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Section: Opinion
Opinion
We Must Help Save America’s Historic Black Colleges
America’s HBCUs are monuments to the beginnings of higher education for Black Americans.
July 28, 2024
Opinion
Calling for Collaboration, Improved Higher Ed Systems for All
The Americans with Disabilities Act was transformative for higher education – now it’s time to realize its promise.
July 26, 2024
Opinion
How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness
The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations.
July 25, 2024
Opinion
The Law School Hiring Market Undervalues Women, Minorities
Our tax laws remain outliers on race in their insistence on near total color-blindness.
July 24, 2024
Opinion
Resilient Resistance: Sustaining DEI Efforts During A Time of Crisis
Resilient resistance is the ability to continuously adapt as a strategy to sustain the pressure necessary to influence systemic change.
July 23, 2024
From the Magazine
Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers
The missions of higher education and policing differ, yet each occupies well-known and established community spaces.
July 19, 2024
Opinion
Assisting Students in Making Career Decisions in the Context of Socioeconomic Incentives
The role of higher education institutions in shaping students' career path choices is pivotal.
July 17, 2024
Opinion
Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: Improving Awareness, Access and Adoption
Data trends from the Healthy Minds Study reveal that, historically, mental health care among college students has varied greatly across race and ethnicity.
July 15, 2024
Opinion
A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times
I think it is essential to re-familiarize ourselves and to inform others about the goals of multicultural education.
July 12, 2024
Opinion
Forgotten Learners: Not All Transfer Students Are the Same
Data show that, among higher education transfers, upward transfer accounts for only a minority of all transfer learners.
July 11, 2024
Opinion
All Learning Matters: How We Can Empower People Through A Comprehensive Recognition of Their Skills
Waiving old college debts underscores a broader reality: Most learners lack true agency over their education and skills.
July 10, 2024
Opinion
Disparities of African American Men and Obtaining a College Education
It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for higher education administrators.
July 9, 2024
Opinion
Higher Education is Indeed a Business, the Business of Student Transformation
I believe that state funding models must be adequately assessed and re-designed to properly fund and ensure a viable future for tomorrow’s youth and working adults to have the educational systems present to address the country’s workforce needs.
July 8, 2024
Opinion
SCOTUS Gives Our Democracy a 'Demi-King'
The Supreme Court just made the president a “demi-king.”
July 5, 2024
Opinion
Finish Your FAFSA, Find Your Future: Solutions for Black Students and HBCUs Navigating the FAFSA Rollout
The new process to improve student financial aid has created more hurdles for Black students to secure financial aid crucial for facilitating their education.
July 3, 2024
Opinion
Nobody Doubts It: Our Perennial Return to Frederick Douglass’ Soaring Rhetoric
One of the unmitigatedly Black customs of America’s July 4 celebration has become the intentional circulation of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the 4th of July?” speech.
July 2, 2024
Opinion
Why Higher Ed Should Advocate for Universal Early Learning Coverage in the 2024 Election
Research consistently demonstrates that investments in early learning yield long-term benefits such as enhanced cognitive development, emotional intelligence, and social skills that form the bedrock of a thriving society.
July 2, 2024
Opinion
Housing First, Graduation Follows: Lessons from the College Housing Assistance Program
By addressing the fundamental need for stable housing, the College Housing Assistance Program empowered students to achieve academic success.
June 26, 2024
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