Midwife Education in the South Decreasing while Black Infant Deaths Increasing

Miami Dade College, the largest institute of higher learning in the U.S., closes its midwifery program, citing economic distress.  The students and community protest, citing Governor Crist’s Black Infant Health Initiative (BIHI).   MIAMI, FL.  (August 23,...

Miami-Dade College Offering Midwifery Students A Cold Shoulder

This is a follow-up to this article.This letter was written by the Miami-Dade College Medical Center Campus President, addressed to the would-be midwifery students of the fall 2008 class: ""...the Fall 2008 Midwifery Program class was contingent upon a minimum of 25...

Miami-Dade College Suspends Midwifery Program

This should be a sad day for women as the only institution of higher education in the U.S. that offers direct-entry midwifery education, closes the program for supposed financial reasons.As of the 2008 estimates in The World Factbook by the CIA, the United States ranks 42nd...