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.

African-American

Study: Black People Who Attend HBCUs May Have Lower Health Risks Later in Life

A new study suggests that African Americans who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) might have a lower risk for health problems later in life than those who attend predominantly white institutions (PWIs), BET reported. The study — published in the American Journal of Epidemiology — showed that Black people enrolled in HBCUs had […]

November 12, 2020

Dr. Cynthia Colen

VALERIE S. FIELDS

VALERIE S. FIELDS has been appointed the first woman vice president for student affairs at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Serving the position on an interim basis since June, fields holds a bachelor’s in elementary and early childhood education from Southern University, a master’s in education from the University of Louisiana Monroe and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Louisiana Tech.

November 12, 2020

AISHAH CASSEUS

AISHAH CASSEUS has been appointed Title IX director at Wake Forest University. Previously equal employment opportunity (EEO) director and Title IX coordinator at Winston-Salem State University, Casseus holds a bachelor’s degree in social science from Troy University and a law degree from North Carolina Central University.

November 12, 2020

NICHOLE LEWIS

NICHOLE LEWIS has been appointed dean of students at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina. Director of the Women’s Center at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina, Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree in mass media from Hampton University, an MBA from Temple University and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from East Carolina University.

November 12, 2020

REGINALD A. BESS

REGINALD A. BESS has been named president of the College Language Association, an international organization of English and world languages scholars. Bess holds a bachelor’s degree in education with concentrations in German and Spanish from West Virginia State College (now University); a master’s degree in library science from Grambling State University; a master’s degree in German literature and philology and a Ph.D. in medieval German studies, both from The Ohio State University.

November 12, 2020

BRANDON COMMON

BRANDON COMMON has been named associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Louisiana State University. He was previously assistant vice president of student affairs for campus life at Illinois Wesleyan University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a master’s degree from Ohio University and a Ph.D. in educational organization and leadership in higher education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

November 12, 2020

TAMARA WILLIAMS

TAMARA WILLIAMS has been named interim vice president for workforce solutions at Tidewater Community College in Virginia. Previously, Williams has served as dean of academic affairs at Central Piedmont Community College and as associate vice provost at Owens Community College. She holds a bachelor’s in communications, a master’s in higher education and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in higher education administration at the University of Toledo.

November 12, 2020

TAMARA-WILLIAMS

STUART CLARKE

STUART CLARKE has been appointed chair of the Board of Trustees at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Vice president for strategic initiatives at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and formerly MICA’s Board of Trustees vice chair, Clarke holds a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania and did his graduate work at Yale University.

November 12, 2020

SRIKANT DATAR

SRIKANT DATAR has been named dean at Harvard Business School (HBS). Datar was most recently the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration and the senior associate dean for university aff airs at HBS. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Bombay as well as master’s degrees in statistics and economics and a Ph.D. in business, all from Stanford University

November 12, 2020

Native Americans

Meet the Native Scholar Helping Tribal Communities Through Interdisciplinary Research

Dr. Elizabeth Rule’s current work focuses on a topic close to her heart: the rights of indigenous women. In it, she explores the intersection of Native American/First Nations women’s reproductive rights, gendered violence and missing and murdered indigenous women.

November 12, 2020

Guide Recommends Ways to Incorporate Mental Health Practices into the First-Year Experience

This spring, Active Minds and the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition partnered to launch a survey which analyzed the inclusion of mental health practices and programs within the first-year experience at postsecondary institutions.

November 11, 2020

computer-1185626_960_720

California Failed to Overturn Its Affirmative Action Ban. What’s Next?

Over 56% of Californians voted against Proposition 16, which would have removed the state’s ban on public institutions prioritizing “race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin” in admissions or hiring. In other words, the ballot initiative would have allowed the return of affirmative action if it had passed.

November 11, 2020

college-student-voting-how-to-vote-while-youre-in-college-inline

Villanova Offers Online Certificate Program to Train Immigrant Advocates

Michele Pistone, a professor of law at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and an immigration lawyer for nearly 30 years, has founded the first university-based online certificate program that trains immigrant advocates to serve migrants and refugees. Six out of 10 migrants confront the immigration system without a lawyer, according to experts and immigration research cited […]

November 11, 2020

African-American

Universal Music Group Partners With Thurgood Marshall College Fund to Launch HBCU Internship Program

Universal Music Group’s Task Force for Meaningful Change (UMG TFMC) is partnering with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to launch an internship program for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The UMG HBCU Internship Program will offer paid summer internships – starting June 1, 2021 – to up to 50 currently enrolled college sophomores, […]

November 11, 2020

Nicole-Wyskoarko-2018-billboard-1548-compressed

African-American

Morris Brown College Accreditation Application Approved

Morris Brown College’s accreditation application with the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) has been approved, according to college officials. The next step toward full accreditation is for TRACS representatives to visit campus in January 2021 for a final evaluation before candidacy consideration in April 2021. “The institution now has national visibility and […]

November 11, 2020

Photo: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gerald L. Hector: UCF’s New Senior Vice President for Admin and Finance

The University of Central Florida (UCF) has selected Gerald L. Hector as its new senior vice president for administration and finance. Hector held leadership roles at Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Johnson C. Smith University. Currently, he holds the role of executive vice president and chief business officer at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where […]

November 11, 2020

Belmont University President Bob Fisher Retiring After More Than 20 Years

After more than two decades, Belmont University president Dr. Bob Fisher will retire at the end of the 2020-21 academic year, reported The Tennessean. Throughout his tenure, Fisher was able to increase the school’s presence nationally, including hosting the second presidential debate this year, double its undergraduate enrollment, add graduate schools in pharmacy and law, […]

November 11, 2020

Bob Fisher Belmont

Making the Grade: DOIT Certificate Program Gives ‘B’ Grades to 12 Institutions

In this roundup, we profile 10 of the 12 institutions that received a grade of B on Pillar IV (Institutional Representation/Composition) of CoopLew’s analysis, as part of the DOIT (Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation) program.

November 11, 2020