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.

Department of Education Will Investigate Princeton for “Admitted Racism”

The U.S. Department of Education announced it was investigating Princeton University for “lapses in its nondiscriminatory practices ” in a letter Wednesday to the school’s president, USA Today reported. The investigation follows President Christopher L. Eisgruber’s Sept. 2 letter to Princeton’s community about the university’s efforts against systemic racism. “Racism and the damage it does […]

September 18, 2020

Princeton University

SEC Business Deans Band Together To Spotlight Issues of Diversity and Inclusion

Amid Black Lives Matter protests this summer, the 14 college of business deans of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) decided to make a joint statement in support of diversity, equity and inclusion in their programs. They are “soundly committed to fostering a sense of community that is welcoming to and respectful of all individuals — students, […]

September 18, 2020

Higher Education’s Racial Reckoning

The public lynching of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, broadcast for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in a constant loop over television and social media, was a turning point in what has become a cultural spectacle of Black death. Floyd’s killing took place amidst the backdrop of a nation reeling from […]

September 18, 2020

African-American

State Auditor Investigates Ole Miss Professor for Participating in Scholar Strike for Racial Justice

A Republican state auditor is pressuring the University of Mississippi to fire tenured sociology professor Dr. James M. Thomas for participating in the Scholar Strike, a two-day strike for racial justice.

September 17, 2020

African-American

Two New Orleans HBCU Presidents Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

NBC News reported that two presidents of historically Black colleges and universities, Drs. Walter M. Kimbrough of Dillard University and Dr. C. Reynold Verret of Xavier University of Louisiana, “stunned their campuses when they announced in a joint message that they had participated in a vaccine trial for COVID-19 and then encouraged students to do […]

September 17, 2020

Photo by Irving Johnson III

Legacy of Community College Professor Continues Through Scholarship

With a plan to pursue a postsecondary degree, Frederick Kakumba left Uganda in 1964 to come to the United States. “The opportunity came and I wanted to use it to help people in Africa,” said Kakumba, a retired Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) professor. However, the transition was not easy. In school, he experienced racism and found it difficult to adjust to American culture.

September 17, 2020

Dr. William Danforth, Former Chancellor of Wash U, Dies at 94

Dr. William H. Danforth, 94, died Wednesday at his home in Ladue, Missouri, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Danforth, at age 44, took on a 24-year career in higher education. He served as chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1971 to 1995, overseeing “an elevenfold increase in the university’s enrollment.” During his tenure, […]

September 17, 2020

William H. Danforth

African-American

Parneshia Jones Named Director of Northwestern University Press

Parneshia Jones, editor of the Northwestern University Press (NUP) for the last two decades, has been named its new director, Dean of the Libraries Sarah M. Pritchard announced in a Northwestern University press release. “She is the ideal leader both to build on NUP’s traditional strengths and to continue the advances that the Press has […]

September 17, 2020

Parneshia Jones

ETS Creates New Investment Unit to Grow Business

Educational Testing Service (ETS), a nonprofit educational assessment and measurement organization, announced the formation of ETS Strategic Capital, a new unit focused on growing the business “through strategic equity investments, growth partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions,” according to an ETS press release. ETS Strategic Capital “is actively seeking transactions to establish a global portfolio of […]

September 17, 2020

ROSLYN PERRY

ROSLYN PERRY has been named registrar at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Previously registrar at The Ohio State University, Perry holds a bachelor’s degree in individual and family studies from Kent State University in Ohio and a master’s degree in community health education from Cleveland State University.

September 17, 2020

CHERYL ISAAC

CHERYL ISAAC has been named regional executive for Harrisburg Area Community College. Previously the major gifts officer and associate director of development at Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law, Isaac holds a bachelor’s degree from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and a master’s degree in creative nonfiction from the University of Tampa.

September 17, 2020

AUGUST MEBANE

AUGUST MEBANE has been appointed associate vice chancellor of human resources at Winston-Salem State University. Most recently chief human resources officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Adams School of Dentistry, Mebane holds a bachelor’s in English and legal studies from the University of Delaware. Mebane also earned a master’s in organizational leadership from Wilmington University and a Ph.D. in organizational development and change from Colorado Technical University.

September 17, 2020

ALANKA HAYES

ALANKA HAYES BROWN has been appointed president of the Eduardo J. Padrón Campus of Miami Dade College. Recently vice president for academic and student affairs at Wilbur Wright College, Brown holds a bachelor’s in political science from Florida A&M University, a master’s from Florida State University as well as a master of public administration degree and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Nova Southeastern University.

September 17, 2020

ALANKA-HAYES-BROWN

WILLIE E. SMITH

WILLIE E. SMITH has been named chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College. He previously served as chancellor at BRCC on an interim basis and worked in the Louisiana Community & Technical College System and its colleges for the past 19 years. He holds a bachelor’s from Tulane University, a master’s in public administration from Troy University and a Ph.D. in educational leadership from Argosy University.

September 17, 2020

LERONE A. MARTIN

LERONE A. MARTIN has been named the first African American director of American Culture at Washington University in St. Louis. Associate professor of religion and politics in the John C. Danforth Center of Religion and Politics, Martin holds a bachelor’s from Anderson University, a master of divinity degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Emory University.

September 17, 2020

CHRIS DAVIS

CHRIS DAVIS has been appointed associate vice chancellor for development at Fayetteville State University. Previously associate director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Davis holds a bachelor’s from North Carolina Central University as well as a master’s degree in parks, recreation and tourism management from North Carolina State University.

September 17, 2020

TIFFANY F. BOYKIN

TIFFANY F. BOYKIN has been appointed chief compliance and fair practices officer at Anne Arundel Community College. Most recently dean of student engagement at the college, Boykin holds a bachelor’s in communication from the University of Maryland, College Park, a master’s in communications management from Towson University, a Ph.D. in education from Morgan State University and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

September 17, 2020

KRISTOPHER A. OLIVEIRA

KRISTOPHER A. OLIVEIRA has been named director of the Center for Sexuality & Gender Diversity at the University of Kansas. Most recently an instructor in sociology at the University of South Florida, Oliveira holds a bachelor’s degree from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in higher education administration from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Oliveira is completing his doctoral work at the University of South Florida.

September 17, 2020

KRISTOPHER-OLIVERA