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How about a Career in Fundraising for Students of Color?

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, October 20, 2009

Editor's note: This blog post was co-authored by Nelson Bowman III.   From time to time, I like to write with others and this week my friend Nelson Bowman III, director of development at Prairie View A & M University, had some good ideas — so we decided to write about them

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Raising Tough Questions About Enrollment Diversity

by Dr. Christopher Metzler, October 16, 2009

I recently delivered a keynote speech at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2009 Diversity Forum during which I afflicted the comfortable on the question of “excellence vs. diversity” in college and university admissions.  At that speech, I encouraged a generally receptive campus community to think broadly about the declining number of

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Matching Aspirations With Values

by Deborah Santiago, October 16, 2009

In a report released October 7 by the Pew Hispanic Center, nearly 90 percent of Latino young adults said a college education is important for success in life. However, only about 50 percent of respondents said they planned to get a college degree.   What can we take away from the

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Unlocking the Learning Potential

by Dr. Murali Balaji, October 15, 2009

"I like you but I can't pass you."I've said something along that line to a number of students over the years and it's been especially tough for me to say to students I am fond of.One of the things that I've had to deal with over the past five years

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Too Much Venom Aimed at Black Men

by Dr. Elwood Watson, October 15, 2009

Last month at the MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West ambushed the stage and grabbed the microphone from singer Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech for winning Best Female Video. West then launched into a contradictory rant congratulating while disparaging Swift, arguing that Best Female Video nominee Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”

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