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.

Kansas Military Council Focuses on Surging Troop, Veteran Suicides

Former U.S. Army helicopter pilot Katrina Lewison expressed frustration Thursday with difficulty faced by civilians trying to break through the military’s firewall to sound the alarm about a family member who may be suicidal. Lewison was approached recently by a frantic colleague at a Manhattan business because the woman was unable to reach her husband […]

September 27, 2019

Coast Guard Partners with Regional HBCUs Again in Effort to Improve Diversity

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) — The Coast Guard is on a mission to improve diversity and inclusiveness in their organization. So they’ve partnered with historically black colleges (HBCUs) and universities to show minority students what opportunities there are when you enlist. Norfolk State University, Hampton University, NC A&T and Virginia State University were represented Wednesday […]

September 27, 2019

United States Coast Guard Emblem

African-American

University of Georgia Moves to Name College of Education After Its First Black Graduate

University of Georgia’s presidential cabinet voted unanimously to name the school’s college of education after its first Black graduate, Mary Frances Early. The new name will now have to be approved by the Board of Regents. Early, 83, transferred to University of Georgia from University of Michigan in 1961. While she wasn’t the first Black […]

September 27, 2019

university-of-georgia-arch-1549380815rE1

Temple University Scholarship Honors Journalist Alumna

Starting this spring, Temple University will memorialize journalist Lorraine Branham through a new scholarship awarded to a Klein College of Media and Communication student every year, The Temple News reported. Branham, a Temple University alumna and former Syracuse University dean, died of uterine cancer this year at age 66. Branham attended Temple University as a […]

September 27, 2019

Education Trust Addresses Black Student Debt Crisis at D.C. Briefing

There is a debt crisis among African-American students on college and university campuses. According to the college access nonprofit organization The Education Trust, Black borrowers have a 50-50 chance of defaulting on a federal loan within 12 years of entering college. Black borrowers are also over 150 percent more likely to default on a federal loan than their White peers.

September 26, 2019

African-American

FUTURE Act Halted in Senate, Higher Education Organizations and Leaders Dismayed

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander is standing in the way of the passage of Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act. Alexander’s decision to stall the legislation means that $255 million of funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) will expire Sep. […]

September 26, 2019

My Approved Portraits

UMass Symposium Examines Life and Legacy of Max Roach

A series of events on October 23-24th will honor the life and work of famed jazz drummer Max Roach. A pioneer of bebop, Roach served on the faculty of University of Massachusetts, Amherst from 1972 until his retirement in 2004. He died in 2007. On October 23, a panel titled “Conversations: Drummers As Trendsetters” will […]

September 26, 2019

Recruitment & Retention

Higher Education Recruitment

While colleges and universities have made significant strides toward diversifying their student bodies, diversifying faculty and staff remains a challenge throughout academia.

September 26, 2019

ian-reynolds (002)

UCLA Launches Bedari Kindness Institute

Funded by $20 million from the Bedari Foundation, the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute will be a hub for research that will document the positive outcomes that result from acts of kindness

September 26, 2019

Matt and Jennifer Harris

PEN America Launches New Campus Free Speech Guide

PEN America, a nonprofit that supports writers’ free expression, just released a digital guide to free speech on campus. Among other resources, the guide offers case studies and legal advice for university leaders on how to handle controversies around academic freedom, campus speakers and hate speech. Users can also look at sample policies and statements […]

September 26, 2019

megaphone-1480342_640

African-American

Superstar Mo’ne Davis ‘Just One of the Girls’ on Hampton’s Softball Team

Mo’ne Davis is perhaps the most unique college athlete ever. But at the same time the freshman middle infielder on the Hampton University women’s softball team is no different than any other college student, and that’s how she wants to be treated.

September 25, 2019

Undocumented Students Struggle to Afford College

Undocumented students — including those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status — can’t receive federal financial aid because they are not U.S. citizens. So, they have to scrape together the funds for college themselves. This puts them at a distinct disadvantage. Over half of all undergraduates — 55 percent — receive some form of federal financial aid to pay for college, according to the latest National Postsecondary Aid study.

September 25, 2019

Start with How: Inhabiting our Public Roles for Effective Leadership

In his best-selling, 2009 book on leadership, Start with Why, Simon Sinek offered that the best leaders and organizations give their groups clear guidance regarding the importance of an undertaking, starting with the “why” of the action to be endeavored. Sinek likely never imagined a time and environment in national and international discourse when a necessary precursor to the thing itself (Sinek’s “why”) would need articulation.

September 25, 2019

DeanPatriceRankine-2146 (2)

African-American

FUTURE Act Stalls in the U.S. Senate

Historically Black colleges and universities are growing nervous as federal funding for minority serving institutions – set to expire Sept. 30 – stalls in the United States Senate.

September 25, 2019

800px-Tennessee_Valley_Corridor_Summit_2018_Senator_Lamar_Alexander_Oak_Ridge_(28749815528)

Common App Receives Two Grants to Help Underrepresented Students Attend College

Common Application, a nonprofit higher education application organization, announced that they received two grants to help provide support for underrepresented students looking to attend college. The Kresge Foundation awarded the Common App $350,000 and the Michelson 20mm Foundation granted the organization $25,000. Three initiatives aimed to help students through the college process including applications, scholarships […]

September 25, 2019

UNCC to Host Public Education National Conference

The Urban Education Collaborative at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) will host the Pursuing Extraordinary Outcomes in Public Education national conference on Oct. 28. The convening will focus on student academic achievement within urban schools. It is open to P-12 educators, postsecondary educators, undergraduate students, graduate students, parents and community members. The theme […]

September 25, 2019

uncc_entrance_2

Kentucky Launches New Program For Low-Income Students

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education is launching a new statewide program to increase the number of low-income students headed to college. GEAR UP or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs is a federal grant program that offers resources for middle and high schools with high poverty rates to motivate more students to […]

September 25, 2019

school-1974369_640

Chaplaincy Support Can Boost Students’ Academic Success

Religious minority communities are growing on American college campuses, but they’re still less likely to have their own campus chaplains. Chaplains offer pastoral care, run religious events, advocate for religious students, engage interfaith work and they can also be a factor in students’ academic success.

September 24, 2019