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Section: Opinion
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
Opinion
Trump's Executive Order on Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schools: A Legal and Educational Misstep
The Trump administration’s attempt to assert influence over the day-to-day operations of state and local education systems marks a troubling shift in policy—one that undermines local control.
February 11, 2025
Opinion
Empowering Black Scholars in STEM: The Urgency of Mentorship and Inclusion
Numerous minoritized students, especially Black students, face intricate obstacles in higher education, particularly in pursuing STEM fields.
February 10, 2025
Opinion
Relationships Over Resumes: Why Personal Connections Are the Key to HBCU Success
Now more than ever, HBCUs must tell their stories—not just on our campuses but on national and global stages.
February 6, 2025
From the Magazine
Student Success in STEM
To ensure equity in STEM education, colleges and universities must take proactive steps to recruit, support, retain, and graduate minority students.
February 5, 2025
Opinion
What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship
Black scholars, especially those at HBCUs, must continue our efforts to build our institutions as best we can to ensure that Black scholarship and Black people endure—for generations to come.
February 4, 2025
Opinion
HBCUs and the Post-Election Landscape: Charting a Path Forward
Despite the electoral outcome, the demand for continued support and investment in HBCUs remains urgent.
February 3, 2025
Opinion
DEI Did It
As we bear witness to the slow death of DEI—not diversity, equity, and inclusion itself, but the acronym—we must recognize the orchestrated campaign behind its demise.
January 31, 2025
From the Magazine
Fidelity Matters: Assessing Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression in P-12 and Higher Education
In our quest for anti-racist academic organizations from preschool to higher education, we have urged educators to develop competencies - dispositions, knowledge, and skills - to put philosophy into practice.
January 28, 2025
Opinion
The House Antisemitism Staff Report is a Scare Tactic not a Solution for Student Success
The House Antisemitism Staff Report is a roadmap for what can be expected over the next couple of years under a Trump Administration and Republican leadership in Congress.
January 27, 2025
Opinion
RIP DEI? Does Trump Know DEI is Latin for God?
As an American who grew up in the “Civil Rights” era of the 1960s, I could not conceive or dream of an “Un-Civil Rights” era. But here we are.
January 24, 2025
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