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Section: Opinion
Opinion
The Urgent Need to Challenge Devaluation
The devaluation of people based on their race has been an enduring factor that has had massive socioeconomic ramifications for centuries.
July 28, 2022
Opinion
Let’s Get an Amen on Who Can Legitimately Be Called an HBCU Expert
We think there’s a fine line between being an expert on HBCUs versus being qualified to speak on behalf of or serve as a representative of these unique higher education institutions.
July 27, 2022
Opinion
Greater Funding, Greater Needs: Congress Must Act Now
Pass Senate Appropriations to increase funding for HBCUs and the HBCU IGNITE Excellence Act to help rebuild the infrastructure of aging facilities
July 26, 2022
From the Magazine
Innovative Community Colleges Vie for the Highly Coveted Bellwether Award
Twenty-six community colleges from 14 states met in San Antonio for the 28th Annual Community College Futures Assembly.
July 24, 2022
Opinion
The Things about Normalizing: Black Women, Resilience and Superpowers
Black women are "built"-through societal social constructions- to never think about framing the hard work that we all do, including both physical and/or mental labor, with any inkling of being safe or comfortable.
July 21, 2022
Opinion
Inspiring Tech Participation
This is the time to find innovative ways to get students of all ages off the sidelines and into the game. Too many people are watching from the sidelines believing that they don’t have what it takes to be able to get out on the field.
July 20, 2022
Opinion
Our Village, Our Digital Innovation: HBCUv
HBCUv is an innovative learning technology ecosystem that is nothing short of revolutionary. It will reimagine the legacy, community and culture of HBCUs into a virtual experience that’s accessible, equitable and connected.
July 19, 2022
From the Magazine
Artificial Intelligence: Advancing the Workforce of the Future
AI skills are highly sought after and give students a competitive edge in the job market.
July 18, 2022
Opinion
Inspiring Tech Economics
For various reasons, people of color have been consistently overrepresented in the low wage labor market including bias, discrimination, deficits in social capital, and lack of access to equitable educational opportunities.
July 15, 2022
Opinion
Postsecondary Success is a Family Affair
There is a great need to ensure our community -- which has long been underserved by higher education -- achieves the kind of postsecondary success necessary to thrive in our evolving workforce and economy.
July 13, 2022
Opinion
The Color of Harvard
Who wants to be president of Harvard University? Or maybe the question is who should be the first African American president of the university? That’s a question that moves us all in a good direction.
July 11, 2022
Opinion
Fifty Years Later, Title IX Does Not Fulfill Promise to Black women
We need to confront the fact that Title IX isn’t as effective a tool for equality as we hoped it would be 50 years later.
July 7, 2022
Opinion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Are Not Working Because They “Cost” Nothing
Many spaces want a diversity, equity, and inclusion created in their own image; which ultimately isn’t diversity, equity, or inclusion at all.
July 4, 2022
Opinion
The Pickens Playbook Part 2: Year One at Tennessee State University
George Pickens begins every day thinking about where he started and where he wants to go. He believes that this helps him to align with his mission and reconnects him to his faith.
July 1, 2022
From the Magazine
Thank you, Dr. William E. Cox!
In an uncompromising effort to showcase the diversity of academia, Bill Cox and Frank L. Matthews gave the nation a tremendous blessing when they founded Black Issues In Higher Education, renamed Diverse: Issues In Higher Education in 2005.
June 30, 2022
Opinion
HBCUs are Experiencing a Renaissance. Here’s How to Make Sure It Lasts
Expanding capacity has been a central focus of UNCF’s support for HBCUs for two decades, and it continues to be one of the organization's guiding principles.
June 30, 2022
From the Magazine
A Lifelong Partner and Friend
From the very beginning, Bill Cox and I just hit it off.
June 30, 2022
From the Magazine
I Remember Bill
American higher education has changed lots since then, and to its credit, the publication that Bill Cox co-founded more than four decades ago has adapted without missing a beat.
June 29, 2022
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