Amanda WilkersonOpinionEmpowerment Through ParticipationHistorically, HBCUs have played an important role in creating and maintaining a culture of civic involvement on their campuses.September 17, 2023COVID-19Who Will Be the Educational Architects After COVID-19?COVID-19 sent shock waves around the nation as residents throughout the United States braced for the fallout of this pandemic. To date close to hundreds upon thousands of Americans in all fifty states have contracted the virus. Worse, lives have been shattered by the untimely deaths of loved ones suddenly stricken with failed respiratory systems. Similarly, once gainfully employed workers are now economically distressed. That is to say, some 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment insurance. Overall, the nation’s system of going about our normal daily lives has forever changed. Yet when we emerge from the shadows of what will be historically categorized as a dark moment in time for the entire world, how will everyday people go about rebuilding facets of their lives?April 30, 2020OpinionProficiency Over PrivilegeWe are appalled but not surprised about the revelation of the ubiquitous celebrity admissions scandal. To clarify, the story of college acceptance abuse was steered by the privilege of wealthy individuals who sought to circumvent the traditional admissions process and fraudulently forge college entry.March 20, 2019Page 1 of 1
