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The EDU Ledger is dedicated to advancing the success of students, faculty, staff, and administrators across the higher education landscape.
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Views | Expanding equitable access to higher education is both a moral and financial necessity, despite ongoing legal and political resistance rooted in a long history of exclusion.
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What has been until now a largely unmet moral obligation, namely, expanding access to higher education to students from all backgrounds, is now also a financial imperative.
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Dr. Michael Joseph Brown, an internationally recognized biblical scholar, minister, and public intellectual who served as president of Payne Theological Seminary, has died.
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Brown was appointed president of Payne Theological Seminary in 2016, assuming leadership of one of the nation's historic African Methodist Episcopal seminaries.
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On The Move | Airea “Dee” Matthews has been appointed provost of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/hWPuwdyCQ5
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The multi-day manhunt that gripped New England last week ended when authorities found the suspect in the Brown University mass shooting dead in a New Hampshire storage unit.
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Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown physics graduate student who briefly attended the Providence institution 25 years ago, took his own life as law enforcement closed in on his location,...
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Dr. Kyle Reyes, VP of Institutional Advancement at Utah Valley University, joined us on #InTheMargins to discuss student success, cultural understanding, and how campuses can continue to support students when identity-based programs are dismantled.
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Community Colleges' Vital Role in Humanities Scholarship Highlighted in New Report
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"The Promise of the Humanities at Community Colleges: Reflections from the Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship Program" features essays from 12 community college faculty members who...
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore finds itself at the center of a contentious legal battle that highlights ongoing tensions around race, academic integrity, and diversity in higher education. https://t.co/h0iojEOufG
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In Memoriam | 2025 brought losses to the higher ed community, as several prominent scholars passed away. Their legacies endure through the countless lives they touched, the institutions they transformed, and the knowledge they produced.
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2025 brought losses to the higher ed community, as several prominent scholars passed away.
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On The Move | Laura Abrams has been named the next dean of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. https://t.co/F8wG5qAY4a
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Laura Abrams, a professor in the department of social welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been named the next dean of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
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Views | What has been until now a largely unmet moral obligation, namely, expanding access to higher education to students from all backgrounds, is now also a financial imperative.
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What has been until now a largely unmet moral obligation, namely, expanding access to higher education to students from all backgrounds, is now also a financial imperative.
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Nearly one-third of Massachusetts school districts have not reported using high-quality math curricula in any grade. https://t.co/JfJfAL7ZZs
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State's reputation as education leader at risk as equity gaps widen in math instruction.
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Dr. Ernest McNealey has been forced out as president of Allen University. https://t.co/J3BFdQNHa3
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A new study released by @AccessLexInst reveals that law schools traditionally viewed as underperforming often exceed expectations when student backgrounds and contextual factors are properly accounted for.
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The research analyzed a 10-year panel dataset of 189 ABA-accredited law schools to assess institutional contributions to student success on bar passage and employment outcomes.
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A new @JointCenter brief addresses growing concerns that Black workers could be excluded from emerging opportunities in advanced manufacturing, energy, and technology despite historic federal funding flowing into these sectors.
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The brief addresses growing concerns that Black workers could be excluded from emerging opportunities in advanced manufacturing, energy, and technology despite historic federal funding flowing into...
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University System of Maryland Clears President Dr. Darryll Pines of Plagiarism Allegations
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Independent investigation finds no evidence of scholarly misconduct following year-long review.
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First-year college applications rose 9% through the first major 2025–26 deadline, fueled by sharp gains among low-income, first-generation, rural, and underrepresented students, even as international applications fell 9%.
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By December 1, 1,158,805 first-year applicants had submitted 6,237,325 applications to 916 colleges and universities—a 4% increase in applicants and a 9% rise in total applications compared to the...
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The Reverend Dr. Serene Jones reflects on 18 years at the helm of Union Theological Seminary (by @JamalEricWatson) https://t.co/Dru04WakOJ
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On The Move | Britt Hudson has been appointed Dean of Students at Purdue University Northwest (@PurdueNorthwest)
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Britt Hudson has been appointed Dean of Students at Purdue University Northwest.
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Views | Elizabeth Catlett’s art is inseparable from her education at Howard University (@HowardU). It demonstrates how HBCUs cultivate artists whose work advances Black dignity, justice, and liberation. (by @HiltonAdriel)
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Elizabeth Catlett’s work is uncompromising. Her portraits of Black women are regal and resistant. Her depictions of labor are raw and righteous. She did not make work for museum walls alone. She made...
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