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Section: Opinion
Students
Trump’s Blueprint for Failing Our Nation’s Students
Trump proposes a 13 percent decline in funding to the U.S. Department of Education, with higher education programs comprising most of what will be sliced.
April 30, 2017
Sports
Lessons from the Lack of White Cornerbacks in the NFL
The last time a White cornerback started in an NFL game was in the 2003 season. Let’s unpack some potential reasons for this and what lessons can potentially be applied to higher ed.
April 26, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Lakin Institute a Model Program for Black CEO Development
The Lakin Institute for Mentored Leadership was founded to prepare Black senior level community college executives for positions as chief executive officers.
April 25, 2017
Students
Return of the Teach-In: Lessons Learned from Opening up Communication
At Keene State College, as well around the country, there was a sense that people on all sides of the political spectrum felt concerns that needed to be expressed.
April 24, 2017
Opinion
O’Reilly and Floundering at FOX
An unimaginable, or rather highly unlikely, situation transpired last week with the firing of Bill O’Reilly, host of the popular FOX News program The O’Reilly Factor.
April 23, 2017
Students
HBCUs and the Nation’s Higher Ed Goals
HBCUs have played an indispensable role in the general development of our nation and the Black community.
April 19, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Marching for Science? Bring a Mirror
I implore you to take a hard look at the politics within your supposedly apolitical, objective science. These barriers to scientific advancement existed well before Trumpland.
April 17, 2017
Students
Integrating STEMployable Skills at HBCUs
STEM career development training must not merely consist of disparate actions on HBCU campuses, rather preparation for a STEM career must be seamlessly integrated into the fabric of the educational curriculum.
April 13, 2017
African-American
Pepsi Commercial Epitomizes White Privilege
The ad whitewashed the often challenging and grim realities facing many people and communities of color.
April 10, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Lessons for Administrators from the NBA’s MVP Race
This year’s race for the Most Valuable Player award of the National Basketball Association contains some insight and lessons for higher education administrators.
April 10, 2017
Students
Board of Trustees Making a Mess at Morehouse
Morehouse College will inevitably lose its national stature if the board of trustees continues to micromanage the day-to-day function of the college and refuses to allow their presidents to lead.
April 9, 2017
Students
A Critical View of College Admissions
The entire admissions processes (barely changed over the decades apart from the introduction of technology) is troubling on so many levels that it is hard to describe the key levers for possible change.
April 9, 2017
African-American
Refocusing the White Lens
Given the world events that have occurred over the last few centuries and especially during the last few months, I am asking you all to devote more time to not only researching rural America but actually doing anti-racist work there.
April 3, 2017
Opinion
Is Our Nation Prepared for the Next 4 Years?
Would anyone disagree that we are living in some troubling times in the United States of America?
March 29, 2017
African-American
The Scapegoating of Black Men
Last week, an 18-year-old White woman from Denison, Texas, Breana Talbott, was arrested and charged with a Class B misdemeanor for making a false report of being raped.
March 27, 2017
Students
Retreat Provides Opportunity to Tune In to Black Males
The challenges that beset Black males remain daunting and should be a growing concern for all of us who care deeply about the future of higher education.
March 26, 2017
African-American
Some Black Employees Toil in Sunken Place University
The underlying theme of the hit movie “Get Out” is about a mind control process that conditions Black people to accept a marginalized status and continually choose to go into the back doors of life.
March 26, 2017
Latinx
Who Counts as an American?
The question that is being asked by the Trump administration is, who is an American? The easy answer, as we are seeing, is a throwback to the 1950s.
March 21, 2017
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