Dr. Emery PetchauerMembers of the academy offer insight into current events and higher education issues that impact people of color.OpinionThe NCLBification of Higher EducationOne of the most significant yet subtle ways that the No Child Left Behind Act has affected higher education is by shaping the requirements for students intending to become teachers. In this way, although NCLB is a federal act directed at K-12 education, its effects have traveled up the educational ladder into higher education. Here […]September 21, 2008OpinionSolidifying Hip-hop StudiesResearch on hip-hop has expanded in breadth, rigor and nuance in the past ten years. Currently, this body of work signals the emergence of an interdisciplinary field gaining notoriety as hip-hop studies. The most recognized area of scholarship within hip-hop studies centers on commercial rap lyrics and their potential moral implications on young people. This […]August 25, 2008Opinion“But professor? You’re not white, you’re German, right?”As a proverbial “vanilla brother” (as my Dean affectionately refers to me) at an HBCU, on the daily I am in a position to experience and explore racial identity and its implications on classroom pedagogy. This applies to my own racial identity, that of my students, and how we co-construct one another. Occasionally, such rewarding […]August 10, 2008Previous PagePage 3 of 3