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MEDICAL ADVANCE
A new doctorate in nursing practice and a certification exam offer advanced-practice nurses more autonomy from physicians. Mary O'Neil Mundinger (above), dean of Columbia University's nursing school: "If nurses can show they can pass the same test at the same level of competency, there's no rational argument for reimbursing them at a lower rate or giving them less authority in caring for patients." Physicians' groups, however, beg to differ. (Photograph by Frank Fournier)
Group Tells Public-College Presidents They May Be Personally Liable for Speech Code
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education sent letters to administrators at more than 250 colleges, hoping to prompt the institutions to change their policies on campus speech. A New Degree and Exam Create 'Doctor Nurses,' Irking Physicians Panel Urges Obama to Ease Limits on Scientific Exports and Visas Law Schools Customize Degrees to Students' Taste Economists Try to Make Sense of the Financial Crisis Economy's Toll on Job Market Is Evident at Historians' Meeting Notes HARD DATA: Trends in the humanities, for the first time, are captured in a broad national report.
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