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Section: Opinion
Opinion
Reflections on Juneteenth, Immigration Protests, and Liberatory Education
The Juneteenth holiday commemorates emancipation and offers higher ed staff and faculty an opportunity to reflect on their actions in support of diversity within their institutions. The Umoja Community Education Foundation’s Summer Learning Institute and recent immigration-related protests confirm that we can do more to support Black and other diverse groups in their pursuit of higher education as a path to freedom.
June 18, 2025
Opinion
Neurodivergent Minds, Traumatized Hearts: Recognizing PTSD in College Students
According to The National Center for PTSD, June is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Awareness Month.
June 17, 2025
Opinion
Proposed TRIO Cut Jeopardizes At-Risk Students’ Future
A proposed budget cut to TRIO programs could shut the door on opportunity for nearly one million students and erode the strength of the American middle class.
June 16, 2025
From the Magazine
National Junior College Athletic Association Head Coaches Reveal Athletic Equity is Present
Continuing the conversations around the best practices of athletic equity through the voice of the coaches is imperative for the future of collegiate athletics.
June 13, 2025
From the Magazine
Defining “Servingness” At Black-Serving Institutions
The concept of “servingness” is not new. It has long been associated with the Hispanic-Serving institution (HSI) designation that the Federal government established in the 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act to recognize and provide funding and resources to colleges and universities that had a fulltime undergraduate enrollment of at least 25% Latinx.
June 11, 2025
Opinion
Going from Family Engagement to Family Partnerships With Black Marginalized Families
We give recommendations to improve family partnerships that will build rapport and strengthen relationships that leverage students' academic success and their learning experience.
June 11, 2025
From the Magazine
Leading With Purpose: Reflections on My Journey and Tenure at HACC
Throughout my career, I have been privileged to learn from some of the most thoughtful and respected leaders.
June 10, 2025
From the Magazine
Who Are We Becoming? Higher Education and The Cost of Moral Decline
Higher education is at an inflection point, but perhaps not for the reasons we may think.
June 9, 2025
Opinion
You Can’t Say You’re Pro-Life and Defund Job Corps
You cannot say you're pro-life and defund Job Corps. You cannot force someone to give birth and then strip away the services that would allow that child to succeed. If life is sacred, then it must be supported at every stage, not just at conception.
June 5, 2025
Opinion
May May Be Over, But Mental Health Challenges on Campus are Far from It
We cannot afford to relegate mental health to a single month on the calendar. Mental health is essential to student well-being and must be central to the work of educators, advocates, and policy leaders throughout the year.
June 5, 2025
Opinion
Why HBCUs Are Ideal Partners for Advancing Early Childhood Education
In Delaware, we’ve taken a bold, focused step to invest not just in early childhood education programs, but also in the professionals who power them.
June 4, 2025
Opinion
Negotiating the Future: How HBCUs and MSIs Can Leverage Strategic Enrollment Management for Institutional Resilience
HBCUs and MSIs are more than educational institutions—they are engines of social mobility and cultural affirmation.
May 30, 2025
Opinion
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand: The Need for A United Front in the Attacks on Higher Education
Harvard can afford resistance to the Trump administration. What will befall public colleges and universities?
May 30, 2025
Opinion
The Ivory Tower’s Blindside: Reclaiming the Scholarly Value of College Athletics
The academy has failed, not in its occasional critiques of college athletics, but in its refusal to engage it with the full force of intellectual curiosity.
May 28, 2025
Opinion
Investment in HBCUs Key to Addressing Nation’s Workforce Challenges
HBCUs have long served as incubators of talent, producing generations of professionals who have transformed the American landscape. HBCUs are more than educational institutions — they are pillars of community, culture, and economic empowerment.
May 27, 2025
Opinion
Together We Lead: A New Era of HBCU Transformation
Between 2020 and 2024, while national higher education enrollment declined, institutions participating in the HBCU Transformation Project grew their enrollment by 5.1%.
May 23, 2025
Opinion
#DancingtothePhD
In the midst of attempting to meet deadlines for coursework and conference proposals, the act of dancing, along with other components such as my faith, have served as a light and guide to navigate this academic journey.
May 22, 2025
Opinion
Another Page from the Playbook of Violence, Deception, and Cowardice in the Hazing Death of Caleb Wilson
Examining a history of valuing letters and tradition more than life in fraternal culture.
May 19, 2025
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