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
African-American
Asian American Pacific Islander
Disabilties
Latinx
LGBTQ+
Native Americans
Women
Faculty & Staff
Health
Institutions
Leadership & Policy
Military
On the Move
Opinion
Sports
Students
Enter search phrase
Search
Section: Demographics
Sports
King’s Dream Should Spark Lives of Service
The question posed by King and reaffirmed by others is, “What are you doing for others?”
February 3, 2013
African-American
Scholars Work to Highlight Contributions of Anti-Lynching Activist Wells
The significance of Ida B. Wells as a pioneering activist and journalist sometimes has been overlooked or minimized in African-American history.
February 3, 2013
African-American
Passion for Creative Solutions, Social Justice Motivate USSA President
Every encouraging parent has a punch line—words of affirmation, motivation and positive reinforcement—to guide a child toward success.
January 31, 2013
LGBTQ+
Divided We Fail: Replicating the Successes and Avoiding the Mistakes of Desegregation
On June 28, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that officially ended the era of school desegregation that followed Brown v. Board of Education.
January 30, 2013
Asian American Pacific Islander
You know MLK, but do you know FTK?: Why we all should celebrate Fred T. Korematsu
In 1942, Korematsu, when he was all of 23, refused the U.S. government’s order to be placed in an internment camp for Japanese Americans.
January 29, 2013
Students
All 23 Florida Four-year Colleges OK $10K Degrees
Gov. Rick Scott says all 23 state colleges offering four-year degrees in Florida have accepted his $10,000 tuition challenge.
January 28, 2013
African-American
Diverse Conversations: The First Eight Months
An interview with Dr. Kent Smith, the new president of Langston University, to talk about the first eight months of his presidency.
January 28, 2013
African-American
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Establishes President-in-Residence Position
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has appointed John W. Garland, the former president of Central State University, to be its first President-in-Residence.
January 28, 2013
Disabilties
Sports Are a Civil Right for Disabled, US Says
Breaking new ground, the U.S. Education Department is telling schools they must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternative options.
January 27, 2013
African-American
College Survey: Finance Worries Up, Politics Shift
Each year since 1966, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute has conducted a massive survey of incoming freshmen at four-year colleges, asking questions about their motivations, their plans and their political views.
January 24, 2013
Students
North Carolina HBCUs Hold Hazing Summit
Five North Carolina HBCUs joined together in an effort to increase hazing awareness and attempt to combat it.
January 24, 2013
Students
It’s Tough to Trailblaze: Challenges of First-Generation College Students
College attendance has become less of a privilege and more of a necessity in the contemporary workforce.
January 23, 2013
African-American
With Focus on Diversity, Jackson State to Open Satellite Campus
In a move that’s expected to increase its student diversity, Jackson State University, a historically Black institution, will open a satellite campus in a predominantly White city.
January 23, 2013
Native Americans
Idle No More Brings Native Voices, Tribal Education to the Forefront
Like many Natives and our allies across our Grandmother Earth, Unci Maka, I have joined the Idle No More movement, attending round dance gatherings, praying for Chief Theresa Spence and her supporters, sharing the stories I hear and read and perusing news and opinion pieces.
January 23, 2013
Students
Incoming Freshmen Consider Cost and Value of Degree When Choosing School
The desires to get a good job and earn more money are playing historically high roles in incoming freshmen’s reasons for going to college.
January 23, 2013
Students
Tribal Colleges in NM Seek Scholarship Eligibility
Tribal colleges in New Mexico want their students to have the same eligibility for the state’s lottery scholarships as students attending state colleges and universities.
January 22, 2013
Students
HBCUs Increase International Presence by Hosting 1,000 Brazilian Students
Historically Black institutions are preparing to accommodate Brazilian students in support of the U.S.’s Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination.
January 22, 2013
African-American
Despite Great Strides, HBCUs and NCAA-Recognized Athletic Conferences Face Challenges
In 1912, nine college administrators gathered on the campus of Hampton Institute to discuss collegiate athletics at Black institutions of higher learning. The result of this meeting was the formation of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the first athletic conference designated for Black collegiate sports.
January 22, 2013
Previous Page
Next Page
