Dr. Ibram X. KendiSUNY College at Oneonta professor Ibram X. Kendi discusses and proposes ideas and programs to further diversify higher education and make it more relevant to all of its students.Leadership & PolicyRomney’s (In)Correct: Obama’s “Gifts” for Young PeopleIt is not often I agree with Mitt Romney. Actually, I have yet to remember an occasion when I agreed with Romney. But all good things (or bad things depending on your perspective) come to an end.November 15, 2012StudentsLiberal Strategy Might Be the Death of Affirmative ActionClinging to the factual argument that diversity is in everybody’s interest might not be good enough this time around.November 5, 2012STEMLinking STEM Women Online to StudentsInnovative, impactful ideas using today’s technology to meet today’s educational needs always need applauding. One of the great needs of our time is for more of our students to enter the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. An even greater need of our time is for more women to enter the STEM fields. Beginning […]September 30, 2012OpinionHazing and American CultureRecently, one of the university’s many dance clubs was suspended when hazing allegations surfaced. We learned last week that, in order to register for classes, students must pledge to not participate “in any hazing activities either as a hazer or hazee, on or off campus” and report any hazing within 24 hours. I applaud FAMU […]September 16, 2012OpinionCommentary: Futures Linked – Higher Education and Pell GrantsUnfortunately, college access in America is just as much a product of family wealth as it is student performance, writes University of Albany history professor Ibram Rogers.September 10, 2012OpinionMaking Progress amid Growing Enrollment Disparities at Selective CollegesThe percentage of Black students doubled during the Black Campus Movement to diversify higher education in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Since 1976, the Black enrollment has more than doubled once again, from 943,000 to 2,269,000 in 2008. The Black share of the overall enrollment in American higher education increased from about 5 percent […]July 31, 2012OpinionFAMU’s Life or Death Decisions at 125 Years OldAfter wading through the perilous waters that emerged in the aftermath of the tragic, senseless, and shocking death of drum major Robert Champion last November, I began to realize that we are living in one of the most important periods in the 125-year history of Florida A&M University. I started to envision this historic time […]July 18, 2012OpinionArmored Vehicle on a College Campus?Since the late 1960s, American higher education has been a policed state. One day in the near future, it may become a militarized state. The days of a single unarmed security guard everyone knew seem like ages ago. The greatest fixation from in loco parentis—tremendous, sympathetic care for each and every student—seems now to have […]July 16, 2012OpinionPunitive Standardized Testing Produces Unstandardized SchoolsParents, teachers and administrators are screaming “enough is enough.” The revolt against standardized testing is growing as the funds federal and state officials allocate to develop new tests continues to grow. “More teaching, less testing.” “One, two, three, four…Kids are not a test score.” Hundreds of parents and children chanted these statements outside the New […]July 1, 2012OpinionGorilla Taunts of a Professor as Jim Crow Flaps at UCLAA few years ago, medical residents at UCLA performed mocking roasts of their professors during an annual event. It is probably a common yearly send-off at UCLA, as it is at most medical schools and academic hospitals to lighten the mood in the pressure-packed environment. It is one thing to mock in a playful fashion, […]May 31, 2012Previous PagePage 2 of 6Next Page