The Wrecking Job by Illinois Higher Ed Board 1982 Budget
The Illinois Board of Higher Education and Gov. Thompson push a 10.2 percent faculty pay hike plan that critics call a delay in real catchup. They say inflation and rising costs outpace raises, risking mass turnover at SIU and higher education, with tuition hikes likely to follow as students drop out.
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Illinois Board of Higher Education
James Thompson
State University
Illinois
Thompson
Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Carter
SIU
American Lung Association
American Heart Assny
Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee
Education Week on Smoking Highlights Health Risks and Prevention
In a January note, the author cites Surgeon General data and research showing smoking costs, higher accident rates, and 350,000 premature deaths yearly. Emphasizes prevention, especially for children, and urges parents and adults to quit and set positive examples.
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Southern Illinoisan
Medicine's latest: Physician assistants
A new mid-level layer joins American medicine, with physician assistants, family nurse practitioners, and certified nurse midwives handling routine visits under doctors. They work in rural and urban clinics, HMOs, prisons, and the military, boosting patient volume, preventive care, and overall access while reshaping physician roles and distribution nationwide.
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Thomas Brom
Army Medical Corps
New Jersey
Paul Steier
Laleandro
Calif
U.S
Harvey Fine
Stockton
California
South
Midwest
Medical Division of Labor
Steier
Institute of Medicine
Washington
Ferdinand Mitchell
University of California School of Medicine
Davis
Surgeons' assistants play growing role in operating rooms
In Birmingham Alabama Charles W Watkins a 36 year old non doctor performs coronary bypass vein harvesting in the operating room. Across the nation surgeons assistants work under surgeons yet face resistance. Programs train 60 accredited by AMA with about 14 000 enrolled or graduated. New Jersey opposition fears job losses for nurses while New York endorses training with controls.
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Richard Severo
New York Times
Birmingham
Ala
Charles W. Watkins
University of Alabama
Watkins
New Jersey
Gregg
Stead Jr
Duke University
American Medical Association
Carolina
Chapel Hill
Cornell Medical School
New York
Cuyahoga Community College
Parma
Ohio
Charles L. Hudson
Journal of the American Medical Association
Carl Fasser
American Academy of Physician Assistants
Baylor University Medical School
Medical Society
New Jersey State Nurses Association
Rutgers
Glenna Cole Slattery
State
Fasser
The
Martin E. Johnson
New York State
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