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.

National College Access Network Launches FAFSA Completion Tracker

The National College Access Network (NCAN) has launched its #FormYourFuture FAFSA Tracker, giving states a week-by-week snapshot of rankings in their progress to achieve a 100-percent benchmark of high school seniors completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

February 7, 2018

How I Respond to Culturally Offensive Remarks

Anyone who knows me personally knows that I try my best to avoid conflict. I am not confrontational, so when I witness something wrong or feel the need to speak up, I often take the time to think about how I would like to address the situation.

February 7, 2018

092817_Andrew_Martinez

Emerging Scholar Profile: Washington Explores Effects of Incarceration Through Sociology Lens

When Dr. Heather M. Washington began studying mass incarceration’s effects on families and children, the field was relatively new, she says. As a first-generation student at West Virginia University (WVU), the former McNair scholar began conducting original research on fathering and incarceration.

February 7, 2018

Business Headshots- Washington, Heather

Emerging Scholar Profile: Talamantes and the Power of Medicine

Like many of the Emerging Scholars, Dr. Efrain Talamantes has witnessed his intellectual ambitions converge with his personal history.

February 7, 2018

EFRAIN-TALAMANTES

Academics Alarmed as Libraries Purge Print Books

INDIANA, Pa. – A library without books? Not quite, but as students abandon the stacks in favor of online reference material, university libraries are unloading millions of unread volumes in a nationwide purge that has some print-loving scholars deeply unsettled. Libraries are putting books in storage, contracting with resellers or simply recycling them. An increasing […]

February 7, 2018

Students Find Body Floating Near Campus

BATON ROUGE, La. — A body has been found along the Mississippi River near a college campus in Louisiana. The Advocate of Baton Rouge reports the body was discovered Tuesday afternoon by Louisiana State University students on a field trip near Southern University. The body was found in a pool of water blocked off from […]

February 7, 2018

State Moves to Restrict Student Info Sharing

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation aimed at limiting the distribution of university students’ contact information. The legislation came after a progressive political group used public records requests to get the cellphone numbers of students as part of a get-out-the-vote effort in last year’s election. NextGen Virginia obtained cellphone information […]

February 7, 2018

The Medicaid Burden

My last column dealt with efforts to “repeal and replace” Obamacare (Affordable Care Act or “ACA”). To briefly review, the original Obamacare bill was introduced and passed in 2010 in a highly unusual manner with no debate and no amendments so the majority of its provisions were left to the Secretary of Health and Human […]

February 7, 2018

Flint Water Crisis Caused Legionnaires’ Outbreak

The city of Flint, Michigan, is still dealing with the fallout of its contaminated water crisis. In 2014, the city switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River — and in addition to the resulting dangerously high levels of lead in the water, two studies published Monday revealed that the change in […]

February 7, 2018

Noise Pollution Increases Heart Risks, Study Finds

Everyday noise pollution isn’t just hard on your ears. It’s bad for your heart, says a new study. “There is no doubt that noise makes us sick,” investigators told MedicalResearch.com. Read More

February 7, 2018

NIH: High-Salt Diet Affects Brain

Diets that are high in salt (sodium chloride) have long been associated with high blood pressure. High blood pressure raises the risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and other health problems. Studies have also linked salt intake with brain health, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Previous studies suggested that high levels of […]

February 7, 2018

Study Finds Biggest Black Lung Cluster Ever

Epidemiologists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health say they’ve identified the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease ever reported, a cluster that was first uncovered by NPR 14 months ago. In a research letter published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, NIOSH confirms 416 cases of progressive massive […]

February 7, 2018

Researchers Measure Metal Exposure in Native Americans

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers hope to measure the effects of mixed metals and uranium waste exposure on Native American populations living in close proximity to abandoned mines, and better understand how these toxins spread through the environment. That’s the objective of the newly created Superfund Research Center at the University of New Mexico, which is […]

February 7, 2018

Glitch Results in Pay Cuts for Public Health Workers

About 3,000 Public Health Service physicians and other workers saw their paychecks unexpectedly slashed last month because of government delays setting up a payment system Congress ordered a decade ago. “A number of unanticipated events impacted our ability to fully execute these provisions,” Surgeon General Jerome Adams told Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers in […]

February 7, 2018

Brits Defend System After Tweet Attack

Prime Minister Theresa May and other British politicians defended this nation’s beloved, taxpayer-funded public health system Monday after President Trump said it was “going broke and not working.” May said she is “proud” of the National Health Service (NHS) after Trump said in a tweet that “thousands of people” in Britain were “marching about it.” […]

February 7, 2018

RANGARAJAN SUNDARAM

RANGARAJAN SUNDARAM has been appointed dean of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Madras, India; an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.

February 7, 2018

RANGARAJAN-SUNDARAM

DARIA GRAHAM

DARIA GRAHAM has been appointed associate dean of students and executive director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Dayton. Graham currently is the university’s inaugural director for the Office of Student Leadership Programs. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Dayton. She is scheduled to earn a doctorate in educational leadership in May 2018.

February 7, 2018

MERODIE A. HANCOCK

MERODIE A. HANCOCK has been appointed president of Thomas Edison State University, effective March 5. She is president of the State University of New York’s Empire State College. She holds a Ph.D. from Old Dominion University, an MBA from Claremont Graduate University and a bachelor’s degree from Scripps College.

February 7, 2018

MERODIE-HANCOCK