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Section: Opinion
Opinion
Unapologetic Leadership: Yeah, Uh-Huh, You Know What it is Maroon and Gray
Practitioners and policymakers must stop engaging in the same old, same old because that’s how you yield the same results. I am done with people saying, “This is how we’ve always done it” or “this is past practice,” when they know we aren’t getting the student success and outcomes our students and communities deserve.
October 9, 2025
Opinion
Where is Our Red Line in Academia?
While there has been some resistance to the hard-armed demands and required reverence to the trifles and narcissistic tangents of this administration, there has overwhelmingly been acquiescence and cowering.
October 7, 2025
Opinion
The Four Pillars: How One University Is Redefining Student Success in America
Trinity Washington University's innovative approach offers a blueprint for closing the opportunity gap.
September 30, 2025
Opinion
The Illusion of Neutrality in Higher Education
Universities cannot claim apolitical ground when their choices create the very conditions for campus violence.
September 29, 2025
Opinion
Why We Need Hip Hop in Higher Education: How Do We Confront the Representation Crisis?
Many of us in the academy have lost our “swag,” in the face of erasure and apartheid-like conditions in higher education.
September 26, 2025
From the Magazine
Why International Student Athletes Remain Locked Out of NIL
International student-athletes are central to the success of many college teams. They contribute to the same revenue streams and face the same physical demands. They should have access to the same economic opportunities.
September 22, 2025
Opinion
Are We Prepared to Protect and Advocate for Undocumented Students?
As educators it is our duty to be fully prepared to support all students. In the case of our undocumented students, knowing what we can do is half the battle. Taking action is the other, and in present times is critically needed.
September 16, 2025
Opinion
Not Just a Legacy but a Mandate: What the Life of Dr. Earl S. Richardson Demands of Us
What made Dr. Richardson different was that he understood the stakes. For him, education was not abstract. It was urgent. It was necessary. It was justice.
September 14, 2025
Opinion
Train For the Job, Not Just the Credential.
It’s time for our education and workforce systems to serve adult learners, not just recent grads.
September 11, 2025
Opinion
Stack Sisters: Building Radical Empathy Convening Spotlighted Black Women Librarians
“Stack Sisters” is a nod to the stacks themselves and to the overwhelming number of women—across ethnicities—whose labor powered libraries.
September 11, 2025
Opinion
Why Dismantling Hispanic Serving Institutions Is a Direct Attack on America’s Workforce
Ending the HSI Program would shrink opportunity, limit choices, and reverse decades of progress, not just for Hispanic students, but for everyone.
September 10, 2025
Opinion
In This Season of “Going Up”: Calling All Leaders
Academic code-switching often looks more likeÂ
dispositional passing
. If you can “pass,” you can have an easier academic life. You deflect, stay under the radar— “nobody’s gonna know,” as the viral TikTok sound goes.
September 8, 2025
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
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