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Opinion
When It Comes to HBCU Alumni and Giving, Making Them “Feel Bad” Doesn’t Work
In a recent article in Diverse Issues In Higher Education, Bill Cosby was reported to have chastised HBCU leaders for their failures to attract alumni contributions. Specifically, he stated, that HBCU administrators should make their alumni “feel bad” about not giving back. I have a lot of respect for Cosby’s dedication to HBCUs and I […]
November 3, 2008
Opinion
I Am Barack Obama
A funny thing happened the other day.  I attended a Barack Obama rally, one of thousands of Virginians who braved the cold and stood in line outside the Richmond Coliseum, most of whom were no doubt as aware as I of the historic significance of the moment. While waiting to gain entry—when I wasn’t […]
October 30, 2008
Opinion
The Sad Reality of O.J. Simpson
October 3rd is a day that has deeply associated itself with O.J. Simpson. It is a day he will probably never forget. On this day in 1995, he was acquitted of the double murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her waiter, body builder friend, Ronald Goldman. More than a decade later, on the exact […]
October 27, 2008
Opinion
Hawaii and American Colonial Amnesia
How many college students are taught how the United States “acquired” Hawaii?  Which departments are charged with teaching the ABCs of US imperialism?  Now, perhaps more than ever, we need a concerted effort to bring more awareness to the plight of the Hawaiian people.  On October 1, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear […]
October 26, 2008
Opinion
Successful Ventures Between Minority-serving Institutions and Majority Institutions
Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are recognized in many circles for their ability to nurture and empower students of color.  Because of their faculty’s strong dedication to teaching and mentoring, they are particularly good at sending students to graduate school.  However, at times, our nation’s MSIs do not have the fiscal resources to offer comparable research or programmatic opportunities […]
October 25, 2008
Opinion
Has The SAT Test Undergone A Backlash?
There is a good chance that if you were a high school junior or senior applying to a four-year college or university you’ve seen a question like the following. “Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair:   BOW:VIOLIN (A)   music:piano (B)   brass:trumpet (C)   drumstick:drum […]
October 13, 2008
Opinion
The Fisk Jubilee Singers — A Student’s Experience
In this week’s blog entry, I want to share the words of one of my wonderful graduate students.  His name is Jameel Scott and he is in the masters program in higher education here at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.  Jameel is a graduate of Morehouse College.  He plans on pursuing a […]
October 13, 2008
Opinion
“Racism Without Racists” Is Twisted Logic
There is an astonishing theoretical perspective taking hold in the American academy, and working its way down into the mainstream. And if it remains unchallenged, it seems that it is well on its way to becoming an accepted tenet. It is the bizarre idea that, while racism is alive and well in America — to […]
October 8, 2008
Opinion
An Inspiration For Us All
A few weeks ago, I was talking with a good friend of mine about the acceptance speech that Barack Obama delivered in Denver. We both watched the speech at different locations and commented on how Obama’s was so inspiring, emotive, sincere and downright “on the money in his message!   I am a generation X […]
September 25, 2008
Opinion
New Football Program Presents Golden Opportunity for Lincoln University
With the start of the new academic year, Lincoln University has made some big changes to its campus. The nation’s oldest Black college resurrected its football team and created a marching band. The institution and its president Ivory V. Nelson hope that theses changes will attract more students to the suburban Pennsylvania campus. Previously, many […]
September 23, 2008
Opinion
The NCLBification of Higher Education
One of the most significant yet subtle ways that the No Child Left Behind Act has affected higher education is by shaping the requirements for students intending to become teachers. In this way, although NCLB is a federal act directed at K-12 education, its effects have traveled up the educational ladder into higher education. Here […]
September 21, 2008
Opinion
Affirmative Action is Still Relevant and Needed
A few weeks ago, the anti-affirmative action ballot measure in Arizona that was supported by Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Black conservative opportunist and hypocrite Ward Connerly failed to garner enough support to be placed on the ballot. Earlier this year, a similar referendum in Oklahoma faced a similar fate. I must admit […]
September 17, 2008
Opinion
Stay The Course Or Change Directions Is The Question
As Election Day approaches, we must decide whether characteristics will trump the issues of the day.  This conundrum makes for a slippery slope for some of us. Those of us that are voting age have participated in some local, state and national elections where we did not always vote for the “conventional” or for the […]
September 17, 2008
Opinion
Virginia State Election Board’s Use of Jim Crow-like Student Residency Questionnaire Raises Voting Rights Questions
The New York Timesreports that E. Randall Wertz, the county registrar of voters in Montgomery County, Va., recently issued two outrageous and confusing (at best) press releases with regard to college student voter registration.             The first of the official missives made several patently false claims:  1) the parents of students who register and vote […]
September 16, 2008
Opinion
Increasing Minority Ph.D. Completion
September 14, 2008
Opinion
Advising Students to the Ph.D.: Are We Equitable in Our Support?
A recent report published in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education states that Ph.D. completion varies by gender and race.  Specifically, the 10-year completion rate for Whites was 55 percent, for Hispanics it was 51 percent, for Asian Americans it was 50 percent and for African Americans the rate was only 47 percent.  Of course there […]
September 14, 2008
Opinion
Black Voter disenfranchisement in 2008: Jim Crow Returns
The Michigan Messenger reported on Sept. 10, that, “The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Mich., a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOP’s effort to challenge some […]
September 10, 2008
Opinion
Where are Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders in Higher Education?
How does your university or college classify Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students and faculty? Most continue to misclassify Pacific peoples within the Asian category, despite the fact that over a decade ago, the federal government issued a policy directive to create the racial category of “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.” The implications […]
September 7, 2008
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