The Role of Minority-Serving Institutions in National College Completion Goals

Outlines Lumina's work with minority-serving institutions to boost completion rates, especially among men of color, by building capacity for data collection and analysis, collective advocacy, developmental education policy and practice, and transparency

Chronic Disease and Co-Morbidity Among Dual Eligibles: Implications for Patterns of Medicaid and Medicare Service Use and Spending

Compares spending patterns for people enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare with multiple chronic and mental conditions with those for other beneficiaries and examines underlying factors. Explores challenges and policy implications of reform provisions

Access to and use of clinical services and disease-modifying therapies by people with progressive multiple sclerosis in the United Kingdom

Background: According to current UK guidelines everyone with progressive MS should have access to an MS Specialist but levels of access and use of clinical services is unknown. Our objective was to investigate access to MS Specialists, use of clinical services and disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) by people with progressive MS in the United Kingdom. Methods: A UK wide, online survey was conducted via the UK MS Register. Inclusion criteria: age over 18 years, primary or secondary progressive MS and a member of the UK MS Register. Participants were asked about access to MS Specialists; recent clinical service use; receipt of regular review and current and previous DMT use. Participant demographics; quality of life and disease impact measures were supplied from the UK MS Register. Results: In total 1298 participants responded: 5% were currently taking DMT; 23% had previously taken DMT; and 95% reported access to an MS Specialist. Most utilised services were: MS Doctor/Nurse (50%), General Practitioner (45%), and Physiotherapist (40%). Seventy-four percent received a regular review although 37% received theirs less than annually. Current DMT use was associated with better quality of life but past DMT use was associated with poorer quality of life and higher impact of disease. Conclusions: Access to, and use of, MS Specialists was high. However a gap in service provision was highlighted in both receiving and frequency of regular reviews

Increasing Student Success at Minority-Serving Institutions: Findings From the BEAMS Project

Details the five-step process used at over one hundred campuses to craft data-driven action plans to improve student success as part of the BEAMS (Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students) initiative. Includes case studies

The Diversity of Dual Eligible Beneficiaries: An Examination of Services and Spending for People Eligible for Both Medicaid and Medicare

Analyzes updated data on the characteristics, health status, healthcare utilization, and spending for those eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare compared with those of non-dual eligible Medicare beneficiaries and implications of their diversity

Continuous Call for Action to Lift Restraining Order Imposed by Fibres and Fabrics International

The article provides background regarding the alleged labor rights violations at Fibres and Fabrics International (FFI) and the resulting restraining order that has purportedly silenced all of those seeking to improve the situation

Dual Eligibles: Medicaid Enrollment and Spending for Medicare Beneficiaries in 2007

Provides an update on the share of total Medicaid enrollment and spending on those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid through 2007, state-by-state estimates of Medicaid enrollment and expenditures for dual eligibles, and a breakdown of expenditures

Desain Antarmuka Berorientasi Budaya

Perkembangan teknologi yang demikian pesat, mengakibatkan semakin banyak orang yang menggunakannya dalam berbagai aspek kehidupan mereka. Penetrasi teknologi yang mengglobal tersebut diperhadapkan pada latar belakang budaya pengguna yang berbagai macam. Hal tersebut mengakibatkan banyak pengguna yang mengalami kesulitan ketika berusaha memahami antarmuka piranti yang digunakan. Makalah ini merupakan penelitian studi pustaka yang dilakukan penulis, untuk mengetahui faktor apa saja yang berpengaruh dalam perancangan antarmuka pengguna. Salah satu kunci keberhasilan perancangan antarmuka yang baik, adalah dengan memahami dan mempertimbangkan dimensi budaya seperti yang telah dikemukakan oleh Hall dan Hofstede