Search | The EDU Ledger

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.

Type: Article

Department of Defense Report Gives Recommendations for Diversity and Inclusion in Military

A recent report from the Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion is calling for “aggressive integration” of diversity and inclusion into military department culture, stating that underrepresentation in senior officer ranks persists today. The Dec. 18 report – “Recommendations to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military” – makes […]

December 31, 2020

Dr. Gary Packard, Jr.

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 […]

December 31, 2020

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 […]

December 31, 2020

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 […]

December 31, 2020

University of Maryland

Reflecting Back to Move Equity in Education Forward

As we embark upon a new year, it is important for education leaders to reflect on 2020 in order to assess what we got right, determine what went wrong, and then set a course for a more equitable education for all students in 2021.

December 31, 2020

Dean Lynn 6[131718]

The Stimulus Package: A Win For Incarcerated Students

As Congress’s stimulus package heads to the president’s desk for signing, the legislation has major implications for students in prison, including a reversal of the 26-year ban on Pell grants for incarcerated students.

December 31, 2020

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 […]

December 31, 2020

Dr. Walter Hawthorne

Common App Turns to Artificial Intelligence Chatbot to Guide Low-Income and First-Generation Students

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, college applications dropped, especially among first-generation and low-income students, according to the latest Common App data, which analyzed applications submitted through Nov. 16. Common App is launching a new initiative aimed at addressing the problem – an artificial intelligence chatbot named Ollie, designed to guide students through the admissions process.

December 30, 2020

Native Americans

Indigenous Scholars Celebrate Rep. Deb Haaland’s Nomination for Secretary of the Interior

Indigenous scholars are celebrating President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland for secretary of the interior. A Democratic Congresswoman from New Mexico, Haaland would be the first Native American in the position.

December 30, 2020

rep-haaland-official

Biden to Tap Dr. Miguel Cardona for Secretary of Education Post

Dr. Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education commissioner, has emerged as President-elect Joe Biden’s top pick for U.S. secretary of education.

December 22, 2020

Dr. Miguel Cardona

183-Year-Old Women’s College To Close If It Doesn’t Raise $500,000 by Dec. 31

Founded in 1838, the all-women’s Judson College has weathered multiple wars, The Great Depression, two fires and several recessions — but 2020 may have been too much.

December 22, 2020

African-American

It Makes Me Wanna Holler: The Need for Self-Care for Black Soldiers on the Frontlines

For “Black soldiers on the frontlines” of the liberation struggle, if we were to be honest with ourselves, 2020 has been a year that has “made us want to holler.”

December 22, 2020

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 […]

December 22, 2020

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 […]

December 22, 2020

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. […]

December 22, 2020

Year in Review: 2020 Brought ‘Precedent-Setting’ Changes to Higher Ed

COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement dominated the headlines in 2020, but there were also precedent-setting events in higher education that garnered our attention.

December 22, 2020

In Memoriam: Remembering Those We Lost in 2020

In this memoriam, Diverse pays tribute to a few of the trendsetters and trailblazers, innovators and educators, scholars and thought leaders, champions and caretakers whom we lost in 2020. What links them is the indelible mark they left on the lives of countless students, higher education, society and the world.

December 22, 2020

DAVID DRISKELL _

Dr. Tiffany Jones Leaves The Education Trust For the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Tiffany Jones will be joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as its deputy director of measurement, learning and evaluation. Formerly the senior director of higher education policy at The Education Trust, Jones has spent four years at the national nonprofit for higher education reform, advocating for students of color and students from low-income families.

December 21, 2020

DSC_3886-360×540