cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.Latest NewsASALH Black History Celebration Highlights Black MigrationThe Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) celebrated its 93rd annual Black History Month luncheon by spotlighting the mass migrations of Black people and how those experiences have helped shape their identity and efforts to make progress.February 17, 2019OpinionOpen Letter to Faculty of Color Parenting While On The Tenure-TrackWe are compelled to write this open letter to our fellow faculty of color colleagues who are navigating tenure-track while raising little humans. As graduate students, we were warned that pursuing a tenure-track position would be both challenging and draining. The mental exhaustion and physiological impact of being on the tenure-track for people of color has been largely researched; much of it centers around social identities and how we navigate systems of privilege and oppression as minoritized individuals.February 15, 2019African-AmericanBerea College and the Father of Black HistoryPreeminent scholar Dr. Carter G. Woodson has been dubbed “the father of Black history” and is known for earning degrees at the University of Chicago and Harvard, but less well known is how living in Appalachia and attending Berea College informed his towering intellect and tireless work ethic.February 15, 2019Latest NewsACE Study: Racial Equity Gaps Still Plague Higher EdIn a matter of seconds, University of Maryland higher education professor Dr. Sharon L. Fries-Britt picked off one of the biggest elephants in the room and extended a data-heavy conversation from the head to the heart.February 14, 2019African-AmericanShe’s Not Just Digging for Digging’s SakeThe “idea of materiality” intrigues Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste as do current issues of race, gender and class. As an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Battle-Baptiste combines these interests, describing herself as “a contemporary archaeologist.”February 14, 2019StudentsModeling Behavior And Fostering a Sense of Well-Being For First-Generation College StudentsFirst-generation college students are frequently found in the margins of important collegiate experiences. Instead of being strategically ushered to the center, they often disappear, leaving school completely due to unpleasant experiences, unresponsive offices, as well as inattentive and inadequate support systems on- and off-campus. Navigating the terrain of higher education without built-in support systems can be treacherous. Their first-generation status is often used as a barometer of higher education retention, academic progression and graduation rates.February 14, 2019LatinxRutgers Can Do More for New Jersey’s African-American PopulationIn January, 2019 Rutgers kicked off a year of celebrations to mark 100 years since the graduation of our famous alum, Paul Robeson. Yet, despite the hoopla, the university continues to neglect the needs of African-Americans in our state in a manner that is openly contemptuous of Robeson’s core ideas.February 13, 2019HomeRobeson Centennial Celebration Inspires New Diversity Efforts at RutgersIn celebrating the 100th anniversary of the graduation of one of its most famous alumni, Rutgers University–New Brunswick is endeavoring to give Paul Robeson a measure of respect and honor in death that eluded him in life.February 13, 2019Latest NewsDr. James Williams: Defying StereotypesDr. James Williams strives to make the college classroom experience entertaining as well as educational, motivating students to be as passionate about their chosen career field as he is about retail, tourism and hospitality leadership and management.February 13, 2019Community CollegesLegislative Summit Urges Community College Leaders to AdvocateThere’s a lot of important legislative and policy change afoot in higher education in 2019, and community colleges leaders should make sure they have seats at every table and voices in very discussion. That’s been a key message this week at the Community College National Legislative Summit presented by the Association of Community College Trustees.February 12, 2019Previous PagePage 262 of 3225Next Page
