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Section: Opinion
Opinion
We Have a Long Way to Go on Racial Issues
A few weeks ago in my previous column, I wrote about a candid, no-holds-barred conversation that I had with a student who was enrolled in my summer session course.
August 1, 2013
Opinion
Tough Standards, Diversity are Key Assets for the U.S. Military
Last month marked the 65th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman’s Executive Order that led to the racial integration of America’s armed services.
August 1, 2013
Opinion
The Doctrine of Common Core: Raising Public Education Standards Does Little in Our Modern Economy
The new economic realities have established a new historical context for industry, work and education that challenges the fundamentals of common core.
July 31, 2013
Students
San Jose State’s MOOC Missteps Easy to See
As most people in ed-tech circles have heard by now, a much-touted MOOC experiment has ended in embarrassment.
July 29, 2013
African-American
What if the ‘Perpetually Horny Middle-Aged Man’ in the News Was a Person of Color?
We live in a sex-crazed culture.
July 29, 2013
Students
Improving the Pathway to Higher Education
A seamless pathway must be created for two-year college graduates to transfer to four-year institutions that will prepare them for the 21st century workforce.
July 23, 2013
Opinion
President Obama Sparks a National Conversation on Race After Trayvon Martin Verdict
Now that the president has finally addressed the topic of race publicly, what will the conversation look like going forward?
July 22, 2013
Students
Student Loans and American Skills: Different Times, Two Different Reactions
What policymakers understood in 1958 would happen is upon us. We live in a global economy where the success of a nation is dependent on the ability to train a highly skilled work force.
July 21, 2013
Faculty & Staff
The Signs of New Millennium Youth and How We Can Help
Today’s world has many more options than it did when I was coming of age.
July 16, 2013
Students
Death by Diversity: Securing the Success of Minority Students and Faculty Beyond Recruitment
Successful recruitment in this regard creates a visual diversity that looks good on college brochures and websites, but it is only skin-deep.
July 16, 2013
African-American
Putting the Facts and Race in Perspective in the Zimmerman Acquittal
Still have a problem with the acquittal in the Trayvon Martin killing? The basic facts still don’t add up to me either.
July 15, 2013
Opinion
Birds of a Feather: Florida Prosecutors and George Zimmerman
Asking these state prosecutors to talk about racial profiling is akin to asking George Zimmerman to take the stand and indict himself. That’s a pipe dream.
July 14, 2013
Students
At the Intersection of identity and Contingency
Let’s look at the demographics of non-tenure-track faculty and placing identity at the center of a larger discussion on the contingent faculty experience.
July 11, 2013
Faculty & Staff
We Have Come a Long Way on Racial Issues, But We Have a Long Way to Go
A few days ago, we were discussing the modern Civil Rights Movement in the five-week summer session course that I am teaching.
July 10, 2013
Opinion
Increasing Diversity in the Post-Fisher Era
Without more persons of color earning advanced degrees, there will remain an inadequate supply of underrepresented minority faculty, perpetuating a lack of diversity across college campuses.
July 10, 2013
African-American
Asiana Crash Exposes 21st Century Racism on Twitter
If you see the Internet as raceless, colorblind and digital, think again my friend. It’s a breeding ground for 21st Century racism. Witness the instances of the nearly instantaneous anti-Asian racist tweets soon after the Asiana Airlines crash this weekend. On social media, you can see the knee-jerky reaction. It’s racism in real time. Time […]
July 8, 2013
Students
Keeping Higher Education on the Minds of Students
Before you know it the fall semester will be back in full swing on college campuses and students have some decisions to make.
July 7, 2013
STEM
Continued Push Needed for STEM Training and Education Fund
There are insufficient numbers of Americans generally and African-Americans particularly being taught to compete at the level of contribution needed in the 21st century.
July 7, 2013
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