Higher Education, Public Service Act | Permanent link

The Department of Education announced a new process for federal student loan borrowers to be reconsidered for loan forgiveness under a temporary expansion of the... Click Here To Read More

Published On 2018-06-04

SmileDirectClub, LLC v. Georgia Board of Dentistry et.al.

Federal Court | Permanent link

SmileDirectClub, LLC (SDC) was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN. SDC recently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to prohibit the enforcement of a rule recently adopted by the Georgia Board of Dentistry (Board), along with a demand for... Click Here To Read More

Published On 2018-06-04

Dental Hygienist Jobs See a 285% Growth Rate Increase in Canada

Canada, Dental Health | Permanent link

Over the last three years, dental hygienist has been the fastest-growing small- to medium-sized business job in Canada. The number of positions skyrocketed from 1,273 for every million postings in 2015 to 4,907 in 2018.

The job site Indeed.com,... Click Here To Read More

Published On 2018-06-04

ADEA Aids Foreign-Trained Dentists in Preparing for U.S. Licensing

Graduate Students, Higher Education | Permanent link

ADEA manages the application process for many international students hoping to study at American schools. In an article informing foreign-trained dentists about paths to licensure in the United States,... Click Here To Read More

Published On 2018-06-04

Why Dental and Craniofacial Research Funding Is Critical to Dental Schools

Funding, Research, Advocacy, Research | Permanent link

The research mission of dental schools is facing several challenges, including a critical shortage of faculty. Economic barriers often deter potential researchers from careers as scientific investigators. The demands to make money after graduation often further restricts who enters the field.  Yet, without these researchers we would not... Click Here To Read More

Published On 2018-06-04
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