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.

Institutions: Page 601

Community Colleges

Community College Automotive Program Recognized

Community College Automotive Program Recognized By DaimlerChrysler NEVILLE ISLAND, Pa.The DaimlerChrysler Corp. has named Community College of Allegheny County a College Automotive Program (CAP) School of the Year in recognition of the college’s commitment to excellence in automotive education and training.The DaimlerChrysler CAP program, offered at CCAC’s Technology Center on Neville Island, is one of […]

Reforms Needed to Boost Graduation Rates, Educators Tell Congress

Reforms Needed to Boost Graduation Rates, Educators Tell CongressBy Peggy OrchowskiAmerica’s college graduation rates need a shot in the arm, according to educators who recently discussed the renewal of the Higher Education Act with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Without reforms, the educators agreed, the country’s future is in danger.“Today, (only) 63 percent of students who […]

Making Statements, Staking Claims And Demanding Change

Making Statements, Staking Claims And Demanding ChangeIn this edition we take somewhat of a break from our usual features to profile one of the most anticipated arts festivals in the country — Spoleto. Assistant editor Kendra Hamilton willingly took a trip to her hometown of Charleston, S.C., earlier this summer to cover the annual event, […]

Is there a Doctorate In the House?

Is there a Doctorate In the House?In the battle to increase the numbers of African American Ph.D.s in science, technology and engineering, the nation may just have a secret weapon: historically Black colleges and universities. The statement may sound improbable. After all, only a handful of the nation’s HBCUs offer doctoral programs. And education has […]

Survey Reveals 48 Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools

Survey Reveals 48 Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools BALTIMOREAsecond annual survey conducted by Career Communications Group Inc. (CCG) has found that 48 companies and government agencies are considered most supportive of historically Black engineering schools.CCG asked the deans of the 10 ABET-accredited, historically Black college and university (HBCU) engineering programs; the dean of engineering […]

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending Bill

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending BillHBCUs, community colleges receive small victoriesBy Charles DervaricsBlack colleges are one of the few winners in a new 2005 House education spending bill that largely holds the line on federal funding for higher education, including core financial aid programs essential for needy students.The main federal program for […]

Slow and Steady

Slow and SteadySurmounting difficult terrain to achieve meaningful success — whether one pursues a Ph.D. or takes a leadership position at a college or university — represents an underlying theme of our annual Top 100 graduate school issue. In this year’s edition, we capture compelling portraits of both struggle and accomplishment as we present the […]

Faculty & Staff

Award-Winning Approaches to Retention

Award-Winning Approaches to RetentionHigher education consulting firm Noel-Levitz recognizes a handful of universities with the most effective retention programsRetaining incoming freshmen is one of the most critical issues colleges and universities face, particularly among minority, poor and first-generation students. Though university retention programs share many similarities, institutions take many different and innovative approaches to best […]

Fayetteville State Names New Chancellor

Fayetteville State Names New ChancellorFAYETTEVILLE, N.C.A new chancellor has been named at Fayetteville State University and the person filling the post will be the third woman and the first African American woman to lead a state university. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted last month to name Dr. T.J. Bryan as the […]

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising Campaign

Bob Dole to Chair Bennett College Fund-Raising CampaignGREENSBORO, N.C.Former U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole and the historically Black women’s college Bennett might appear to be an unlikely pair. Yet, the two have joined forces recently for an ambitious fund-raising endeavor.The former presidential candidate will serve as chairman of the school’s $50 million “Revitalizing Bennett Campaign,” […]

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending Bill

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending BillCongress vetoes White House plans for Perkins’ cutbackStudent financial aid programs would receive few increases under a new congressional plan to fund federal education programs in 2004.The plan from a House of Representatives panel would maintain the maximum Pell Grant at the current $4,050, with no increase despite […]

Move Over, SI

Move Over, SIMinority sports magazine to debut at year’s end A new magazine focusing exclusively on issues facing Black, Hispanic and other athletes of color is set to hit the newsstands at the end of the year. “The Color of Sports can fill a significant void and have a tremendous influence on shaping the agenda […]

Page 601 of 659

Adjunct Faculty - Theater

Grand Rapids Community College

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Fayetteville State University

Virginia Commonwelath University

The trusted source for all job seekers

We have an extensive variety of listings for both academic and non-academic positions at postsecondary institutions.

The trusted source for all job seekers