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Section: Opinion
Opinion
Elizabeth Catlett and the Revolutionary Genius of HBCUs
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 work for movements. She made art to shake a society out of its apathy.
December 14, 2025
From the Magazine
Strategic by Design: The Maricopa Leadership Institute
Leaders in higher education are navigating an increasingly complex and rapidly shifting environment. Institutions need leaders who can meet these challenges head-on, guide their campuses through uncertainty, and inspire and stabilize their organizations.
December 10, 2025
From the Magazine
How to Support Your International Students
The existing higher education framework in U.S. falls short in effectively addressing the distinct needs of international students.
December 8, 2025
Opinion
Why International Students are a Blessing to Be Celebrated
Every international student carries a thread of transformation that, when woven together, strengthens the fabric of American higher education and democracy.
December 3, 2025
Opinion
Reframing The Beliefs That Are Undermining DEI Efforts in Higher Education
Diversity is not a problem. Diversity is an asset. Diversity practitioners are not fixers; they’re capacity builders. Diversity efforts are not only for some; they benefit all. Diversity goals are not about leveling shame and blame; they’re about building empathy and empowerment.
November 12, 2025
From the Magazine
Addressing the Native American Teacher Crisis
The teacher shortage crisis has reached devastating proportions in Native American communities, where turnover rates are five times the national average and some reservations operate with only 68% staffing levels.
November 10, 2025
Opinion
Investing in Tribal Colleges Benefits Us All
In these continually changing times, the American Indian College Fund maintains our commitment to and focus on ensuring Native students can continue to access higher education.
November 6, 2025
Opinion
A Vote of Confidence: Trusting HBCU Leaders to Narrow the Funding Gap
MacKenzie Scott’s generosity provides more than capital. It’s a powerful vote of confidence in HBCU leadership, empowering them to dismantle the systemic and institutional barriers of educational inequity.
November 4, 2025
Opinion
A Step in The Wrong Direction in Engaging College Students in our Democracy
Ensuring college students are able to vote shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
November 3, 2025
Opinion
HBCUs as Promise in Helping to Sustain the Black Teacher Pipeline
One of the strongest ways to strengthen HBCU teacher pipelines is through intentional investment legislated through federal, state, and local policies.
October 31, 2025
Opinion
Counting Without Credit: How Dual-Degree Programs Erase HBCUs’ Impact on Black Engineering Success
The future of equitable STEM education depends not just on who gets degrees, but on who gets credit for helping make them possible.
October 29, 2025
Opinion
Selling Out Students for Federal Dollars: How Trump’s Compact Corrupts Higher Education
Put simply, the compact is forcing college to sell out their students and institutional integrity for an unenforceable, unpredictable future promise of federal research dollars.
October 22, 2025
Opinion
How TRIO Turned a Distant Dream into a Plan
TRIO knocked down barriers, one by one. The biggest was knowledge, how the higher-ed system works, what steps come first, and how to pay for it without burying your family in debt.
October 15, 2025
Opinion
The DOJ's Move Against HSIs is a Direct Attack on Equity
The charge that HSIs are “reverse racism” misrepresents both their purpose and their impact. No student gains admission to a university because it is an HSI.
October 14, 2025
Opinion
Unapologetic Leadership: Yeah, Uh-Huh, You Know What it is Maroon and Gray
Practitioners and policymakers must stop engaging in the same old, same old because that’s how you yield the same results. I am done with people saying, “This is how we’ve always done it” or “this is past practice,” when they know we aren’t getting the student success and outcomes our students and communities deserve.
October 9, 2025
Opinion
Where is Our Red Line in Academia?
While there has been some resistance to the hard-armed demands and required reverence to the trifles and narcissistic tangents of this administration, there has overwhelmingly been acquiescence and cowering.
October 7, 2025
Opinion
The Four Pillars: How One University Is Redefining Student Success in America
Trinity Washington University's innovative approach offers a blueprint for closing the opportunity gap.
September 30, 2025
Opinion
The Illusion of Neutrality in Higher Education
Universities cannot claim apolitical ground when their choices create the very conditions for campus violence.
September 29, 2025
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