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.

Search

Section: Students
Students
Report: College Enrollment Gender Gap Widens for White, Hispanic Students
The gap between White and Hispanic undergraduates has widened, according to a new gender equity study released Tuesday by the American Council on Education.
July 11, 2006
Students
Emory Brings Slave Trade Database to the Web
Emory University scholars were recently awarded grants to make accessible and free on the Internet a mammoth database of the voyages of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
July 9, 2006
Students
King Papers Position Morehouse For Change
Morehouse College stands to gain much more than the 10,000 documents in the collection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s writings bought by a coalition of business leaders, individuals and philanthropic leaders in Atlanta.
July 2, 2006
legend2_001
Students
Community College Transfers Shut Out of Elite Colleges
The doors of the nation’s most selective four-year colleges and universities have begun closing in the faces of aspiring low-income transfer students from community colleges over the last two decades, a new study suggests.
June 28, 2006
Students
Nation’s “Best Schools” Fail Minorities
Many of the high schools on Newsweek’s popular annual lists of the nation’s Top 100 schools have glaring achievement gaps between the races and high dropout rates, according to a new report.
June 28, 2006
Students
Student Activism at its Best
To show their support of diversity in higher education, hundreds, if not thousands…
June 28, 2006
hilary_025
Students
Increasing Student Loan Rates
For Carmen Berkley, an African-American student leader with five college loans and some knowledge of the financial aid system…
June 28, 2006
girl
Students
Virginia State Boosts Aid to Limit Student Debt
Beginning this fall, academically gifted, low-income Virginia State University students will get enough financial…
June 28, 2006
foto2_009
Students
Demanding Divestment From Sudan
Bowing to student demands to “stop supporting genocide,” the University of California regents voted earlier this year to divest…
June 28, 2006
sudan3
Students
Celebrating 40 Years of Activism
Armed with well-honed leadership skills, established organizational techniques and a fearless demeanor…
June 28, 2006
years4
Students
The Current State of Black Student Unions
Diverse surveyed the leaders of 23 BSUs across the country to see how the organizations have evolved over the years…
June 28, 2006
Students
Grants & Awards
Norfolk State University (Va.) received a $1 million gift from Ernest M. Hodge, founder and co-CEO of March/Hodge Automotive Group and a 1975 alumnus of the university. The gift will establish the Ernest M. Hodge Center for Entrepreneurship in the School of Business. The University of Arizona has received a $1.4 million grant from the […]
June 28, 2006
grants
Students
The Struggles of Foreign-born Faculty
The Struggles of Foreign-born Faculty Conflicts between African and African-American professors must be addressed…
June 28, 2006
nwgainmbi
Students
Celebrating 40 Years of Activism
Armed with well-honed leadership skills, established organizational techniques and a fearless demeanor…
June 27, 2006
years4_001
Students
Financial Aid, Accountability Focus of Federal Panel, But Not Diversity
A major increase in need-based financial aid — plus more accountability for colleges — are among the major themes of a blue-ribbon federal panel’s draft report on higher education reform that focuses relatively little attention on diversity.
June 26, 2006
Students
NCCU Goes on Offense: We’re Not a “Poor Cousin” to Duke
In its coverage of the Duke University men’s lacrosse rape story, the media for months has contrasted the elite, privileged world of Duke with the struggling-to-get-by image of the historically Black North Carolina Central University, where the alleged rape victim is a student.
June 26, 2006
review3
Students
New Course To Help Teachers Relate To American Indian Students
Prospective teachers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will soon be able to learn the subtle and sometimes striking differences between American Indian students and their classmates.
June 21, 2006
hatred
Students
Higher Student Loan Rates Said To Impact Minorities
While higher interest rates alone may not persuade minority students to put off their education, it is one of several trends that may affect access, says Thomas Mortensen, a higher education analyst with Postsecondary Education Opportunity.
June 19, 2006
Previous Page
Next Page