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Section: Opinion
Sports
Who’s Winning? Why HBCU Athletic Branding Strategies Matter
If you ask the question “who’s winning?” and routinely cannot answer the question, allow me to answer it. Your team is not winning.
March 19, 2017
Students
Respecting the Right of Free Speech
Debates over free speech and intolerance have become, once again, news.
March 16, 2017
Sports
Let’s Also Be Mad, and Not Solely Mesmerized by March Madness
Instead of solely being mesmerized by March Madness, we should also be concerned about the pervasive inequalities that exist within revenue-generating collegiate athletics, especially as it pertains to Black male athletes.
March 15, 2017
African-American
Serena and Venus Williams are Champions on and off the Court
March is Women’s History Month, so honoring the Williams sisters seems to be a natural fit.
March 12, 2017
Students
Rodriguez: We Need Autonomous and ICE-free Institutions
For communities of color and for indigenous peoples, many of the rights that Americans take for granted have never applied to us.
March 8, 2017
Students
Diversity in College Newsroom Staff Key to Diversity in Coverage
Journalism is about telling stories — stories that matter and make a difference. A diverse staff can uncover stories touching on diversity, accessibility and social issues that may not have been apparent to a less diverse staff.
March 7, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Omarosa Has Helped HBCUs
I challenge the assertion that Omarosa Manigault is unqualified to champion HBCU interests and concerns in the Trump White House.
March 2, 2017
Students
All Immigrants Not Included
The statements with messages of building and protecting an inclusive community are great to see, but the reality is not all campuses have included undocumented and DACA students in their statements.
March 2, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Jenkins: HBCU Presidents Couldn’t Afford to Miss White House Meeting
While it is always an honor to meet the leader of the free world, I must admit I had reservations. My reservations drove me to make a list of pros and cons and in the end my decision to attend was based on several factors.
March 1, 2017
Students
Dillard President: What President Trump Needs to Hear
We’ve seen federal and state divestment in education, making the idea of education as the path to the American Dream more of a hallucination for the poor and disenfranchised.
February 27, 2017
African-American
For Now, Reality Reels In Milo Yiannopoulos
The “inclusion” afforded to Milo Yiannopoulos by some was only temporary and came with strings attached.
February 22, 2017
Faculty & Staff
As the Academic World Turns, Leadership Evolves
The following trends stand out as significant and influential in terms of how colleges and universities operate.
February 22, 2017
Students
Free Speech, at the Expense of Who and What?
Let’s be clear: The night of protest at UC Berkeley was full of controversy; however, there was no infringement on Milo Yiannopoulos’ freedom of speech. In fact, this couldn’t be anything further from the truth.
February 21, 2017
Students
We Have Your Back: How Educators Can Support Undocumented Students
We have found seven ways that educators can support undocumented college students.
February 13, 2017
Students
The Continued Undermining of Black History
President Trump in his awkward and ill-informed efforts to salute the accomplishments of Black Americans actually managed to marginalize and obscure the important contributions that were made by these individuals and their contemporaries.
February 12, 2017
Students
Keeping Black History Alive for Future Generations
Just as Black History Month has been kept alive for you, you must now keep it alive for future generations.
February 9, 2017
Students
Ethics and the 21st Century HBCU
The real question is this: how do we achieve this seemingly elusive goal of ensuring the success of the HBCU while still upholding the college’s mission and longstanding legacy?
February 8, 2017
Opinion
No Room for Alternative Facts in Higher Ed
These are people — some of whom hold Ph.D.s — who believe that governmental agencies procure and analyze state education data so that they can use it to inform their prison construction plans.
February 2, 2017
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