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Section: Opinion
Opinion
Racialized Agency as a Buffer for K-16 Black Students in STEM
Although there are programs and initiatives that aim to increase representation in STEM, Black students in K-16 still see STEM as intimidating, out of reach and, sometimes, even an impossible aspiration.
May 18, 2025
Opinion
Rewriting the Script: How HBCUs Are Shifting the Future of Graduate Education
This is a call to action for institutions, funders, scholars, and policymakers alike: If you care about the future of higher education, you must look to HBCUs.
May 15, 2025
Opinion
The Not-So-Secret Plot to Destroy HBCUs
I want HBCUs to win, especially now when there is an assault on everything (and everyone) Black. But over the past few years I have noticed a pattern that troubles me.
May 14, 2025
Opinion
When Supporting Black Boys Is Called Racist
Let’s be clear: Black boys are not overrepresented in opportunity. They are overrepresented in the places where our nation stores its grief—prisons, detention centers, hospital beds, morgues.
May 14, 2025
Opinion
From Policy to Budget Cuts: The Urgent Fiscal Realty Higher Education Must Prepare for Now
As higher education works to develop and finalize its 2026 fiscal budgets, the following are opportunities for institutions to consider in their efforts to ensure strategic day-to-day operational alignment, impact, and market relevance.
May 13, 2025
Opinion
Turning Wounds into Wisdom
Tougaloo College students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and community stand together in wisdom without fear. We are not invisible. We are not silent. We are here.
May 11, 2025
Opinion
The Complicated Love Story Between Us and Higher Ed
This is a love letter for those of us who once fell hard for higher ed and now carry the complicated beauty, heartbreak, and hope that love leaves behind.
May 8, 2025
Opinion
Just-in-Time Care: How Institutions Can Build A Better Path To College Completion
Our ultimate goal is to remove barriers and provide the proper support so students can continue and complete their college journey with fewer detours and realize the potential of postsecondary education.
May 7, 2025
From the Magazine
Leadership Through a Dual Lens: A Bi-Racial CEO’s Perspective
My cultural identity, as both Black and Korean, is shaped by the traditions, values, and experiences I have embraced within my family and the communities that raised me.
May 6, 2025
Opinion
The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?
Harvard’s stand is a warning—and an opportunity. What happens next depends on how we understand the space we’re in. Fairness, equity, and justice have always been contested—not neutral or settled, but shaped by power, history, and interpretation.
May 4, 2025
Opinion
Value Entrepreneurs – Driven by Mission
The diversity across the tuition-driven sector might suggest a lack of common ground, but in reality, these institutions have far more in common with one another than with the Ivy League.
May 1, 2025
Opinion
RFK Jr.’s Autism Misinformation Undermines Equity—and the Role of Higher Education
Kennedy’s remarks may seem like a fringe view to those of us working in higher ed. But their reach—and their harm—are real. If we remain silent, we risk allowing misinformation to fill the vacuum we leave behind.
April 28, 2025
Opinion
A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging
Remember, belonging is a feeling. Just like bricks, feelings can be mixed and hardened over time. Changing people's feelings is hard work, but that’s no excuse for retreat.
April 25, 2025
Opinion
Black History in A Minor: Kendrick Lamar, Nativism, and the Price of Our Native Land
Black History refuses to be triumphant without sorrow. It is not celebratory without critique. It is not a simple "look how far we’ve come" narrative.
April 23, 2025
Opinion
How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families
When students have incarcerated loved ones, the financial and emotional costs can directly derail their education.
April 22, 2025
Opinion
When We Defund Education, We Defund Teacher Diversity
Our aim is to create a future where the teacher workforce mirrors our nation's diversity and every student—irrespective of their zip code—receives education from an effective, culturally responsive educator.
April 21, 2025
Opinion
Not All Opinions Deserve a Microphone in the Classroom
We should be teaching students how to evaluate evidence, not how to politely entertain lies.
April 18, 2025
Opinion
Ending DEI in Higher Ed has Larger Implications for our Nation’s Future - We Can Fight Back
In the face of such a dire threat, college and university leaders must unite to explain in plain language how the consequences of these attacks reverberate beyond the ivory tower.
April 17, 2025
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