Behind the headlines home grown Human Trafficking. Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, healthcare reform split. The Obamacare Free Birth Control mandate got an unlikely ally this week. The Catholic Health association or cha now says its okay with the administrations latest compromise. Obamacare mandates all insurance should cover contraceptives free of charge. But members of the catholic hierarchy objected and catholic owners of faithbased nonprofits filed lawsuits saying that mandate violates their free exercise religious rights. The cha represents hospitals that treat one in six american patients. The latest administration compromise puts insurance providers, not catholic hospitals or faithbased nonprofits, in direct touch with employees to provide free Birth Control. It takes the protesting hospitals and nonprofits out of the loop and does not use any of their funds to provide the disputed cov
To keep up, business schools themselves must change. Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business – long a top business school for graduate students – launched a brand new program for undergrads in 2021 to create leaders for issues like the energy transition. Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business – known for its pioneering approach to merging technology with business – has a new dean with a strong vision.
Jamie Prenkert, dean of the Carlson School of Management, at the Minnesota State Fair last summer. Carlson School photos About six and a half years ago, Poets&Quants profiled Jamie Prenkert for our annual 40-under-40 . The post The P&Q Interview: Jamie Prenkert, Dean Of Minnesota Carlson appeared first on Poets&Quants.