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Section: Opinion
Students
Helping Young Black, Latino Men Succeed Through Support and Challenging Stereotypes
By ensuring that young Black and Latino men can achieve their highest academic potential, we truly become our brother’s keeper.
March 10, 2014
Opinion
The Backlash of ‘12 Years a Slave’
Predictably, many of the conversations turned to race after moment of triumph for ’12 Years a Slave.’
March 9, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Celebrating Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and Greatness at Fisk University
My journey began in 2006 researching Charles Spurgeon Johnson, one of the first African-American presidents of an HBCU.
March 5, 2014
Sports
Some Principles to Guide the Changing Face of College Athletics
Seldom have the shifting sands upon which college athletics are built been more apparent than today.
March 4, 2014
African-American
Diversity Bigger Winner at 2014 Oscars for a Change
This year, the Oscars honored some tremendously talented people of color and there was nothing token about this gesture.
March 3, 2014
Opinion
The Age of Education
There is one detrimental factor that few people even realize exists in our educational system, let alone make any effort to take into account: age.
February 27, 2014
Opinion
Changing Demographics: What Does It Mean Now and in the Future?
People tend to steer away from acknowledging race as an influential component to education, but it is intertwined in the fabric and has become so much a part of the culture that it is unrecognizable.
February 27, 2014
Military
Hooray for Hollywood?
African-Americans and the Oscars have a complex relationship.
February 25, 2014
Opinion
What Really Will Happen if the Minimum Wage Increases?
The Congressional Budget Office’s conclusions are curious because the research they cite points to opposite outcomes.
February 25, 2014
Opinion
American Caste System? New ‘Gene Theory’ Dangerously Puts People of Color in Our Place
As if racism weren’t bad enough, here comes another “–ism” to make your day.
February 24, 2014
STEM
Leveraging Diversity a Winning Strategy
We shortchange ourselves as a country if we fail to remove the obstacles facing all Americans in their pursuit of STEM.
February 23, 2014
Students
Sometimes Attacks on Higher Ed Mask Other Agendas
Seems that everywhere you turn you are likely to hear about someone bemoaning the crises facing higher education.
February 19, 2014
Opinion
Five Words That Will Make a Difference
“But I will help you” can put a meaningful journey into motion.
February 19, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Time for ‘Jigsaw Puzzle’ Diversity Model
“Salad bowl” and “melting pot” diversity models have run their course.
February 18, 2014
African-American
Michael Dunn Verdict: Another Day, Another Step Backward
Admittedly, I was caught off-guard by the failure of a jury in Jacksonville, Fla., to convict Michael Dunn of a murder charge of any sort in the death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis.
February 16, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Is ‘Saturday Night Live’ the Answer to Our Diversity Ills?
Lorne Michaels in an interview in the latest New York Magazine acknowledges his program has a diversity problem.
February 9, 2014
Opinion
Being Mixed in Today’s America
It is strange to think that people actually deny me of my own heritage like I am wrong.
February 7, 2014
Faculty & Staff
The Next Generation
February is a good time to look ahead, especially to the next generation of Black leadership.
February 6, 2014
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