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Section: Opinion
Students
Napolitano Welcomes Other Schools and Universities to Join DACA Lawsuit
As the head of the Department of Homeland Security in the Obama administration, UC President Janet Napolitano knows all about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
September 11, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Black Studies Faculty: Teaching Behind Enemy Lines
Being persecuted by the media and society is only one of the repercussions Black Studies faculty experience when they speak out on issues. Others include being terrorized by our own university administration, being sold out by other faculty, and being targeted by students who don’t agree with the material taught.
September 7, 2017
Students
An Open Letter to College Presidents about DACA
Here are some recommendations for you and your fellow senior administrators on how to humanely handle the DACA announcement.
September 5, 2017
Students
Trump Leaks Darken DACA Future
President Trump’s intention to end DACA, but give Congress six months to fix the policy, amounts to a failure in Trump’s ability to lead.
September 4, 2017
Students
Helping the College Applicants Who Need It the Most
Where does a high school senior whose parents didn’t go to college turn to understand the application process? What resources are available to a student from a remote rural area if she wants to apply to college?
August 31, 2017
Faculty & Staff
The Pathology of Delusions
The scenario of being criticized and threatened for writing honestly about race and/or racism in America has been played out many times in the near century since scholar E. Franklin Frazier and his wife left Atlanta under the threat of mob violence.
August 31, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Social Media Harassment Targets Academics of Color
The psychological and professional consequences of social media engagement can be particularly consequential for academics of color, especially those whose work includes issues of race and gender.
August 27, 2017
Students
Princeton Review Does a Disservice to Prospective LGBTQ+ Students
The “LGBTQ Unfriendly” list does a great disservice to our prospective students by giving a grossly incomplete picture of institutional commitment to LGBTQ+ individuals.
August 23, 2017
Students
New Approach to Criminal Justice Education
The challenges that confront law enforcement these days are great and heading towards a crisis.
August 22, 2017
Opinion
Charlottesville Evokes Memories of the Sixties
I am a product of the 1960s and grew up in a Southern city. Segregation, separate but equal, we sat upstairs and they sat downstairs at the movies all happened during my early years. However, it didn’t stop us from believing and achieving.
August 16, 2017
Students
Faculty Chemistry Pays Off at Georgia Gwinnett College
Can you imagine a new state college having a junior faculty member chairing an open rank chemistry search committee?
August 16, 2017
Opinion
Alternative Facts and Faulty Citations: Urging Students to Use the Library
Like many others who have not been living in a dark-tinted bubble for the past year, I have noticed that it has become increasingly difficult at times to differentiate between fact and fiction when reading U.S. news headlines.
August 13, 2017
Opinion
Whites Use Asian Americans as Human Shields in New Affirmative Action Fight
Don’t be fooled by the news about Asian Americans fighting affirmative action. Asian Americans as a whole are still in favor of affirmative action by a large majority, and have been for a long time. The National Asian American Survey produced by AAPI Data in 2014 had the approval number at 70 percent. What’s changed in 3 years?
August 7, 2017
Students
I Failed the System: Representation, Meritocracy and Changing Education from the Top Down
I couldn’t fit the “college mold”, so I just gave up. I thought I failed the system and not the other way around. And, there are many first-generation, working-class youth giving up every day because they feel the same way.
August 2, 2017
LGBTQ+
Trump Relegates Transgender Americans to Ranks of Second-Class Citizens
On July 26, 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced — via Twitter, of course — that transgender people will be banned from serving in the military in any capacity.
July 26, 2017
Students
Has California Found the Answer to More Equitable Developmental Education?
California Bill AB 705 aims to reduce the burden of performing well on a standardized test as the singular opportunity for students to get into credit-bearing courses.
July 26, 2017
Opinion
Mizzou’s Policy May Disadvantage Low-Income Students
In an effort to curb student debt, the University of Missouri (Mizzou) has taken a controversial step: placing limits on what students can charge on their university accounts. Earlier this month, the university announced a new policy that will bar students from using a financing option known as “student charge” to make non-academic purchases. The […]
July 23, 2017
Students
Math Big Factor in Diversifying STEM Pipeline
The common denominator for entry into most STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) majors is the ability to successfully complete high-level math courses. There is no getting around this requirement in order to obtain degrees in majors like engineering, computer science and chemistry. There may not be one magic bullet that will increase the diversity […]
July 20, 2017
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