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Higher Education Was Built For Moments Like This

Co-authors posit that when state legislatures target higher education, the instinct is to hunker down and stay quiet. But the most effective response may be the opposite, demonstrating the value colleges bring to civic life.

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Gomillion v. Lightfoot Reverberates in the Fight for Justice Today

A groundbreaking moment in election jurisprudence on issues of race and gerrymandering, which took place against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South, Gomillion offers lessons for today’s academic communities about their capacity to resist authoritarianism and promote democratic rights.

Dr. Charles Gomillion's leadership at Tuskegee Institute and refusal to accept disenfranchisement sparked a legal battle that redefined the constitutional protection of the right to vote.

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Black Women Are Disappearing from the Labor Force. That Should Alarm the South.

When Black women begin to fall out of the workforce, the rest of the economy is often not far behind.

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Relieving Barriers: Support System in Doctoral Degree Completion for Black Women

Understanding the lived experiences of Black women could shed light on why Black women are not completing doctoral degree programs.

The Missing Link in the Talent Pipeline: Why Student Voices Matter

As our nation builds a more robust talent pipeline, another valuable opportunity arises: Ask students about their experiences.

Collective Bargaining is One Solution to Ending Higher Ed Worker Exploitation

I’ve been teaching in the arts as an adjunct faculty member for 5 years. I piece together semester-based contracts, along with other work, to stay afloat financially.

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The Paradox of the Post-DEI Era in Higher Education

If institutions are being asked to investigate discrimination and ensure that certain groups are not treated unfairly, isn’t that the very work DEI frameworks were originally designed to support?

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Surviving the DEI Storm

Higher education leaders have an obligation to re-enter the public square with clarity and courage. That means naming diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential to academic excellence and organizational effectiveness and restoring programs shuttered by political pressure.

Women Have Nursed a Nation of Strangers. Now Education Stands at a Crossroads.

When Audre Lorde wrote that Black women have “nursed a nation of strangers,” she was naming a historical truth.

Dr. Amanda Wilkerson is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Central Florida.

How to Fix the Broken Black Male Teacher Pipeline

Increasing diversity among teachers is more complicated than is often portrayed.

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Defining “Servingness” At Black-Serving Institutions

The concept of “servingness” is not new. It has long been associated with the Hispanic-Serving institution (HSI) designation that the Federal government established in the 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act to recognize and provide funding and resources to colleges and universities that had a fulltime undergraduate enrollment of at least 25% Latinx.

Dr. Keith Curry

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The ABCs of Community College Leadership: What CEOs Need to Know

In my own professional life, I strive to remain mindful of the ABCs for CEOs.

Dr. David M. Johnson

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