Emil GuillermoHomeUVA President Creates Committee to Lead RecoveryAt UVA we saw what happens when you mix White supremacy with matters of town-and-gown. A campus community’s safety can be significantly compromised.August 20, 2017StudentsCivil Rights Leaders: Higher Ed Needs More Engagement After CharlottesvillePresident Trump may have taken two days to specifically call out the KKK, neo-Nazis and White supremacists for their role in the Charlottesville tragedy, but a diverse group of civil rights leaders that complained of his slow response were still not satisfied.August 14, 2017OpinionWhites Use Asian Americans as Human Shields in New Affirmative Action FightDon’t be fooled by the news about Asian Americans fighting affirmative action. Asian Americans as a whole are still in favor of affirmative action by a large majority, and have been for a long time. The National Asian American Survey produced by AAPI Data in 2014 had the approval number at 70 percent. What’s changed in 3 years?August 7, 2017Faculty & StaffDiversity Pacesetter Maryam Mirzakhani DiesStanford professor Maryam Mirzakhani, first and only female winner of prestigious Fields Medal in math, succumbs to cancer.July 17, 2017StudentsGuillermo: U. of California Achieves Diversity Despite Prop. 209In 1996, Californians passed a law written and supported by right-wing zealots trying to stop diversity and affirmative action efforts throughout the state.July 9, 2017StudentsStudents of Color Near 74 Percent of U. of California’s Fall Freshman ClassIf you want to see what diversity might look like in the future, just go to the campuses of the University of California come September.July 6, 2017StudentsHomeless College Students a New Group Among the InvisibleI didn’t realize the broad definition of homeless also includes a segment I didn’t expect: college students. A new national survey taken at 70 community colleges across 24 states is now part of a growing data that shows college students are not immune.June 27, 2017StudentsGuillermo: Diversity Loses When Public Schools Go ‘Private’It’s been said that public higher education has been the way for the common man to excel in uncommon ways. But when states cut funding to these places of higher learning, the basic character of these so-called “flagship” institutions change.June 18, 2017StudentsHigher Ed Must Take Initiative to Reduce Carbon FootprintAfter Thursday’s announcement that the U.S. is pulling out of the Paris Accord on climate change, it’s unclear who is suffering the most from gassy, hot air — the world, or Donald Trump.June 4, 2017OpinionMy Diversity Moment with the MilitaryAt the Army National Guard, celebration of diversity is more than lip service because over there people seem to know diversity is an essential part of its core mission. And, on top of that, they know it really works.May 29, 2017Previous PagePage 2 of 11Next Page
