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Scholars of Minority-Serving Institutions Remain Dedicated, Enthusiastic and Passionate About Their Research

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, April 13, 2011

My very favorite aspect of being a faculty member is the work I get to do with new scholars. This past week at the American Education Research Association’s annual meeting in New Orleans, my colleague Clif Conrad of the University of Wisconsin and I hosted a lunch for new scholars.

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Depression In College Men and Beyond

by Dr. Elwood Watson, March 6, 2011

Recently, I was at a conference speaking with an acquaintance who teaches at a small liberal arts college in the Northeast. We got to catch up on many things, our families, politics, President Obama, our careers, siblings, academic life in general.  For the most part, things are going well for

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Black History is American History

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, February 20, 2011

This past week, I made a guest visit (via Skype) in Professor Lori Patton Davis’ History of American Higher Education course at the University of Denver. I was asked to talk about an article that I recently wrote on stereotypes of Black college presidents. The article focuses on the origins

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College Students Feeling Overwhelmed by Stress

by Dr. Elwood Watson, February 6, 2011

For those of us who have attended college at some point in our lives, we most likely have memories, no matter how distant, of our freshman year.  This was a time when we assumed that we would embark on a new journey free from certain constraints that were imposed upon

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Adrift but Not Entirely Off Course

by Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa, January 20, 2011

The New Year has seen an urgent call for accountability in higher education with the much anticipated release of Academically Adrift: Limited Learning in Higher Education, written by sociologists Richard Arum of New York University and the Social Science Research Council and Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia. The

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