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• Ecuador says US scientists unethically sold indigenous blood
• Starbucks clears college degree path for workers
• Sen. David Vitter Is Anti-Obamacare Subsidies, but Open to the Medicaid Expansion
• 5 Hacks To Help You Save Money on College
• Starbucks clears college degree path for employees
• Starbucks to pay college tuition for thousands of baristas
• Starbucks Will Pay to Send Employees to (Online) College
• Prolific philanthropist, education advocate dies

Ecuador says US scientists unethically sold indigenous blood Posted: 16 Jun 2014 04:42 PM PDT US scientists took thousands of unauthorized blood samples from an indigenous group known for a unique genetic profile and disease immunity, some of which have been sold, Ecuador charged Monday. There were some "3,500 procedures" in which blood was drawn without authorization from 600 Huaorani, who live in a corner of Ecuador's isolated Amazon basin region, said Rene Ramirez, head of the Higher Education and Science Ministry. In the initial report two years ago, the Huaorani, whose language is not clearly linked to those of local Quechua-speaking indigenous peoples, said some Americans duped them between 1990 and 1991. The Huaorani said they were told the blood samples were for medical tests for them, but the results never came.

Starbucks clears college degree path for workers Posted: 16 Jun 2014 02:20 PM PDT Starbucks is giving its baristas a shot at an online college degree, an unusual benefit in an industry where higher education is often out of reach for workers. The coffee chain is partnering with Arizona ...

Sen. David Vitter Is Anti-Obamacare Subsidies, but Open to the Medicaid Expansion Posted: 16 Jun 2014 01:51 PM PDT Republican Sen. David Vitter took some time away from making sure his staff has to pay for Obamacare to support accepting the law's Medicaid expansion in Louisiana. Apparently opposing all parts of Obamacare doesn't work when you're running for governor.  According to The Times-Picayune, Vitter, who is running against incumbent Governor Bobby Jindal, said during an appearance at a Baton Rouge Press Club luncheon that he'd want to revamp the Medicaid program, but would be open to accepting government funds to enroll low income people in insurance. It's not clear whether he means he'd want to enroll people in state-funded private insurance plans (like Arkansas), but he said he was open as long as it didn't "draw state resources away from other spending priorities like higher education," according to the Associated Press.

5 Hacks To Help You Save Money on College Posted: 16 Jun 2014 01:16 PM PDT The numbers are mind-blowing: Estimates last year found that the cost of a college education increased more than 500 percent since 1985. "You basically have to start working on it your freshman year of high school," explains Kirby Parnell, who is at Eckerd College in Florida as a Gates Scholar.

Starbucks clears college degree path for employees Posted: 16 Jun 2014 10:56 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks is giving its baristas a bargain on an online college education.

Starbucks to pay college tuition for thousands of baristas Posted: 16 Jun 2014 10:37 AM PDT Starbucks, which already offers its employees a number of generous perks such as company stock and pensions, announced Monday that it would pay college tuition costs in part or in full for thousands of its baristas. The Starbucks College Advancement Plan was created in conjunction with Arizona State University. It will offer full scholarships to employees with at least two years of college credit who enroll in ASU's online program, and partial scholarships for freshmen and sophomores. Of the 135,000 US-based Starbucks employees who work at least 20 hours per week – and are thus eligible for the grant – about 70 percent are currently attending or plan to attend college in the future.

Starbucks Will Pay to Send Employees to (Online) College Posted: 16 Jun 2014 07:40 AM PDT Starbucks will announce a plan Monday to cover college tuition costs for its employees, if they enroll in Arizona State University's online degree program.  The company will cover partial costs for the first two years, supplemented with school and federal aid, and reimburse the full cost employees pay for the final two years of an online bachelor's program. The plan comes with a few caveats, according to The New York Times: employees must work at least 20 hours per week at Starbucks and meet admission criteria for ASU. The online program at ASU admission requirements are the same as general admission, with average SAT reading and math scores of 508 and 491, respectively, an ACT score of 22, and a high school GPA of at least 3.0 necessary for acceptance.

Prolific philanthropist, education advocate dies Posted: 15 Jun 2014 08:36 PM PDT Jim Rogers, a philanthropist and education advocate who served as chancellor of Nevada's higher education system from 2005 to 2009 without pay, died Saturday evening at his Las Vegas home after a bout ...

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