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.
Subscribe
Students
Faculty & Staff
Leadership & Policy
Podcasts
Top 100
Advertise
Jobs
Shop
Search
Article
Podcast
Video
Awards/Honors
Community Colleges
Demographics
Faculty & Staff
Health
Institutions
Leadership & Policy
Military
On the Move
Opinion
Sports
Students
Enter search phrase
Search
Section: Students
Students
There’s a Price to Pay for Using Credit Cards
Young consumers are the most vulnerable when it comes to credit cards.
December 26, 2016
Students
Rodriguez: Holidays with a Storm on the Horizon
There are indications that the Trump administration will be anti-education in general, anti-academic freedom specifically, and that it will be hostile to undocumented students.
December 26, 2016
Students
Will.i.am.-backed College Track’s 10-year Plan Working for Students
The California-based nonprofit provides college advising, academic and financial support to first-generation college students over a period of 10 years, starting the summer before 9th grade.
December 26, 2016
Students
Teachable Moments: For Colleges, the Future of Coaching is Now
In project-based learning courses where students tackle open-ended problems, teachable moments do not occur on schedule.
December 22, 2016
Students
Colleges Debate Taking On ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Designation
In public statements and letters, college leaders argue that the concept of a sanctuary campus has no basis in law and that, ultimately, institutions will be required to follow immigration laws.
December 22, 2016
Students
University of Nebraska Starts Institute to Create Businesses
OMAHA, Neb. — The University of Nebraska’s Omaha campuses are opening a new institute to create businesses out of academic ideas. UNeTech is a partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Omaha World-Herald reported. The partnership’s executive director Dr. Rod Markin said UNeTech will be part […]
December 22, 2016
Students
How a Rural Community College Embraces Diversity
Outside the large urban areas, many of us in the United States live in areas where most people around us look, speak, and act like we do.
December 21, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: 3 Trends That HBCUs Must Embrace
Three trends that struggling HBCUs must embrace to remain viable in an ever-evolving higher education landscape.
December 21, 2016
Students
Walker calls ‘Whiteness’ Class at University of Wisconsin ‘Goofy’
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker says a University of Wisconsin-Madison calls titled “The Problem is Whiteness,” is “goofy” and “unusual,” but he’s stopping short of saying it should put UW’s funding in jeopardy. Walker’s comments came after two Republican state lawmakers threatened to pull funding for UW if the class wasn’’t canceled. Rep. Dave […]
December 21, 2016
Students
College, University Enrollment Down 5th Straight Year
The trend threatens the national goal—already behind schedule—of increasing the proportion of the population with degrees.
December 20, 2016
Students
Berea, Drexel Among Promise Neighborhood Grant Winners
Six institutions were announced as winners Tuesday of the U.S. Department of Education’s 2016 Promise Neighborhood grants that fund “cradle to career” support of at-risk children in an effort to lead them to more prosperous lives.
December 20, 2016
Students
Teen Files Rape Suit Against College of Charleston, Fraternity
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A former College of Charleston student is suing the school and a fraternity, saying she was drugged and raped at a party when she was a 17-year-old freshman. The woman went to a party in August hosted by Alpha Epsilon Pi’s Chi Omicron chapter when two of the fraternity’s brothers forced her […]
December 20, 2016
Students
Trump University Settlement Filed for Judge’s Review
SAN DIEGO — Lawyers for Donald Trump and former students of his now-defunct Trump University filed an agreement in court to settle lawsuits alleging that the president-elect defrauded them, signaling that a deal announced last month remains on track for a judge’s approval next year. Trump agreed last month to pay $25 million to settle […]
December 20, 2016
Students
Arkansas State University Campus in Mexico on Track to Open
JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State University’s $75 million campus in Queretaro, Mexico, is on track to open in the fall. The Jonesboro Sun reports the first round of acceptance letters will be sent out Jan. 16. Provost Brad Rawlins says 330 students applied to school at the new campus. The school will initially offer degree […]
December 20, 2016
Students
Columbia University Objects to Vote for Graduates Students to Unionize
NEW YORK — Columbia University has formally objected to a recent vote by the Ivy League institution’s graduate teaching and research assistants to join the United Auto Workers union. The university filed a challenge with the National Labor Relations Board this past Friday regarding a Dec. 9 vote that authorized union representation for Columbia’s graduate […]
December 20, 2016
Students
Washington State Seeks to Increase Foreign Students
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State University wants to increase the number of students from other countries who enroll at the Pullman-based school. The university this week signed an agreement with a company that recruits international students. The effort is part of the school’s goal to become one of the nation’s top 25 public research universities […]
December 20, 2016
Students
Unions Secret Weapons in Sanctuary Campus Push
With less than a month away from a Trump administration and the possible end of the DACA program, there’s a new X factor emerging on whether colleges should become “sanctuary” campuses.
December 19, 2016
Students
Dept. of Education Cuts Charlotte School of Law Lifeline
The Education Department announced Monday that it would deny Charlotte School of Law access to federal student loans.
December 19, 2016
Previous Page
Next Page
