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
Banks Cut Off Wisconsin Two-year College Students’ Access to Loans
Several lenders say they will no longer give loans to students at Wisconsin’s 16 technical colleges and 13 two-year colleges.
June 4, 2008
Students
HBCUs as Liberatory Agents
Black colleges maintained vital resources for sustaining the Black freedom struggle of the middle 20th century. Logistically, they were institutions with a pre-organized group of constituents, established leaders, networks and meeting space.
June 3, 2008
book1_008
Students
U.S. State Department Reinstates Fulbright Scholarships to 7 Gaza Students
The United States has reinstated the Fulbright scholarships of seven Gaza Strip students blocked by Israel from leaving the Hamas-ruled territory, the State Department said Monday.
June 2, 2008
Students
Univ. of NC A&T Audit Shows $10K Misused
An annual audit of North Carolina A&T State University found 27 percent of the scholarships reserved for the Bookstore Scholarship Fund for needy students were awarded to relatives of university employees.
June 1, 2008
Students
Diversity Themes Feature Prominently at 30th Annual NISOD Conference
“We’re an open-door institution, but not enough African-American men are finding that door,” said Dr. Stephanie Bulger, explaining to NISOD Conference attendees about an ambitious plan the Wayne County Community College District has launched to enroll 1,000 Black men within the next five years.
May 29, 2008
Students
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2008
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination.
May 28, 2008
Students
Understanding the “Bling-bling Generation”
Many of the constructs that describe Millennials, or 21st-century young people, also referred to as Generation M, don’t seem to apply to Black undergraduates, according to research in the current National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal. Sheltered, indulged, protected. These describe most millennials, but for students of color “these factors have been at best […]
May 28, 2008
Students
A Waning Priority
Despite high expectations with Democratic Congress, public policy groups are losing hopes of repealing financial aid ban on students convicted of minor drug offenses.
May 28, 2008
Students
Fostering an Inclusive Environment
Leaders at Cal Poly Pomona aim to create an inclusive environment for undocumented students, first by creating an AB 540 liaison.
May 28, 2008
foto1_032
Students
Tried, Tested, Yet Undeterred
After overturned prison sentence, Marcus Dixon blazes a stellar record of academic and athletic achievement at Hampton University.
May 28, 2008
foto2_023
Students
Youth on Fire
Distinctive books show how the struggle for rights and recognition rests on new generations.
May 28, 2008
book3_003
Students
Public Relations Masks the Real College-Access Crisis
The wealthiest universities enroll the smallest percentage of low-income students — this has to change.
May 28, 2008
foto1_028
Students
Community College Financial Aid Lacking for N.C. Students, Report Finds
A report released today criticizes the grant and financial aid programs that serve the state’s 58 community colleges, saying the aid programs fall short of the financial support a typical community college student needs.
May 21, 2008
Students
Feds Offer Help to Student Loan Industry
Student loan companies, squeezed by the credit crisis, are getting some help from the federal government.
May 21, 2008
Students
Online School Targets Hispanics, Students At Risk
The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.
May 20, 2008
Students
New Online School Targets Hispanics, At-risk Students
The state’s newest virtual charter school is expected to go online this fall, but only after a strategic campaign to recruit Hispanics and teenagers at risk of quitting or getting kicked out of public high schools.
May 19, 2008
Students
Policymakers Seek to Ensure No Disruptions In Student Loan Availability
Congressional leaders are considering a variety of bills to impede a late summer student loan crisis.
May 14, 2008
Students
False Alarms
Attention-seeking students fabricate crimes to generate the media and community response that real campus tragedies command.
May 14, 2008
foto4_009
Previous Page
Next Page