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Section: Opinion
Opinion
Is It Critical Race Theory to Know Filipino American History?
October is Filipino American History month. Not heritage, history. Not Critical Race Theory. Just the real history of America’s involvement with Filipino nationals and American Filipino citizens.
October 19, 2021
Opinion
Secretary of State Colin Powell and International Affairs and Education: Professional and Personal Reflections
The most remarkable memories of my interactions with the Secretary were his constant articulations to encompass diversity and equity within international affairs and education.
October 18, 2021
Opinion
How My Virtual Internship Prepared Me in Ways I Never Imagined
Virtual internships do not need to be daunting or burdensome. They can be just as meaningful and valuable as in-person internship.
October 15, 2021
Opinion
Why are HBCUs the Only Institutions Included In the Discourse about Tuition-Free Community College?
It is important to keep in mind that HBCUs are not a monolith, much like spectrum of diverse institutions inclusive of Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), with different missions and institutional selectivity.
October 13, 2021
Opinion
Smoke and Mirrors: Challenging the Elimination of Gifted and Talented Education Under the Guise of Universal Access for All Children
When educators fail to comprehend the perspectives, experiences, and realities of Black and Brown children, they, in effect render them invisible — ignoring and devaluing their gifts and talents, and untapped potential.
October 12, 2021
Opinion
When the ‘Gates’ are Literally and Figuratively Closed to Gifted and Talented Education for Black Students
Since its inception, the field of gifted and talented education (GATE) has been steeped in controversy and inequities due to the initial and ongoing underrepresentation of Black students, followed by Hispanic students.
October 11, 2021
Opinion
Roueche Center Forum: Humanity, Not AI, is Essential for Student Retention
October 10, 2021
Opinion
Fear of the Gaze: How Perceived Judgement Impacts Student Career Choices
When one relinquishes the power of their own definition to others then they are subject to the whims of external marginalization and limitations that they have made agreement with by virtue of the abdication of their own power to define themselves.
October 7, 2021
Opinion
Rich AAPI Harvard Alumni Force Harvard’s Hand on Ethnic Studies, Diversity
October 5, 2021
Opinion
What it Takes to Bridge the Access and Success Gap for Lower-Income Students
While doubling the Pell grant represents a critical step, colleges and universities must also do their part to ensure the thousands of talented students from lower-income backgrounds have a clear path to apply, enroll, and persist toward graduation.
October 4, 2021
Opinion
Preserving the Visual History of HBCUs
The Black community holds an unquantifiable reverence for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, HBCUs. Over the last 150 years, these institutions have been the bastions for cultural values and higher learning.
October 1, 2021
Opinion
Hispanic Leaders Navigating the Community College Administration Arena
Community college has proven to be an access point for underrepresented groups, with an earned reputation of affordability, accessibility and flexibility
September 30, 2021
Opinion
Partnering with High Achieving Black Students to Close Equity Gaps
Why do we continue to focus on the failures of Black students rather than target their successes? How is this continuous dialogue different from the consistent negative portrayal of Black people in the news?
September 29, 2021
Opinion
Lessons From My Journey
September 28, 2021
Opinion
Ensuring Equity and Choice in the Future of Higher Education
The history of American higher education has been the story of an evolving system incorporating a growing number and diversity of students.
September 27, 2021
Opinion
When It Comes to Sexual Assault, Colleges Should Educate, Not Adjudicate
It is critically important for the Biden administration to act quickly to issue and publish proposed new rules so that campus policies can be changed.
September 24, 2021
Opinion
VIA: An Example of Social and Emotional Learning
September 23, 2021
Opinion
How Higher Ed Can Support Diverse Students and Their Rural Communities
Part of growing up rural in this country involves internalizing messages about living in sparse country, living in the middle of nowhere or being a “from the sticks.”
September 22, 2021
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