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Section: Opinion
Opinion
Rule 56: An Appeal for Justice from the Margins
In higher education, Black women are showcased on websites and brochures yet undermined in daily practice. Research confirms we are disproportionately bullied, mobbed, and harassed.
September 4, 2025
Opinion
How Do We Rebuild Public Trust in Higher Education? Together
In a year certain to bring challenges, higher education must lead not from the top of the ivory tower, but from within networks of trust we build with the communities around us—of professionals and publics.
August 28, 2025
Opinion
DEI was the Compromise, Not the Solution
DEI was created as the compromise, a palatable option. One that checked some of the boxes, while not transforming the institution wholly. DEI was never intended to be the radical resolution student activists fought for.
August 27, 2025
Opinion
Celebrating 135 Years of the Second Morrill Act: The Enduring Legacy of the 1890 Universities
The 1890 universities have far exceeded the modest vision of their origins, becoming leaders in all areas of academia: research, teaching, and community engagement.
August 25, 2025
From the Magazine
Black Women’s Leadership in Higher Education: The Remaking of Academic Power
In the storied halls of higher education, Black women who ascend to the presidency do so while carrying the weight of history, community, and the unspoken expectation that we will be both miracle workers and scapegoats.
August 22, 2025
From the Magazine
No More One-Trick Ponies: Adapt, Evolve, or Step Aside
The year 2025 has been marked by numerous legislative changes, resulting in a state of legislative whiplash that has directly impacted institutions of higher education nationwide.
August 21, 2025
Opinion
What Black Colleges Must Do to Address the Political Economy of Attention
Today’s students, part of Generation Z, have been immersed in an artificial intelligence-driven world since childhood.
August 20, 2025
Opinion
This Is Culturally Inappropriate: The Policing of Black Spaces in Higher Education
If higher education is serious about equity, it must go beyond surface-level diversity and address the quiet, everyday ways Black spaces are surveilled and dismantled.
August 19, 2025
Opinion
Freshman Enrollment Is Growing—So Is the Number of Students Leaving Without a Degree
Colleges should not focus solely on bringing in new students; they need to also prioritize bringing back the millions of students who left without a degree.
August 18, 2025
Opinion
Columbia Capitulated, Other Institutions Should Not
What Columbia's agreement with the Trump administration could mean for the future of Black students and our multiracial democracy.
August 12, 2025
Opinion
The Problem with Capitulating to Fascism in Higher Education
The targeted attacks on Harvard, UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, minority-serving institutions (MSIs), and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are rooted in anti-Black rhetoric that was explicitly outlined in Project 2025.
August 8, 2025
From the Magazine
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of HBCUs: A Call for Investment, Innovation, and Inclusion
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have always stood on the frontlines of educational equity, carving pathways to excellence for generations of Black students against overwhelming odds.
August 7, 2025
Opinion
Persisting and Resisting in the Age of Trump and Emerging AI
As faculty, staff, and administrators who have committed our lives to serving under-resourced and minoritized populations on our campuses, many of us might feel like we are betwixt and between.
August 7, 2025
Opinion
From Pet to Threat | How HBCUs Can Stop Losing the Black Women They Need Most
HBCUs do the greatest good. But if they hope to survive the weight of their own excellence, they must do better—by their women.
August 6, 2025
Opinion
Presidents Under Pressure: What Higher Ed Can Learn from William C. Powers Jr.
As someone who studies presidential leadership and higher education policy, I keep asking: Who will defend the integrity of higher education in this storm?
August 5, 2025
Opinion
Why Can’t Black Folks Be Rich?: Unpacking Classism at HBCUs and This Ralph Lauren “Moment”
While Black communities constantly assert that we are not a monolith, we tend to critique anything that causes discomfort.
August 4, 2025
Opinion
Frozen Job Market, Forgotten Students: Why Men of Color Need Community Colleges Now
While America’s dire need for a prepared and skilled workforce will undoubtedly grow, the question for higher education becomes how to inspire more prospective learners and current academically enrolled male learners into educational pathways that will be in demand for the foreseeable future.
July 29, 2025
Opinion
Autistic Students are Building Community: Colleges Just Need to Listen
In a time when public discourse too often distorts what it means to be autistic, colleges have a unique opportunity—and responsibility—to listen to autistic students themselves.
July 27, 2025
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