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Section: Opinion
Students
Positioning Ourselves to Support College Success for Males of Color
If we are serious about improving the educational outcomes of males of color throughout the educational pipeline, then we need to change how we see and think about them, how we imagine, believe in and support their possibilities and how we work with them.
July 23, 2018
Opinion
Getting ‘PhinisheD’ or ‘FinishEdD’: Strategies for Future Doctors
The pursuit of a doctoral degree often is an arduous journey with challenges that may include but are not limited to financial limitations, imposter syndrome, standardized test-taking bias or anxiety, academic hazing and various forms of discrimination. Nevertheless, the tam and tassel are worth the hassle,
July 20, 2018
Students
TCUs: Saving Native American Education
Native Americans have the lowest educational attainment of any race. One of the ways in which mainstream institutions are failing them is by simply not addressing the values of Native American students.
July 19, 2018
Opinion
NAFEO Urges Continuing Affirmative Action Efforts in Higher Ed
Every student benefits from inclusive and diverse classrooms, not just students of color. NAFEO urges all school systems, colleges and universities not to retreat from their thoughtful, holistic review processes of applicants that are resulting in diverse environments.
July 18, 2018
Opinion
Tips for Applying to Graduate School
The purpose of this article is to teach each of you how to find the value of yourself while navigating the graduate admissions process. Try not to psyche yourself up so much that you actually psyche yourself out of an opportunity that could be beneficial in your own life’s journey.
July 16, 2018
Opinion
Trump’s Art of the Deal: Merge Education and Labor Departments?
The White House publicly released a report called “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century” on Thursday, June 21. First among the 32 organizational reform priorities proposed by President Donald Trump is merging the departments of education and labor into a single entity: the Department of Education and the Workforce.
July 14, 2018
Opinion
What Higher Ed Can Learn from Ocasio-Cortez Campaign
Given Alexandri Ocasio-Cortez’s success in engaging first-time voters, despite being significantly underfunded compared to her opponent, her election has many lessons for colleges throughout the nation to take note of in engaging their students and surrounding communities to participate in local elections.
July 12, 2018
Students
Part II: Whose Responsibility Is It? The Role of Students in Their Journey to Academic Success
Every instructor, teacher and professor was once a student in a classroom. Yes, times have changed significantly, yet the fundamentals of the college experience and the goals for your teaching and student learning remain universal.
July 11, 2018
Students
Sisters, Other-Mothers and Aunties: The Importance of Informal Mentors for Black Women Graduate Students at Predominantly White Institutions
Mentoring is paramount to the success of Black women pursuing graduate degrees. Unfortunately, mentors at predominantly White institutions who provide formal mentoring for Black women graduate students are few and far between.
July 10, 2018
Opinion
Trump Administration Takes Affirmative Action to Ignore Race and Law
In case you missed it: while you were celebrating all the progress we’ve achieved in America – 242 years of opportunity resulting in a burgeoning sense of equality and diversity – the Trump administration placed a cherry bomb in your inbox.
July 9, 2018
Opinion
Genocide to Exodus: Why the Average Joe Should Care About Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico and the ongoing colonization of the island is nothing new. 1898 marks the official year in which the genocide of the Puerto Rican people became a legal act of the United States. Fast forward to today, we are in the same situation.
July 6, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diversity of Convenience in Higher Education
As I sat, looking through a window in a bookstore at a prestigious university, I could not help but notice how monolithic the institution was. It was nothing like how it was advertised on their brochure and website, where they presented a diverse campus filled with people from different racial and cultural backgrounds.
July 6, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Being a Tourist is Not the Same as Being a Minority
I recently returned from China. I spent the summer teaching American law, in English. As a Chinese American, I must confess one of the most annoying statements that White Americans make is that, after they have been a tourist overseas, they understand what it is like to be a minority back home.
July 5, 2018
Opinion
Supporting International Students in the Age of Trump
“Will I be safe in America?” “Am I welcome?” “Is the U.S. my best option?” These are the unsettling questions we in college admissions now often hear from prospective international students. Concerns over the political climate and uncertain immigration policies have heightened anxieties among foreign students and their families – and chilled a decade-long growth in international student enrollment.
July 3, 2018
HBCUs
He Said, He Said: Black Male Cross-Generational Conversations on Perspective, Place and Positionality
What began as an informal chat between college faculty member and undergraduate student morphed into a complex and multi-layered exploration of topics that challenged us both to think deeply about issues ranging from diversity, equity, identity, masculinity, positionality and social justice to Trump and Wakanda.
June 30, 2018
Opinion
The Opposite of Progress
The slate of 2018 decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court has a direct impact on questions previously settled in American history. The failure to protect access to voting, representation and labor return us to bygone eras when the interests of underrepresented groups were deemed insignificant.
June 28, 2018
Students
Realizing My Potential Through the Higher Education Opportunity Program
When done correctly, opportunity programs foster a sense of community on campus where students feel safe to struggle and know that they have the support necessary to overcome the obstacles that come along with being underprepared for college – not by choice, but by circumstance.
June 27, 2018
Sports
Black Students, College Choice and HBCUs: Enrolling the Next Generation
In 2017, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) saw an increase in freshman student enrollment and substantial increases in enrollment for a small number of HBCUs, including North Carolina A & T State University, Kentucky State University and Spelman College.
June 27, 2018
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