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Section: Opinion
From the Magazine
Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education
Why are women of color in higher education celebrated for their excellence yet set up to fail by the very systems that claim to value them?
March 18, 2025
From the Magazine
Women in Leadership: Empowering Change across Generations and Cultures
Mentorship in academics lies at the core of women’s leadership, serving as a powerful voice for empowerment.
March 13, 2025
Opinion
Encouraging Families to Promote Racial Identity and Pride in Black and Other Minoritized Children
It is imperative that families have the resources to properly discuss, show, and engage their children in active conversation about race relations so Black and other minoritized youth and families can respond appropriately.
March 13, 2025
From the Magazine
Black Women Navigating the Path to College Presidency
Despite persistent obstacles, including a lack of mentorship and feedback, a dearth of role models, and discrimination in hiring and promotion, Black women continue to excel in their chosen fields and rise to leadership positions.
March 12, 2025
Opinion
An Open Letter to Caleb Wilson: A Call for Brotherhood Without Brutality
We must acknowledge that hazing is not a rite of passage, it is a betrayal of our values. Those who engage in hazing do so not out of love or tradition but out of a perverse need to dominate, to validate their own suffering by inflicting it upon others.
March 10, 2025
Opinion
Don’t Believe the Critics of DEI: Racial Classifications Can Promote Belonging and Understanding
It is important to remember that the historical context for banning racial discrimination is inextricably connected to the discrimination and violence Black people faced during the Civil Rights Era.
March 4, 2025
Opinion
Investing in Care to Combat Declining Enrollment in Higher Education
Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy.
March 3, 2025
Opinion
It’s Time for Higher Education Leadership to Embrace 'Good Trouble’
Legislative setbacks to equity beckon colleges and universities to take bold and creative strategies to reaffirm their commitment to equitable access to resources and opportunities in education
February 28, 2025
Opinion
Denying Black History is Morally Reprehensible
Racial hatred is America’s Original Sin, unresolved and largely unrepented across the American centuries.
February 26, 2025
Opinion
They are Ready! Transforming the Narrative to Engage Black Males in Educational Settings
Far too often, Black boys and young men are seen from a deficit paradigm riddled with low academic expectations for not exhibiting behaviors that reflect western Eurocentric value.
February 25, 2025
Opinion
Beyond Politics: The Moral Obligation of Equity in Higher Education
Equity is institutionalized in our college mission and a means of differentiating our approach to higher education as a community college – we serve our community.
February 24, 2025
Opinion
Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive
I write this piece as a tribute to Dr. Boykin, to keep his legacy alive, and to proactively address how instruction/pedagogy/teaching must be culturally responsive rather than violent/harmful/traumatic.
February 20, 2025
Opinion
Directive to Dismiss Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices Presents Opportunity to Define and Seek Equity
Depoliticizing diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to preserving higher education’s transformative power for individuals and society.
February 19, 2025
Opinion
We Are All the Accumulation of the Dreams of Generations
Why, I ask, as a society can we not lift up our children together when there is more than enough to sustain and to nurture all of them? Why must only some of them enjoy the promise and the bounty of the American dream?
February 18, 2025
Opinion
Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines
Less well known is the structure of law school financing that raises the stakes of this cascade effect to potentially catastrophic levels for some students of color.
February 17, 2025
Opinion
Affirmative Action, DEI Dead? Ask Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, And RFK Jr.
If you thought the Harvard case which used Asians Americans to end affirmative action last year settled things, you’re wrong.
February 14, 2025
From the Magazine
The Educator’s Guide to Self-Care in Uncertain Times
Higher education has entered a new era, one unlike previous eras of growth and expansion driven primarily by demographic growth and industrial expansion.
February 13, 2025
Opinion
College Campuses Must Respond to the Pressing Needs on Mental Health and Wellness
Higher education institutions are falling short on delivering essential mental health resources for students.
February 12, 2025
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