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Section: Opinion
Students
Immigrant Identity
As a first-generation Mexican immigrant woman, who stands at just 5 feet tall, I knew navigating academe would be difficult. I immigrated to the United States when I was four years old with my parents and four siblings. Although my parents lacked formal education and had very limited English skills, they knew they had to apply to legalize our status through the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
January 11, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
A Lottery for Harvard and Other Elite Schools?
As we wait for the judgeâs decision, one interesting essay has been published in Quartz by Natasha Warikoo, an associate professor of education at Harvard. Warikoo suggests Harvard save time, money and anxiety by running a lottery. Thatâs right. A lottery.
January 11, 2019
Opinion
Donât Wait â Meditate
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America estimates that 40 million adults age 18 and older suffer from an anxiety disorder. At 18 percent of the nationwide population, medication use is at an all-time high and more people are struggling to cope than ever before. The struggle is arguably more existent in the African-American community.
January 10, 2019
Disabilties
HBCU Websites Must Adhere to American with Disabilities Act Guidelines
Over the next few years schools that fail to address whether their websites and other tools are consistent with ADA guidelines will encounter additional challenges. This is important considering that HBCUs are traditionally underfunded.
January 7, 2019
Opinion
Teaching Through Trauma
Trauma nestles in the crevices of our memories. It burrows in our shoulders, lies dormant in our muscles, and creeps in via a smell, a word, or even an unrecognizable reminder of the pain of the past. For our students, those triggers can be class discussions on controversial topics like the Department of Educationâs retreat from addressing sexual assault or debates about sexual misconduct during judicial confirmation hearings.
January 7, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
The Biggest Diversity Case in 2018 Could be the Biggest of 2019
The Harvard case, in which Asian Americans sued Harvard for discrimination, could determine access to higher education for all people of color for decades to come. It also easily defines where Asian Americans stand on diversity. And just who the good guys are, isnât exactly clear at first.
December 28, 2018
Opinion
How Researchers of Color are Left out of the Gun Violence Conversation in Media and Academia
Although the frequency of mass shootings has increased, and the constant media coverage makes it seem that it is now a more common form of gun violence, it only makes up a sliver of gun deaths in the U.S. Homicide and suicide make up a majority of gun deaths.
December 20, 2018
Opinion
âPlease Call Me Dr.â
For the past three years I have had students who were âoffendedâ or âinsultedâ because I have made it a point for them to call me Dr. Garcia.
December 20, 2018
International
Lack of Diversity in Study Abroad
For many students, the costs associated with studying abroad can seem insurmountable.
December 18, 2018
African-American
Solange, Black Women & Politics
Several years ago, when my political science colleagues and I were revising our curriculum, I made the argument that we needed to add to our required courses a class that focused on women and politics. Philander Smith College mission is centered on social justice, so it made sense that in our program that we would focus on communities that are often overlooked or understudied in the academy. Therefore we adopted this course along with Black politics and African politics as part of our core curriculum.
December 17, 2018
Students
âThe Best Dissertation is a Finished Dissertationâ Reconsidered
Throughout my time as doctoral student, there is one piece of advice that I keep hearing that is both reassuring and troubling to me â âthe best dissertation is a finished dissertation.â At face value, I interpret that as advice to not overthink every decision I make about my dissertation, to let go of trying to achieve perfection, and to do my best to get it done. While I agree with all of this, I canât help but wonder âwhat does that say about the way we approach our work?â
December 16, 2018
Students
Student Affairs Goes Digital: Translating Student Support to the World of Online Learning
With nearly a third of all students now taking at least one course online, institutions are grappling with the reality that online is neither fringe or the sole domain of nontraditional students or for-profit colleges.
December 16, 2018
African-American
How We Look at Each Other
The random encounters of strangers are among the best means to assess attitudes about race.
December 13, 2018
Students
Welcome Home
As educational spaces, colleges and universities carry the burden of creating a welcoming and inclusive home for all students. Establishing an empowering and nurturing campus climate is the first step in changing student attitudes towards underrepresented students.
December 12, 2018
Opinion
Zombies in the Academy
This yearâs Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference was exciting for me for two reasons. First, the theme âEnvisioning the Woke Academy,â was brought to life by two scholars whom I admire, Drs. Lori Patton Davis and D-L Stewart. Second, this was my first ASHE conference. As a second-year doctoral student in the Higher Education Leadership program at Colorado State University, I could not contain my enthusiasm to hear from the same scholars I read in class â those who have helped me expand my critical thinking and knowledge base.
December 11, 2018
Opinion
The Removal of âIndividual 1â?
The political climate is changing. After Friday, temperatures are rising higher and the leading denier, of course, is Donald Trump, who after last weekâs bombshells could only turn to social media.
December 10, 2018
International
Naming Rights
Iâve thought a lot about this seemingly simple act of reading names at Commencement. Mostly Iâve thought that this ritual is far from simple: it punctuates one of the most complex learning experiences of college â figuring out who you are and what that who will be called. The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes this powerful marker of human identity and human dignity. By signing on to this agreement (as have nearly 200 countries have) states must act in the best interests of children by complying with basic rights, including, vitally, the right to their own name and identity from birth.
December 10, 2018
HBCUs
Remembering President George H. W. Bush
It was a privilege and honor for me to have a friendly and professional relationship with President George H.W. Bush. I found him to be an extraordinary man of love, values, principles, standards, honesty, compassion, loyalty, camaraderie and character.
December 7, 2018
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