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Opinion
What Everyone Can Do To Diversify the Teaching Force
Each faculty and staff member at a given university can be a stakeholder in the development of teachers.
September 12, 2011
Opinion
The Varied State of Race Relations on College Campuses and Among Generation Y
The future is brighter than some people think.
August 27, 2011
Opinion
Importance of Being the Best Faculty Advisor Possible to Students of Color
Why it’s absolutely imperative that we take our role as graduate advisors seriously.
August 21, 2011
Opinion
Fulbright Lessons From Around the World
Lessons learned from one of the most diverse groups I’ve ever been around.
August 15, 2011
Opinion
Excessive Drinking Still a Problem Among College Students
I am sure that at one time or another we have all heard the saying “I’ll drink to that.”  In fact for many college students the term seems to be a rite of passage. The idea of “drink, drink, drink until you can drink no more” is often the norm.  In some cases, the practice […]
July 10, 2011
Opinion
Preparing for Life After High School
Millions of students are graduating from high school this graduation and will be opening a new chapter in their lives. Along with opening the new chapter, many students will have some reflective thoughts. There will be some who will conclude that high school was a training ground for things to come. While others will finally appreciate the value […]
June 20, 2011
Opinion
Partnering Across Institutions and Race for Urban Teacher Preparation
As educators who work to prepare teachers, particularly for urban schools, we believe that pre-service teachers’ earliest field experiences in classrooms have a profound influence on their professional trajectories. We’ve seen pre-service teachers respond to urban field experiences in a variety of ways. We’ve seen some develop a visceral commitment to educational justice in city […]
June 15, 2011
Opinion
How To Succeed in a Tenure-Track Faculty Job
I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of third-year doctoral students of color this past week at Howard University’s Preparing Future Faculty Institute. Standing up in front of these future leaders made me incredibly happy. The faculty pipeline seems to be bright and talented. My talk to them focused on success and how to achieve it […]
June 13, 2011
Opinion
Stay–At-Home Dads More Commonplace Among Academics and Non-Academics
A couple of weeks ago I was talking with a friend of mine who lives in the Midwest. It had been a few months since we had last spoken. I asked him to update me on the status of things—his job, his family etc. … I reciprocated. Fortunately, things are going good for both of […]
June 6, 2011
Opinion
U.S. Department of Education Recognizes Institutions Serving Critical Mass of Asian American and Pacific Islander Students
In May, during Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month, the U.S. Department of Education took the much needed step of formally recognizing institutions serving a critical mass of AAPI students. Alongside other institutions serving students of color and low-income populations, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) are now eligible to […]
June 1, 2011
Opinion
Tuskegee University: An Honorable Track Record
About a week ago, I had the pleasure of visiting Tuskegee University. Tuskegee is a charming institution with lovely historic buildings and a tranquil campus green. In many ways, Tuskegee looks like any other well-manicured, small college. However, Tuskegee has an amazing and unique history, which is exemplified by the statue of Booker T. Washington […]
May 31, 2011
Opinion
A Black Woman Responds to Don Lemon
Don Lemon is gay.  The media, both social and mainstream, have been all atwitter since the CNN anchor made this announcement via Twitter this weekend. This happened as his memoir Transparent is being released this week. Lemon and his book were the subject of a Sunday New York Times feature, in which “he said he […]
May 17, 2011
Opinion
Male Rape: The Silent Crisis
Most of us are aware of—or have at least heard of—shocking, horrific stories of women who have been sexually battered and violated by men. Such an atrocity happened in my own family. A few years ago, one of my relatives was the victim of a violent rape by a sex offender. She survived. He was […]
May 7, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Empowering Women for Academic Leadership Roles
This past week, I had the pleasure of attending a session on empowering women for academic leadership roles. The event was held at the University of Pennsylvania and featured female academic leaders — our president, deans, center leaders and department chairs. Together, these impressive women offered advice to all of the women in the audience. […]
May 2, 2011
STEM
The Business Role in STEM Education
The month of April saw  at least two big announcements from the business community regarding the condition of math and science education in America. First, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released “The Case for Being Bold: A New Agenda for Business in Improving STEM Education,” calling for the nation’s business sector to challenge the status […]
April 30, 2011
Opinion
Scholars of Minority-Serving Institutions Remain Dedicated, Enthusiastic and Passionate About Their Research
My very favorite aspect of being a faculty member is the work I get to do with new scholars. This past week at the American Education Research Association’s annual meeting in New Orleans, my colleague Clif Conrad of the University of Wisconsin and I hosted a lunch for new scholars. The focus was on research […]
April 12, 2011
Opinion
Too Many Men Are Carefree About Their Health
Several years ago, in the late 1990s, I remember watching an HBO special where a comedian made the comment “a man can have a foot growing in his stomach and he still will not go to the hospital.” At the time, the audience, like myself, laughed at the comment.  Fast forward more than a decade […]
April 6, 2011
Opinion
Pell Grants as Costly and ‘Harmful’ Welfare?
As American politicians and educators continue to slice and dice away at higher education resources and programs using the hollow, yet sharp knives of austerity, the future of a diverse academy increasingly looks bleak and dreary. The widely used justification — the need to cut costs and reduce the national deficit — seems so difficult […]
April 5, 2011
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