Welcome to The EDU Ledger.com! Weâve moved from Diverse.
Welcome to The EDU Ledger! Weâve moved from Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.
Subscribe
June 4 Edition - Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars & More
Click here for exclusive access!
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
Home
NAACP to March From Selma to Washington, D.C.
As the nation gears up for the 2016 presidential race, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is positioning itself to be a key player, with the announcement of an 860-mile march from Selma, Ala., to Washington, D.C., to train a spotlight on the issues that they want Republican and Democratic hopefuls to address in their respective campaigns.
July 14, 2015
Home
Instructor Uses âFashionmaticsâ to Make Math Exciting
College math instructor Jacqueline Mogey finds a way to make math fun and relatable for students.
July 14, 2015
African-American
Verizon Invests in STEM Education for Black Males
Executives from Morgan State University and the Verizon Wireless Foundation announced a new partnership Tuesday in Baltimore aimed at exposing minority males to STEM via HBCU campuses.
July 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Feds Investigate Hiring Practices at Police Department in Kentucky
The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating hiring practices at the Bowling Green Police Department.
July 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
University Helps Florida Veterans Find Livelihood in Farming
Mat Santos stands at the edge of seven acres of land, the field of his future, pondering what to plant, grow and harvest, and sell.
July 14, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Disney Accepts Sikh Workerâs Turban and Beard
A Sikh American deliveryman who said his routes at Walt Disney World were restricted so visitors wouldnât see his turban and beard has won the right to have the same routes as other delivery workers.
July 14, 2015
Home
For NAACP, Baltimore Prosecutor Shares Story of Her Career
When Baltimore City Stateâs Attorney Marilyn Mosby decided to run for her current office, she reached out to community activists, politicians and business leaders, eager to share her ideas. Almost all of them, she said, discouraged her from seeking election.
July 14, 2015
HBCUs
Contract Under Fire Over ASU Professor Accused of Plagiarism
A Phoenix councilman wants the city to nix a $268,000 contract with Arizona State University history professor Matthew Whitaker, who has been accused of plagiarism twice in four years.
July 13, 2015
Home
Mid-Continent University Settles Case Over Student Loans
The state attorney generalâs office says itâs reached a settlement with Mid-Continent University that requires the now-closed school to offer loans matching terms of federal student loans for remaining balances from 2011 to 2014.
July 13, 2015
Sports
The U.S. Womenâs National Teamâs Ticker-tape Parade Was Not for its Diversity
Sydney Leroux, Christen Press, Amy Rodriguez, all of diverse ethnic heritage, are members of the U.S. Womenâs National team.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
False Hope a Problem in Adult Math Education
In order to achieve better math outcomes in adult education, the field must abandon a series of âfalse hopesâ that essentially have set the system up for failure.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Gov. Scott Walker Uses Education as Platform for Presidency
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Monday formally launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, touting his record on education as one of the key reasons he believes he is qualified to seek the nomination.
July 13, 2015
Sports
The University of Texas Austin Battles a Tumultuous Legacy
The University of Texas at Austin bears a complicated history toward race.
July 13, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
ANDRE FORTUNE
ANDRE FORTUNE has been appointed assistant vice president forstudent affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington. He currently serves as assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of NebraskaâLincoln. Fortune earned a bachelorâs and a masterâs from the University of Kansas, and a doctorate from the University of NebraskaâLincoln.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
LEAH BORNSTEIN
LEAH BORNSTEIN has been named president of Aims Community College in Colorado, effective August 1. She was president of Coconino Community College in Arizona. Bornstein earned an associate and bachelorâs from Bradford College in Massachusetts, a masterâs from the University of Vermont and a doctorate from the University of Denver.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
SHEILA RADFORD-HILL
SHEILA RADFORD-HILL has been named chief diversity officer of Dominican University in Illinois. Radford-Hill was executive director of the Diversity Center at Luther College in Iowa. She earned a bachelorâs from DePaul University, a masterâs from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from Columbia Commonwealth University.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
JOWEL LAGUERRE
JOWEL LAGUERRE has been appointed chancellor of Peralta Community College District in California. He was superintendent and president of Solano Community College District. Laguerre earned a bachelorâs from LâUniversitĂ© dâEtat dâHaiti: Ecole Normale SupĂ©rieure in Haiti, and masterâs degrees and a doctorate from the University of Kansas.
July 13, 2015
Community Colleges
COREY L. MCCRAY
COREY L. MCCRAY has been named vice president for workforce solutions at Tidewater Community College. He directed The Pruden Center for Industry & Technology in Suffolk, Virginia. McCray holds a bachelorâs from Southern Illinois University and a masterâs from Cambridge College.
July 13, 2015
Previous Page
Next Page
