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
Other News
Ohio Area Colleges Put Students To The Test
Four weeks after Gov. Mike DeWine announced that he was asking all residential colleges and universities to test 3% of their student population for the novel coronavirus, area schools say that, for the most part, testing has indeed been available. The University of Findlay held another testing day on Thursday with the Ohio National Guard. […]
October 26, 2020
Other News
Virginia Military Institute Superintendent Peay Resigns
General J. H. Binford Peay III of Virginia Military Institute (VMI) resigned after his 17-year tenure, due to a report in The Washington Post about Black cadets and alumni facing racism. Now, state officials have ordered an outside investigation into VMI. Read More
October 26, 2020
COVID-19
Duke Reports 17 New Positive COVID-19 Tests
Between Oct. 17 and Oct. 23, Duke University reported 21 new positive coronavirus test results out of 15,378 total tests, according to data from the University’s COVID-19 testing tracker. Out of 13,563 student tests, 17 resulted in positive. The positivity rate is now 0.125%, according to The Chronicle. Nine students tested positive of 131 tests […]
October 26, 2020
News Roundup
Ohio Valley University Court-Ordered to Pay Food Vendor $1.2 Million Over Unpaid Bills
A circuit court judge awarded more than $1.2 million to Ohio Valley University’s food vendor over unpaid bills, the Parkersburg News and Sentinel reported. Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jason Wharton made the decision Oct. 13. in a July lawsuit against OVU by Aladdin Food Management Services LLC. According to the lawsuit, OVU failed to […]
October 26, 2020
HBCUs
The Unique Challenges Faced By HBCU Students During COVID
Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell has been a leading advocate in higher education for students returning to in-person learning only when it is safe to do so. So while it was no surprise when he announced that our school’s classes would continue remotely because of COVID concerns, our students, as well as those at other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), suddenly faced obstacles that students learning remotely at many other schools may not have encountered.
October 26, 2020
News Roundup
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania to Remove 21 Academic Programs Over Next Few Years
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will remove 21 academic programs over the next few years, the Erie Times-News reported. Programs without students enrolled will end right away, while other programs – with as many as 30 students enrolled – will stop after the students complete the program. “Moratorium basically means no new students will be admitted […]
October 26, 2020
News Roundup
Virginia Military Institute Superintendent Peay Resigns
General J. H. Binford Peay III of Virginia Military Institute (VMI) resigned after his 17-year tenure, due to a report in The Washington Post about Black cadets and alumni facing racism. Now, state officials have ordered an outside investigation into VMI. Gov. Ralph Northam expressed his concerns in a letter written with other state officials […]
October 26, 2020
COVID-19
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Study Abroad, Student Exchange Programs
Due to early travel restrictions imposed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the nature of COVID-19 itself, the ongoing pandemic has changed how study abroad and student exchange programs in higher ed operate across the U.S. and internationally.
October 25, 2020
Home
Higher Ed Institutions Reexamine Role of Police in Student Mental Health Care
The country is having a national conversation about police practices after Black Lives Matter protests this summer, including a reexamination of what part police should play, if any, in responding to mental health crises. Campus police departments – and their place in campus mental health care – are undergoing similar scrutiny.
October 25, 2020
Community Colleges
Study Finds Connection Between Public Community College Promise Programs and Enrollment Increases
A new study funded by the American Educational Research Association found a correlation between public community college promise programs and an increase in enrollment among female and underrepresented students.
October 25, 2020
Other News
UT Confirms New Cluster of COVID-19 Cases Stems From Army ROTC Program
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT) reported a new cluster of COVID-19 cases, which was linked to a field training exercise meeting hosted by the school’s Army ROTC program Oct. 10, according to Knox News. A cluster consists of at least five positive cases or 20 individuals who have been in close contact with […]
October 24, 2020
Academics
Georgia Southern Partners With USNCC to Offer Military Members Educational Opportunities
Georgia Southern University was among 119 colleges chosen to work with the newly established United States Naval Community College (USNCC) to create more educational opportunities for military members, according to AllOnGeorgia. Remote curriculum and course options will be offered. There will be 500 military members participating in the pilot group in January 2021. However, each year […]
October 24, 2020
Other News
US DoDEA Donates $500,000 to Support STEM programming at Claiborne Pell Elementary School
The United States Department of Defense Education Activity donated $500,000 to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programming at Claiborne Pell Elementary School, according to What’s Up Newp. The grant, “Reaching for the Stars,” will fund new technology including augmented reality and virtual reality learning stations, laptops and drones to create three-dimensional learning experiences. […]
October 24, 2020
Other News
In Partnership With University of Pittsburgh, Marine Corps to Study Creating Coed Boot Camps
The University of Pittsburgh’s Neuromuscular Research Laboratory and Warrior Human Performance Research Center received $2 million to study the implementation of coed training programs in the Marine Corps, according to Military.com. Over the next five years, the Marine Corps will be required to make its East Coast training hub in Parris Island, South Carolina coed. […]
October 24, 2020
Other News
Gov. Ralph Northam Launches Investigation at VMI
After continued racist incidents on campus, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is launching an investigation into Virginia Military Institute’s campus climate. Over the years, Black cadets and alumni have experienced a hostile and discriminatory environment. Recently, an alumni filed a complaint against a former professor who discussed “her father’s membership in the Ku Klux Klan and how […]
October 24, 2020
Other News
Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School Name New Board of Trustees Member
Vernon H. Taylor was recently named a board of trustees member for the Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School. Throughout his almost 50-year career, Taylor has served as a military education counselor for the army, director of the United States Marine Corps’ Lifelong Learning Program and the associate vice president for military programs at National […]
October 24, 2020
Other News
Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart Appointed to APUS’ Board of Trustees
Retired United States Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart was recently appointed to the American Public University System’s (APUS) Board of Trustees. Throughout his career, Stewart has served as the Deputy Commander of United States Cyber Command and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Additionally, he gave intelligence briefings to Congress, a U.S. President […]
October 24, 2020
International
International Students Elevate Higher Education
As an international scholar and a woman of color who worked in a higher education context and in a predominantly White university for eight years, I had my share of experiences with racial microaggressions. Microaggressions in this sense were comments that are based on stereotyping and clichés about my country of origin, my religion, and an ignorance that could be linked to White superiority and lack of desire to learn about other cultural and international groups.
October 23, 2020
Previous Page
Next Page
