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Direct linkStuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
When Ph.D. science and health researchers are seeking financial support for their health science studies, more often than not they apply to the federal government's National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an RO1 research grant, which boosts a project's standing in the research community as well as the career of the applicant. Even before the NIH…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Black Colleges, Financial Support, College Presidents
Peer reviewedEdwards, Joellen; Smith, Patricia – Journal of Professional Nursing, 1998
A community-based interdisciplinary health professions education project involving medicine, nursing, and allied health provides experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Committed leadership, communication, and active community involvement are keys to success. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Cooperation, Health Occupations, Higher Education
Download full textBarrineau, Irene T., Ed. – Association for Continuing Higher Education, 2008
These proceedings record the 70th Annual Conference and Meeting of ACHE (Association for Continuing Higher Education) held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference theme, "The Next Generation: Access and Opportunity in CHE" challenged attendees to think about the coming new age and its…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Higher Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Transformative Learning
ACT, Inc., 2009
The "Measuring College and Career Readiness" report for each state represents a snapshot of the ACT-tested graduates in the class of 2009 and focuses on their readiness for college and careers. Designed to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness, the report is not intended to be comprehensive but…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, School Readiness, Higher Education, Testing Programs
Scott, Michael – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
Efforts to expand diversity in the health professions has received a boost from a prominent member of Congress. U.S. Senator Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, recently introduced a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act as part of a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of minority and other underserved populations. This bill, which is being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Employment Opportunities, Public Health
Peer reviewedBehringer, Bruce – Now & Then, 2000
East Tennessee State University has reshaped its education of medical, nursing, and allied health students to create a rural primary-care track curriculum that meets the needs of two medically underserved rural counties. The community-based experiential program shows students the realities of community public health and provides much-needed…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services, Educational Cooperation, Experiential Learning
Pruitt, Jan; Ray, Jane – Appalachia, 1979
Allied health professionals are those (exclusive of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses) who provide health care in support of or supplementing other health professionals. The Regional Technical Institute enables students from 26 colleges and junior colleges in Alabama and Tennessee to train in 14 allied health professions. (BR)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Background, Higher Education
Dorn, Wesley N.; And Others – 1974
Concern about the adequacy of existing optometry schools to meet the needs and demands for optometric education in the South prompted a study, to result in a proposal for expansion of education in the field. The results showed that there is a shortage of optometrists in each of the 14 states of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) region,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Contracts, Educational Assessment, Educational Demand
