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Section: Opinion
Asian American Pacific Islander
Raising Consciousness for the Future of Higher Education
It is very possible to complete a program in higher education without engaging in a conversation around race, which is troubling.
December 9, 2015
Opinion
Where is the America that I Used to Know?
There is a disturbing part of America that has reared its ugly head and is making an attempt to steal our joy.
December 8, 2015
Students
More Men Should Make an Effort to Bridge Racial Divide
There are those who argue that cross-racial friendships are not that unusual, particularly among millennials.
December 7, 2015
African-American
Hire a Chief Diversity Officer, Check!
At colleges and universities across the nation as a response to a campus crisis or incident of cultural insensitivity, campus administration has swiftly announced the establishment of chief diversity offices and chief diversity officers to direct those offices.
December 3, 2015
African-American
Black Youth Filling the Leadership Void
Black youth have endured a complicated assault of abuse, criticism and relative political abandonment by Black political, spiritual and even educational leadership.
November 29, 2015
African-American
Time to Save Our HBCUs Ourselves
Business as usual is dead and it is time for HBCUs to adapt to a new environment never seen before.
November 24, 2015
Students
Racial Tides Rising on College Campuses
From coast to coast, thousands of young people ― mostly millennials ― have made their voices heard.
November 23, 2015
Opinion
Motivating the Next Generation of Scholars for the Work Ahead
Certainly, college in and of itself, will not make you successful. There must be some drive and determination that students must have.
November 18, 2015
African-American
Failing Grade: Why There Aren’t More African-American Teachers in Classrooms
The need for the African-American teacher continues to increase. What do we need to do to protect the lifeline of the African-American teacher candidate?
November 18, 2015
Disabilties
Fueling the Talent Engine —– A Rich Mixture to go the Distance
The talent engines of organizations can be fueled to perform at the highest levels of excellence through developing and maintaining diverse coaching/mentoring relationships.
November 16, 2015
Latinx
Tragedy in Paris
An American Global tragedy: Nohemi Gonzalez was an example of diversity in higher ed at its best.
November 15, 2015
African-American
Suicide, Substance Abuse Taking Toll on Segment of Middle-aged Whites
There has been a lot of buzz about the recent report conducted by recent Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton and his co-author and wife, Anne Case.
November 12, 2015
Opinion
Where Are All the Black College Faculty?
It’s an uncomfortable and unacceptable shame ― nearly two decades into a new millennium ― that the work to integrate college and university faculty and administration remains undone.
November 11, 2015
Opinion
Diversity Questions for Higher Ed after the UC Merced Stabbing Spree
By now it may all be forgotten, but last Wednesday, as the news broke, it was shocking the entire nation, if not every campus in the country.
November 8, 2015
Opinion
‘The Pipeline Project’ Aims to Save Kids Who Don’t Make it to Higher Ed
Anna Deavere Smith’s project seeks to help end “the school to prison pipeline and the effects of public school policies that criminalize misbehavior and that subject students of color and low-income backgrounds disproportionately to exclusionary discipline or criminal prosecution.”
November 1, 2015
Opinion
The Cost of Academic Freedom: How Ghosts of Racism’s Past Haunt College Campuses
It seems yearly, particularly during Halloween and back-to-campus celebrations, White students on predominantly White campuses are in the news for overtly racist actions.
October 29, 2015
International
Generation Xers Candid About Financial Future
Earlier this year, the insurance company Allianz Life released the findings of the Generations Apart Study that examined the financial outlook and attitude of 1000 Generation Xers (1965 to 1979) and 1000 Baby Boomers (1946 to 1964).
October 27, 2015
HBCUs
The HBCU Collegian That Could
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
October 27, 2015
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