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Section: Opinion
From the Magazine
The Lessons I Learned from Dad
My dad was the consummate entrepreneur, a risk-taker who always followed his dream and passion to be financially independent.
June 28, 2022
From the Magazine
From the Margins to the Center: The Legacy of Dr. William E. Cox
Bill Cox embraced education as a tool for transforming the lives of our people.
June 27, 2022
Opinion
Southwestern Community College Going Remote One Day a Week Due to Soaring Gas Prices
Southwestern Community College (SCC), in Sylva, North Carolina, is going remote one day a week due to soaring gas prices its staff are facing.
June 24, 2022
Opinion
New Beyoncé Anthem Guaranteed to Resonate with Black Scholars, Again
I urge Black scholars to read the Break My Soul lyrics for themselves and discover connections that inspire and resonate with them. I also want them to dance and experience the joy Beyonce gifts us in this liberating anthem.
June 22, 2022
Opinion
Juneteenth and 40 Years After Vincent Chin
Imagine the number of people who still don’t know either Juneteenth or Vincent Chin. This is the coincidence of ignorance that runs rampant in America. It also signifies the importance of history and diversity.
June 22, 2022
Opinion
We Out!
Like my colleagues, I was overworked and undervalued. That, I could deal with. But being underpaid on top of it was soul-crushing.
June 21, 2022
Opinion
Diversifying Teacher Education: Moving Beyond Recruitment
It is hard to ignore the current condition of the teaching profession. Teachers have been leaving the field in record numbers while less students are opting to select teacher education as their major.
June 17, 2022
Opinion
When Statements of Solidarity Racelight BIPOC
For years, statements of solidarity have been promogulated by colleges and universities in the wake of national racial crises and unrest.
June 17, 2022
Opinion
Inspiring Tech Pipelines
The level of one’s internal investment in a stereotype that is projected on them from the outside can impact how much they adjust their decision-making and actions to fulfill the stereotype in some way.
June 15, 2022
Opinion
IMPACT: A Framework to Guide Campus Responses to Racial Incidents
We can no longer ignore the depth to which students feel the pain of things that happen worldwide
June 12, 2022
Opinion
White Scholars, Black Spaces
Ultimately, scholarly inquiry takes its richest form when there is space for a multiplicity of perspectives and voices.
June 7, 2022
Opinion
What Foster Care Awareness Month Means for Higher Education
Colleges and universities have an institutional responsibility to undertake efforts that improve the material conditions of young people with foster care experience.
June 1, 2022
Opinion
The Future of Black Higher Education Reinvented
No single group of institutions is more responsible for the economic, cultural and legal progress of our nation’s Black families than historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
May 31, 2022
Opinion
The Ivory Tower is the Tail of the Big Dog, Football
Do the NIL rules need changing? Is it too much reality for folks? Or just right?
May 27, 2022
Opinion
Transformational Change in a World Comfortable with the Status Quo
Status quo has never been an option for leaders in the world of higher education.
May 20, 2022
Opinion
The Problem with “Be Kind to Yourself” in Academia
In order for the academic context to promote any form of care to its employees, it must itself reflect on the myriad of ways it can be brutal to them.
May 18, 2022
Opinion
I’m Scared that I Have Mentored My People into a Burning House
Higher Education is on fire and too many people are too comfortable being warmed by its embers to douse the flames.
May 13, 2022
Opinion
7 Characteristics of an Activist and Unapologetic Leader: Aint No Code-switching or Dispositional Passing Involved
I argue that academic processes and machinations in the academy are antiquated and are not framed for anything or anyone to “act” or serve in a revolutionary capacity. This includes how we lead and how we serve.
May 12, 2022
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