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Section: Opinion
Opinion
How the Recruitment of High School Quarterbacks in College Football Foreshadows the Future of Tech Career Prospects
The exclusion of Florida State University’s football team from the College Football Playoff serves as a stark reminder of the challenges facing high school recruits, particularly quarterbacks, hoping to join top-tier college football programs.
December 12, 2023
Opinion
AntiSemitism? Stefanik Hearing Targeted Diversity
If you haven’t realized it yet, that congressional hearing last week that continues to make news wasn’t about solving antisemitism in America.
December 11, 2023
From the Magazine
Life: Navigating Unanticipated Adversities
Intentional and ongoing engagement and care are part of the Kansas State University Community College Leadership Program culture and reinforced among these current and aspiring leaders.
December 8, 2023
From the Magazine
Alternative Facts in the Academy:
The Role of Hypocritical Race Theory
As conservative zealots maneuvered to bring higher ed under scrutiny for their imagined manipulation of young minds, the analytic approach known as critical race theory came under attack as the most subversive aspect of the academic experience.
December 6, 2023
Opinion
Perception and Personnel Matters: Lessons from Florida State's Exclusion from the College Football Playoff
The exclusion of the undefeated ACC Champion Florida State University Seminoles from the college football playoff has sparked a significant debate.
December 5, 2023
Opinion
Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape
Affirmative action policies are aimed to counteract systemic disadvantages by considering race, ethnicity, and other factors in admissions processes and have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups.
December 4, 2023
Opinion
Only Within Their Own Institutions, Are Black Scholars without Honor!
The “unfortunate” persistent and systemic dishonoring of Black scholars, which we contend is rooted in anti-Blackness, is what we unapologetically voice within this Op-Ed.
December 1, 2023
Opinion
Miami Dade College: A Hispanic Serving Institution Documenting “Servingness” through Community Engagement
For any college or university serious about deliberate, purposeful community engagement, applying for the Carnegie Classification becomes a crucial step.
November 30, 2023
From the Magazine
Educators as Co-Conspirators in Decolonizing Education for Black Students
To become a co-conspirator in education, educators must understand the presenting issues, policies, and socio-political dynamics that serve as barriers to helping students achieve holistic success, especially for Black students.
November 30, 2023
From the Magazine
We Are Not the Same
The lumping together of all HBCUs into a single ranking category can be misleading for students and parents seeking to make informed decisions about their education.
November 29, 2023
From the Magazine
Contemplating the Past and Future of Historically White Colleges and Universities
Since the vast majority of the nation’s institutions of higher education were created to serve the needs, interests, concerns, and desires of white Americans, it does seem fitting and appropriate that they should be identified as HWCUs.
November 28, 2023
Opinion
The $40,000 Tax on Black Scientists
Until we change the system and our role in perpetuating it, we are in effect taxing our nation’s talented Black students for pursuing the scientific careers that we know are so essential to their communities and to our collective health and prosperity.
November 27, 2023
Opinion
Black Youth Mental Health: Understanding and Being Culturally Responsive to Promote Homeplace and Black Joy
As the need for services to support the mental health needs of Black youth is critical, we assert that these efforts must incorporate homeplace and Black joy in order to center their humanity and voices in the creation of what is needed.
November 22, 2023
Opinion
Building a Thriving Workforce for Early Learning Through Higher Education
Creating pathways for individuals to pursue careers in early learning is essential for building a thriving workforce.
November 21, 2023
Opinion
No Country for Anyone, Particularly at Michigan State University
Dr. Rema Vassar’s efforts should be seen as a framework for transformative leadership and taking action that has a positive effect on all members of the MSU community.
November 20, 2023
Opinion
From Classrooms to Ballots: Unpacking the Significance of School Boards in the 2024 Elections
For advocates committed to educational equity, the 2024 school board races present a crucial opportunity to address longstanding challenges in our public education system.
November 17, 2023
From the Magazine
Identifying Gladiator Institutions: Welcoming Institutions for Athletes of Color Only
Current circumstances bring to mind the historic and heroic actions of four students from an earlier generation who took it on their shoulders as freshmen at North Carolina A&T State University to challenge customs of racially segregated American society.
November 16, 2023
Opinion
Let’s Partner with Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity
Today, thousands of institutions recognize that millions of students need – and certainly deserve – access to food assistance.
November 15, 2023
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