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.

University of South Florida student with suspected case of bacterial meningitis has died

TAMPA Fla. A University of South Florida student has died from a suspected case of bacterial meningitis.

September 23, 2007

Duke University’s medical school gets largest-ever donation for research project

DURHAM N.C. Duke University’s medical school is getting its largest-ever donation of $35 million to fund a research project at the new North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, officials said Monday.

September 23, 2007

University of Pittsburgh vaccine lab opening

PITTSBURGH A University of Pittsburgh lab designed to develop vaccines to counter bioterror attacks and deadly pathogens is opening.

September 23, 2007

Stingier job market awaits new law school grads

A law degree isn’t necessarily a license to print money these days.

September 23, 2007

University of Alaska foundation celebrates banner year

FAIRBANKS Alaska The University of Alaska Foundation had one of the highest amounts of donations in its history in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

September 23, 2007

Officials from University of Illinois detail the latest developments

The M.D./Ph.D. program of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has been awarded a prestigious National Institutes of Health grant and designation as a Medical Scientist Training Program.

September 23, 2007

Dover police: suspect in custody in Delaware State University shooting

An 18-year-old man who grew up in an upper middle class neighborhood in East Orange, N.J. was charged Monday in the shooting of two Delaware State University students.

September 23, 2007

Purdue University tests text messaging alert system

WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. Purdue University says its test of an emergency messaging system was a success.

September 23, 2007

Colo. State U. paper’s student editor says he won’t quit over Bush editorial obscenity

The editor of the Colorado State University newspaper says he has no plans to resign amid criticism about an obscenity used in an editorial about President Bush.

September 23, 2007

Plymouth State University reports computer system was hacked

PLYMOUTH N.H. Officials at Plymouth State University say they found evidence that hackers broke into the school’s computer system more than a year ago.

September 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

University of New Hampshire faculty sets strike authorization vote

DURHAM N.H. The faculty union at the University of New Hampshire soon may take a contract dispute to a new level.

September 23, 2007

University of Arizona researchers targeting terrorist sites

TUCSON Ariz. Web researchers at the University of Arizona are busy these days tracking down potential terrorist-led Web sites and following their every move.

September 23, 2007

HCCC passes enrollment milestone

Hudson County Community College broke the 7,000 student barrier this September, creeping past this historic milestone by 19 students, officials announced this week.

September 23, 2007

Tense Ahmadinejad questions 9/11, Holocaust at Columbia University

NEW YORK Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad questioned the official version of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and defended the right to cast doubt on the Holocaust in a tense appearance at Columbia University, whose president accused him of behaving like “a petty and cruel dictator.”

September 23, 2007

Community Colleges

Community college system growth celebrated

SOUTH PORTLAND Maine Just weeks in advance of a statewide bond issue vote that would benefit Maine’s community colleges, state officials Monday trumpeted a 57 percent growth in enrollment to 11,801 degree-seeking students over the last five years.

September 23, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Memphis awarded Access Diversity grants

The Tennessee Board of Regents has awarded five Access Diversity grants, totaling nearly $90,000, to the University of Memphis.

September 23, 2007

University of Memphis awarded Access Diversity grants

© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com

September 23, 2007

Oklahoma State University grad honored as Army’s top veterinarian

OKLAHOMA CITY An Oklahoma State University graduate has been honored as the U.S. Army’s top veterinarian.

September 23, 2007