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.

Students: Page 237

Survey: Most Americans want to see more college graduates

Americans continue to see expanding access to education as the best strategy for widening opportunity in the modern economy, but remain conflicted as to whether to extend that commitment to dramatically widening the pathway to higher education, the Atlantic Media/Pearson Opportunity Poll has found. The survey found that big majorities of Americans, across racial, partisan, […]

📸: Emily Varisco / AP

Diverse Conversations: Which Election Issues Really Matter to Minority College Students?

What do young people want from politicians and how can those politicians get those young people registered and to the polls?

Alabama-Birmingham Student Accuses School of Mishandling Sex Assault Probe

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― A University of Alabama at Birmingham student said Tuesday that she filed a federal complaint alleging that university officials mishandled an investigation into an alleged sexual assault. The woman told The Associated Press that she was treated unfairly during the university’s investigation into the September 2014 incident. The Associated Press does not […]

UC Santa Cruz Fraternity Suspended after Drug Bust

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. ― A fraternity at the University of California at Santa Cruz is suspending the campus chapter after three of its members and three sorority sisters were arrested in a major drug bust. KNTV reports Wednesday that the Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity posted a statement on its website, saying in part, the fraternity […]

Georgia University Board OKs Sexual Misconduct Investigation Process

ATLANTA ― People who report allegations of sexual misconduct at Georgia’s 29 public colleges and universities could have their attorneys involved in the process and so could the alleged perpetrators, under rules approved Wednesday by the university system’s governing board. The rules also require university officials to determine whether it is “more likely than not” […]

Dean of Berkeley Law School Steps Down Amid Harassment Suit

BERKELEY, Calif. ― The dean of UC Berkeley’s law school went on an indefinite leave of absence from the post Wednesday after his executive assistant sued him over allegations of sexual harassment and the university for allegedly not doing enough to prevent it. Berkeley Law Dean Sujit Choudhry will remain as a faculty member and […]

White teacher: I thought I could reach my black and Latino students. Then one told me why I couldn’t.

Here is the personal story of a well-regarded veteran teacher who left the classroom to pursue a PhD and then returned to the classroom, finding an environment that he did not expect. The post, by Brock Cohen, speaks to just how complicated and difficult teaching can be — even for educators who have been doing […]

Rose Makes Connection Between Incarceration and Career Growth

Dr. Lisa H. Rose is researching how contact with the criminal justice system affects career options, with an eye toward increasing access, specifically in the human services arena.

030916_lisa_rose

Why a College Degree Means Less for the Poor, Explained in One Graph

Life isn’t fair. With hard work and determination, some are able to get an education and improve their odds — or so goes a popular American belief. But according to research from the Brookings Institution, a college degree goes a lot further if you were raised in a wealthier family. Brookings economists found wealthier college […]

ACE and ACUE Collaborate on Program to Improve College Instruction

The American Council on Education (ACE) and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) are collaborating to improve college instruction via ACUE’s professional development and certificate program.

The Plight of Most First-generation College Students

Student advocates recognize the vitally important bond between student and college, especially for those who are the first in their families to attempt a college education.

030816_ Joseph_ Sanacore

These Students Wanted an Education When D.C. Was the Nation’s ‘Murder Capital’

Steve Bumbaugh didn’t know that his star student’s mom was a crack addict. He didn’t know that she was too ashamed to ask anyone for help. And he didn’t know that she declined a college scholarship, which she beat every grim statistic to earn, because she was afraid her mom would overdose if she left […]

Page 237 of 602

The trusted source for all job seekers

We have an extensive variety of listings for both academic and non-academic positions at postsecondary institutions.

The trusted source for all job seekers