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Section: Opinion
Opinion
Five Ways to Dismantle Racism Through Spirituality
As a Black woman and a white man our work has crossed racial lines for more than three decades, and we’ve found there are concrete steps to dismantling racism through spirituality.
November 23, 2021
Opinion
Roueche Center Forum: Beyond Opportunity and Grit
November 22, 2021
Opinion
HBCUs Provide a Supportive Environment
HBCUs can offer students emotional, psychological, and academic support that PWI’s can’t or don’t.
November 22, 2021
Opinion
Culture Must Be Up Front and Center – Not an Afterthought -- in Counseling Black and Other Minoritized Clients
We continue to be flabbergasted, dismayed, and upset about the persistent and pervasive under-representation of Black and other minoritized professionals in counseling, psychological, and mental health professions.
November 21, 2021
Opinion
Is UATX, The Future? And Whither Diversity?
The University of Austin, or UATX, has created a lot of hubbub the last few weeks as a new university that will defend free speech.
November 17, 2021
Opinion
Advocating for the Future PK-12 Student Today
To meet the needs of the future PK-12 student population, educator preparation programs must attract a greater number of diverse candidates to the teaching profession—and that requires advocating for policies that promote diversity in the classroom.
November 12, 2021
Opinion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Being Native American on an HBCU Board of Trustees
Today, more than ever, the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) form a critical foundation preparing and supporting institutions of higher education to meet every changing demand of our society in this century.
November 9, 2021
Opinion
AP, High School Equity and College Admission
Ending college admissions testing is an imperfect solution for achieving higher education equity.
November 8, 2021
Opinion
HBCUs: A Beacon of Promise and Pride
As high school seniors begin the exciting, yet stressful, process of deciding which schools to apply to and which school to attend, it is important that we showcase to Black students the power and the potential that HBCUs offer.
November 5, 2021
Opinion
Filipino Students at UC Berkeley Expose School’s Colonial Problem
November 2, 2021
Opinion
Rethinking Assessment, Equity and Academic Integrity
In an era where students have access to course material and study websites and where the answers to many exam questions are just a Google query away, our understanding of cheating and academic integrity is woefully behind the curve.
November 1, 2021
Opinion
Engaging Stakeholders On the DEI Journey
Early in my professionalization to EDI work, I would often speak up during event Q&As to ask the experts my most pressing and challenging question: how do we engage the folks who aren’t present today?
October 29, 2021
Opinion
Prerequisites for Effective Presidential Searches
It seems that increasingly more presidential searches, at institutions of all types and sizes, are bumping up against the guard rails of reality in the context of overzealous expectations.
October 29, 2021
Opinion
I Know the Power of Prison Education Programs
For years, I was known as inmate number 341916. I have spent over 15 years of my life either in prison, on parole/probation, or under community supervision after making an impulsive decision that spun me through the cycle of mass incarceration.
October 27, 2021
Opinion
Education and Democracy: Critique of Diversity, Equity, and Race for Liberatory Practices
We question the popularity of DEI as fetishism and faddism and the political courage for institutions to engage critically with historical and contemporary matters of racial equity.
October 26, 2021
Opinion
Why We Decided to Add We/Us/Ours to Our Pronouns
More recently, we added three other pronouns beyond gender identity (we/us/ours) to honor and identify other salient and collectivist social identities.
October 22, 2021
Opinion
Gen X and Millennial Community College Leaders Offer the Leadership of the Future
Many Gen X and Millennial leaders arrive in their roles via non-traditional pathways, are technologically astute and are more diverse than previous generations of community college presidents.
October 21, 2021
Opinion
Keep Families in Mind: An Equity-Focused approach to In-Person Learning.
There is an urgency amongst communities and schools across the nation to prioritize justice because they are essential to connecting the current realities.
October 20, 2021
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