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.

News Roundup: Page 14

Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange Set To Return to U of Washington Tacoma as Chancellor

Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange is set to become chancellor of the University of Washington (UW) Tacoma on Sept. 16. Her appointment is pending approval by the UW Board of Regents. Currently president of Seattle Central College, Edwards Lange holds previous years of experience at UW, serving as vice president for minority affairs and diversity from […]

African-American

‘Influential Yet Unsung’ Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson Has Died at 99

Gloria Richardson, “an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer,” has died at age 99 in New York City, reports The Associated Press. By organizing the the Cambridge Movement on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1962, Richardson became the first woman to lead a prolonged grassroots civil rights movement outside of the Deep South. The movement […]

Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee leader Gloria Richardson s

Six Pennsylvania Universities to Merge Into Two New Institutions

Six state-owned universities in Pennsylvania will merge into two new institutions, reports CBS Philly, following a unanimous vote by the State System of Higher Education’s governing board. Pennsylvania’s Bloomsburg, Mansfield and Lock Haven universities will form one institution. Western Pennsylvania’s California, Clarion and Edinboro universities will form the other. The university system hopes to raise […]

PHOTO – Lock Haven University – Campus View

$15M Grant Will Help U of California Recruit and Mentor Diverse Faculty

The University of California (UC) has received a $15 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP), which “encourages outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers” at the university. The most-recent funding will go toward expanding the number of PPFP fellowships and establishing a hiring […]

Association of American Medical Colleges President Urges Members to Require COVID-19 Vaccines

With COVID-19 cases rising in many states and the rapid spread of the Delta variant, Dr. David J. Skorton, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), is urging all member institutions to require vaccinations for its employees. In a statement, he wrote, “we have tragically lost some health care personnel to […]

David-Skorton-sitting-on-a-chair

Saint Louis U School of Nursing Receives $2.1M Grant To Increase Workforce Diversity

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a nursing workforce diversity grant, worth $2.1 million in federal funds, to Saint Louis University’s Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing. This is the third time the school has received the HRSA grant, which supports recruitment, enrollment, retention and graduation of students from underrepresented and disadvantaged […]

nursing-school-aerial-960

Penn State’s College of Nursing Receives Historic $27M Gift

Penn State’s College of Nursing has received a pledged gift of $27.125 million from Ross and Carol Nese, longtime supporters of the college. It is the largest gift ever given to the College of Nursing and the second-largest single commitment to an academic unit in Penn State’s history. In honor of the Neses’ “landmark commitment,” […]

IMG_8576 edited

Marquette University’s College of Education Receives Grant to Strengthen Behavioral Health Workforce

To meet the growing need for child and adolescent clinical mental health counselors, the United States Department of Health and Human Services gifted $980,000 to Marquette University’s College of Education. Through the funding, 62 students in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology will receive internship stipends until 2025 to complete clinical placements in […]

students-campus

NSF Awards $1M Grant to Fund UAlbany’s STEM Retention Efforts

Focused on retaining more women and women of color in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, the National Science Foundation awarded $1 million to the State University of New York at Albany (UAlbany). The three-year grant will fund the Striving to Achieve Gender Equity in STEM (SAGES) project to offer increased campus support, departmental […]

Rodriguez, Havidan_dsc1349

‘Case for Campus Housing’ Study Finds Benefits to Living on Campus

First-year students who live on campus are 2% more likely to continue on to their second year than those who do not, according to a new report, “The Case for Campus Housing,” from the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I). ACUHO-I says that difference could be due to the proximity of […]

hero-livingoncampus

LA-Tech.org Provides 1,000 Tech Internships to Underrepresented LA Students

LA-Tech.org, a nonprofit dedicated to introducing underrepresented LA communities to the tech sector, will provide 1,000 paid internships to students over the next two years. LA-Tech.org is collaborating with tech companies to design and monitor the internship experience “so the companies feel fully equipped to provide exceptional internships,” which typically last between 10-12 weeks. Alongside […]

startup-849804_640

University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Posse Arts Partner to Recruit Underrepresented Artists

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is partnering with The Posse Foundation, a diversity-focused scholarship organization, on a new initiative to recruit, train and support talented — but underrepresented — students in the arts. The initiative, called Posse Arts, was conceived in collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, the brain behind Hamilton and […]

Sakinah-Bennett-Bard-Scholar

Page 14 of 461

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