Welcome to The EDU Ledger.com! We’ve moved from Diverse.
Welcome to The EDU Ledger! We’ve moved from Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

Demographics: Page 463

African-American
Leaders Sound Alarm for High School Class of 2012
During a Congressional Black Caucus panel discussion titled “The Class of 2012,” Florida Memorial University chief Henry Lewis said one of the biggest societal needs is for more students to get educated in the STEM fields.
African-American
Congressional Black Caucus Forum Highlights Achievement Gap Strategies
To eliminate the oft-cited “achievement gap” between Black and White students, the Howard University School of Education dean recommended the federal government invest more heavily in HBCU teacher preparation programs.
Dr. Leslie Fenwick
African-American
Historic Black Meeting House in Boston Restored
The nation’s oldest existing Black church building is nearing completion of a restoration project done with the help of $4 million in federal stimulus funds.
Faculty & Staff
CSU-Northridge, UCLA Researchers Try To Harness Brain-Computer Interface Technology for Wheelchairs
The technology has the potential to provide a new degree of freedom to disabled users.
C.T. Lin
Students
University of Tennessee Martin’s First Black Student Remembers Challenges
In a ceremony on Thursday marking 50 years of integration, Jessie Pryor recalled her first day of class in 1961, when she was just 16 years old.
Jessie Pryor
Students
Commentary: Remember Asian American and Pacific Islander Students
AAPIs have some of the largest disparities in education such as high secondary school dropout rates and low college attendance.
Neil Horikoshi
Latinx
Veteran Educator Leads John Jay College’s Prison Re-Entry Institute
For roughly 40 years, Ann Jacobs has been helping the formerly incarcerated navigate a post-prison world.
Ann Jacobs
Sports
Fox Sports Cancels College Athletics Show After Video Mocks Asians
Video of students at University of Southern California campus asking them to welcome Colorado and Utah to the Pac-12 Conference and then mocking their accents was removed and the network issued an apology.
Lou D’Ermilio
African-American
Global Forum: Collaboration Yields Dialogue, Hope and Shelter in a Broken World
Educational exchanges afford others the opportunity to learn about the United States, while American academic research can have broad impact across international borders, an international educator writes.
Karen Jenkins
African-American
Virginia State University Drumline Performs at the White House
Less than a month after they performed with fellow band members in the Honda Battle of the Bands showcase, an eight-person drumline from the Virginia State University’s Trojan Explosion marching band entertained guests at the Feb. 26 executive order signing for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities by President Barack Obama.
Faculty & Staff
Talking ‘Microaggressions’ With Dr. Derald Wing Sue
Columbia University psychology professor Derald Wing Sue recently spoke to Diverse about his latest book, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. The book insightfully describes the existence of subtle, often unintentional biases and their considerable impact on members of traditionally disadvantaged groups.
LGBTQ+
Saluting Dorothy Height
Cox, Matthews & Associates, the publisher of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, is proud to honor the life of celebrated civil rights activist Dorothy Height.
Previous Page
Page 463 of 721
Next Page
Find A JobPost A Job
Featured Jobs
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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
The trusted source for all job seekers