Welcome to The EDU Ledger.com! Weâve moved from Diverse.
Welcome to The EDU Ledger! Weâve moved from Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.
Subscribe
Students
Faculty & Staff
Leadership & Policy
Podcasts
Top 100
Advertise
Jobs
Shop
COVID-19: Page 13
African-American
Georgia Power Gives Six Georgia HBCUs $1.625 Million for Tech and Development
Georgia Power is giving six of Georgiaâs historically Black colleges and universities $1.625 million for technology, infrastructure and development in the 2020-2021 academic year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The six HBCUs are Albany State University, Clark Atlanta University, Fort Valley State University, Morehouse College, Savannah State University and Spelman College. The gift is part of [âŚ]
Faculty & Staff
Purdue Gives Faculty and Staff $750 âAppreciation Awardsâ for In-Person Service
More than 15,000 Purdue University faculty, staff and graduate student staff will be getting $750 âappreciation awardsâ for keeping the West Lafayette campus open during COVID-19, Journal & Courier reported. Purdue President Mitch Daniels congratulated the employees in a letter sent last week, one day after the school moved to online learning for the rest [âŚ]
COVID-19
Experts Say Higher Ed Leaders Should Avoid Playing a âNumbers Gameâ With COVID-19
The response to COVID-19 has been mixed this fall. Some campuses, like the Atlanta University Center institutions in Georgia and the entire California State University system, pulled back in-person instruction and moved totally online. Others moved forward with in-person instruction but found themselves having to scale back amenities and implement social distancing protocols on campus.
COVID-19
Princeton Will Allow Students Back on Campus in Spring Under Stricter Guidelines
Princeton University will allow undergraduate students back on or near campus for the spring semester, granted they follow the schoolâs safety guidelines, CNN reported. The announcement is facing criticism from students. Students will still be required to abide by standard mask and social distancing policies. But they will also have to live on their own [âŚ]
African-American
Fewer Black Men Are Enrolling in Community Colleges This Semester Due to COVID-19
Fewer Black men are enrolled in community college this semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fox 13 reported. Black male enrollment at community colleges has declined 14%, according to some national education reports. There has been an overall average decline of 12.6% from fall 2019 to fall 2020 in the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) [âŚ]
African-American
TMCF, Honda, Omaze Partner to Offer Chance to Win Limited Edition Honda Civic Type R
Honda has partnered with online fundraising platform Omaze and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to offer the potential prize of the very first 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition for the U.S. The winner will also receive a driving experience on the track with Honda IndyCar driver, Colton Herta. Donations will support TMCF, [âŚ]
COVID-19
Students Leave Campus for ThanksgivingâWill They Return?
Kentucky got beat by Alabama pretty bad last Saturday in football. But Iâm sure my friend Ted Schatzki, a professor of Geography, and of Philosophy and Sociology, and the former senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky is more concerned if his school will get badly beaten-up by the coronavirus over the next few months. Students at UK began clearing out last weekend from university housing to begin their journey home. Theyâre expected to stay there after the holiday, take exams online, and then return at the end of January. But will they return to campus? Will it be safe enough?
COVID-19
Columbia University Suspends MBA Students for International Travel
At least 70 MBA students have been temporarily banned from Columbia Universityâs campus for traveling during COVID-19. The group took a trip to Turks and Caicos, a violation of the schoolâs travel policy, which prohibits both domestic and international travel. âAll academic- or work-related travel, domestic or international, is suspended,â the universityâs website reads. The [âŚ]
COVID-19
President-Elect Joe Biden Considering Dr. James E.K. Hildreth for The Coronavirus Taskforce
President-elect Joe Biden has made the raging COVID-19 pandemic a priority for his incoming administration, naming a list of prominent scientists, researchers, scholars and government health leaders to a new coronavirus taskforce. Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, an infectious disease expert and president of the historically Black Meharry Medical College, may also play a role in shaping the nationâs coronavirus response in the new administration.
COVID-19
Grinnell College Eliminates Student Loans in Response to COVID-19-Related Financial Strains
Grinnell College, a small liberal arts college nestled between Des Moines and Iowa City, Iowa, announced Wednesday that it has revolutionized its financial aid system to completely eliminate loans from studentsâ financial aid packages.
African-American
U of Michigan to Hire 20 Tenure-Track Faculty as Part of Anti-Racism Initiative
The University of Michigan (UM) will hire at least 20 tenure-track faculty â versed in academic work on structural racism and racial inequality â over the next three years as part of its new anti-racism initiative. âWeâre building on all of the existing focus, attention, expertise, commitment with the specifics in terms of focus on [âŚ]
COVID-19
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on ROTC Programs
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected Reserve Officersâ Training Corps (ROTC) programs at higher ed institutions across the country in unique ways.
Previous Page
Page 13 of 54
Next Page
Find A Job
Post A Job
Featured Jobs
Instructor - Organic Chemistry
Arizona State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies
University of Pennsylvania, Cinema and Media Studies
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Senior Communications and Public Relations Specialist
New Mexico Tech
Director of Information Technology
Michigan School of Psychology
Assistant Director for Student Leadership
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Premium Employers
The trusted source for all job seekers
We have an extensive variety of listings for both academic and non-academic positions at postsecondary institutions.
Read More
