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Section: Opinion
Students
From Practitioner to Doctoral Student: Five Prep Strategies
Depending on how long it has been since you were in the classroom, transitioning to graduate school and doctoral studies will come with its challenges. However, there are some strategies that can help you prepare to ease this transition.
April 4, 2018
Opinion
Reclaiming the ‘Fierce Urgency of Now’
As we reflect on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we hear the words of his 9-year-old granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King: “I have a dream that enough is enough.” Now is the time to reclaim the fierce urgency of now.
April 3, 2018
Opinion
Public Outreach in an Anti-Knowledge Moment
We live in a time in which knowledge has been devalued. Ahistoricism is a central tenet of the current administration, and research-based evidence in both the social and natural sciences is regularly disregarded.
April 2, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian-American Scholars Honor SFSU’s Pioneering Ethnic Studies
The Association of Asian American Studies celebrated a major diversity milestone at its national conference, 50 years after a student strike at San Francisco State University birthed ethnic studies as a model for the nation.
April 2, 2018
Opinion
Remembering King’s Perspective On Education
Fifty years ago this week, at age 39, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died as a result of an assassin’s bullet. The murder of this great American was one of the most traumatic events in the history of the United States and still reverberates within American society.
April 1, 2018
Opinion
“You Don’t Look Like a Professor”
Routinely experiencing gendered-raced microaggressions in institutions of higher education is nothing new to women of color. How do we contest such incidents? My remedy is “micro-affirmations.”
March 29, 2018
Opinion
Refusing To Call a Terrorist a Terrorist
When serial bomber Mark Anthony Conditt blew himself up as police officers closed in on him, most if not all residents of Austin, Texas breathed a sigh of relief. But nobody in mainstream media seemed willing to call him a terrorist.
March 28, 2018
Opinion
The Politics of Mental Health
This year marks my 15th year as a professor of political science. Over that time, I’ve witnessed tremendous changes. Perhaps the most dramatic change has been the marked increase in students facing mental health challenges.
March 27, 2018
Opinion
The Battle for America’s Soul
Citizens of America, we are under siege and on the battlefield against each other. We live in the same United States, but we live in a divided country. America, what is happening to us?
March 26, 2018
HBCUs
Uplifting HBCUs As Models of Student Success
To help counter the false narrative that often is bestowed upon historically Black colleges and universities, these institutions should make it a priority to highlight their unique strengths and accomplishments as often as possible.
March 26, 2018
Students
Recruitment Changes Needed to Expand Access to Higher Ed
Admissions policies in higher-ranking universities and colleges favor high-achieving applicants. While much has been written about access, affordability, diversity and student loans, the focus on GPA, aptitude tests and the reputation-enhancing concept of “selectivity” has negatively impacted minorities and underprivileged applicants.
March 25, 2018
Recruitment & Retention
Success Formula for Student Recruitment and Retention
How does a college determine its student enrollment strategy to effectively impact growth, meet net tuition revenue goals and increase graduation rate? To properly grow and maintain enrollment in a competitive future, try this formula.
March 22, 2018
Latinx
Program Preps Latinx Students for Professoriate in Humanities
The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions recently held its inaugural Cross-Institutional Conference for the HSI Pathways to the Professoriate Program, a $5.1-million grant initiative sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that aims to diversify the professoriate by supporting 90 students at three Hispanic Serving Institutions as they prepare to apply and matriculate into doctoral programs in the humanities.
March 22, 2018
Opinion
Not Yet Just, Not Yet Free
“Black women saved America.” Those words peppered post-election analysis of the hotly contested 2017 Alabama Senate race, when Black women cast 98 percent of their votes for the winner. Black women are a cohesive and consistent voting bloc, but what have they received in return?
March 20, 2018
Opinion
Federal TRIO Programs Work
There are many students in America who benefit from TRIO, and there are many more who need TRIO services. I am living proof that TRIO works.
March 19, 2018
Opinion
On Youth Activism and My Active-Shooter Training
There’s a new set of loud, defiant voices that arrived on the scene last week that makes diversity a whole lot more inclusive. Make way for the heretofore-ignored minors of all stripes and sizes. They are now their own group, the post-millennials, persons under the age of 18, who after Parkland can no longer be ignored, especially as they age and become generally woke, politically active adults.
March 18, 2018
Opinion
The Risk of Displeasure: How to Write Without Permission
At the age of 13, the first Chicana Ph.D. I had ever met handed me The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In the inside cover, she wrote: “We offer this book to reflect on life’s journey. We hope you enjoy it. May you continue to pursue and follow all your dreams so that you go away to come back for the ones who cannot out.”
March 18, 2018
Opinion
#SpringRelease Clears Clutter, Eases Stress
At any moment in time, the state of our mental health depends on any number of simple and complicated internal and external factors. Stress is a major source of and contributor to that state of mental health. Whether mental or physical, clutter creates stress. Here’s a fun, rewarding way to declutter.
March 15, 2018
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