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African-American

Failing Grade: Why There Aren’t More African-American Teachers in Classrooms

The need for the African-American teacher continues to increase. What do we need to do to protect the lifeline of the African-American teacher candidate?

November 18, 2015

Fueling the Talent Engine —– A Rich Mixture to go the Distance

The talent engines of organizations can be fueled to perform at the highest levels of excellence through developing and maintaining diverse coaching/mentoring relationships.

November 16, 2015

Tragedy in Paris

An American Global tragedy: Nohemi Gonzalez was an example of diversity in higher ed at its best.

November 15, 2015

African-American

Suicide, Substance Abuse Taking Toll on Segment of Middle-aged Whites

There has been a lot of buzz about the recent report conducted by recent Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton and his co-author and wife, Anne Case.

November 12, 2015

Where Are All the Black College Faculty?

It’s an uncomfortable and unacceptable shame ― nearly two decades into a new millennium ― that the work to integrate college and university faculty and administration remains undone.

November 11, 2015

Diversity Questions for Higher Ed after the UC Merced Stabbing Spree

By now it may all be forgotten, but last Wednesday, as the news broke, it was shocking the entire nation, if not every campus in the country.

November 8, 2015

‘The Pipeline Project’ Aims to Save Kids Who Don’t Make it to Higher Ed

Anna Deavere Smith’s project seeks to help end “the school to prison pipeline and the effects of public school policies that criminalize misbehavior and that subject students of color and low-income backgrounds disproportionately to exclusionary discipline or criminal prosecution.”

November 1, 2015

The Cost of Academic Freedom: How Ghosts of Racism’s Past Haunt College Campuses

It seems yearly, particularly during Halloween and back-to-campus celebrations, White students on predominantly White campuses are in the news for overtly racist actions.

October 29, 2015

Generation Xers Candid About Financial Future

Earlier this year, the insurance company Allianz Life released the findings of the Generations Apart Study that examined the financial outlook and attitude of 1000 Generation Xers (1965 to 1979) and 1000 Baby Boomers (1946 to 1964).

October 27, 2015

The HBCU Collegian That Could

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman

October 27, 2015

Filipino History? Ethnic Studies? Ignorance Isn’t Bliss

We’re heading into the last week and winding up Filipino American History Month.

October 25, 2015

Leonard Fournette Leading the Way with Character

Sometimes college student-athletes think only about the final score. So our hearts become full when we see a young man like Fournette who sees life’s big picture.

October 22, 2015

Scholars of Color Making Academic Research More Culturally Relevant

A basic approach of conducting research, publishing work and focusing on information dissemination is key to making academic work relevant for the higher ed community and the people they serve.

October 19, 2015

African-American

What Donald Trump Sees When He Sees an Asian College Kid’s Face

When he heard Donald Trump spewing forth untruths about South Korea on the campaign, economics major Joseph Choe decided he’d demand the truth from the Donald. Or, at the very least, a correction.

October 18, 2015

Thank You, Michelle Obama from Tall Women Everywhere

At 5’11”, Michelle Obama is not the average woman, literally or figuratively.

October 15, 2015

Raven-Symone and Buffoonish Things Black Celebs Sometimes Say

She, whether wittingly or unwillingly, has bought into a retrograde mindset.

October 14, 2015

MSIs Need to Embrace Competency-Based Learning Strategies

It is essential for HBCUs, TCUs and other MSIs to be a part of the planning and implementation of such CBL strategies since these institutions are likely to be major producers of the national workforce of the future.

October 13, 2015

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Campus Gun Violence, Ben Carson and How to Best Help Students Cope

The anxiety over guns in campus life has been a reality since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. But what do we do as a society except wait for another incident to happen?

October 11, 2015