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 68

Former N.C. A&T Chancellor Dr. James Renick Dead at 72

Former N.C. A&T Chancellor Dr. James Renick, 72, died Jan. 3 from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the News & Record reported. His daughter, Karinda Renick, had said on Facebook that James was ill since late 2019 and was later diagnosed with the incurable amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which affects nerve cells in […]

James C. Renick

Dr. Raheem Beyah Appointed Dean of College of Engineering at Georgia Tech

Dr. Raheem Beyah has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. Beyah is currently the school’s vice president for Interdisciplinary Research, executive director of the Online Master of Science in Cybersecurity program and Motorola Foundation Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Beyah holds a master’s and Ph.D. in […]

Dr. Raheem Beyah

Asian American Pacific Islander

Recalling an Affirmative Gesture

The college radio station is where I learned to be me. Maybe that’s because the radio audience doesn’t really see me. I was just a voice. Just like on the page or screen, the words are my voice through you. So you don’t instantly reject them. They could be your thoughts. But listening to me is like me actually getting inside your ear. It’s more passively invasive. And then it all works on your imagination.

Emil_Photo–again_edited

Judson College Meets Fundraising Goals, Stays Open

Judson College, the sixth oldest U.S. women’s college will stay open, having met its fundraising goals, Alabama Political Reporter reported. In December, the all-women Alabama school had said that it would close by the year’s end without $500,000 in donations and $1 million in long-term contributions by Dec. 31. “The Judson community surpassed the $500,000 […]

Washburn University to Name Law School Plaza After Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole

Washburn University will name a new plaza outside its new law school building after former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, with the Washburn University Alumni Association and Foundation announcing that a $1 million matching gift challenge had been completed, WIBW reported. Mark and Lisa Heitz created the challenge to honor Dole, a war hero, native Kansan […]

Former Sen. Bob Dole

Wayne County Community College District to Cut Tuition for Students Registering Jan. 1 to Jan. 19

Wayne County Community College District will cut their tuition in half across all academic and career programs for students who register between Jan. 1 and Jan. 19, 2021 for the spring semester, according to a WCCCD press release. This comes as part of the “New Day, New Way” initiative. Students already registered for the spring […]

University of Maryland to Name Two Residence Halls After Four Diversity Trailblazers

The University of Maryland is naming two new residence halls after four students who were trailblazers in helping bring diversity to campus, WJLA reported. The halls will be named after Hiram Whittle, the first African American male to be admitted to the university in 1951; Elaine Johnson Coates, the first African American female to graduate […]

University of Maryland

African-American

Michigan State University Launches Database of Enslaved Africans

Michigan State University has launched a record database of enslaved Africans and descendants affected by the North Atlantic Slave Trade, WDET reported. Enslaved.org – launched in December – has “archives, museums and family histories that are uniquely linked together,” WDET reported. “The interesting thing about enslaved.org is it has the capacity to link datasets to […]

Dr. Walter Hawthorne

Former Congresswoman Appointed Dean of Regent University School of Government

Former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann will be dean of Regent University’s Robertson School of Government, effective Jan. 1, The Virginian-Pilot reported. She was the first Republican woman from Minnesota elected to the House and ran for president in 2012. Bachmann is known for her advocacy of ultraconservative causes, such as banning abortion “even in cases of […]

Michele Bachmann

Rutgers University Names Residence Hall after Late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Rutgers University will name a residence hall at Rutgers-Newark after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was also on the Rutgers law faculty, according to a Rutgers press release. 15 Washington Street – a 17-story building in Newark – will be renamed Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall. Ginsburg was a professor at […]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Dr. Amy Waer Named Dean of Texas A&M University College of Medicine

Dr. Amy Waer will be dean of the Texas A&M University College of Medicine, effective Jan. 1, according to a Texas A&M press release. Waer has been serving as interim dean since September 2019. During her tenure as interim dean, Waer continued to operate as executive dean for education and academic programs for the college. […]

Lubbock Christian U Receives $810,000 Gift For Scholarships, Faculty Development

Lubbock Christian University has received a $810,000 gift to fund student scholarships and faculty development from the estates of Bill and Mildred Crozier and Lewis Wayne Crozier, a family from the nearby city of Midland, Texas, reports KCBD 11 news. “The Crozier family’s significant investment into the students and faculty at Lubbock Christian University is […]

Page 68 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