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HBCUs

Why is Black Excellence so Important?

Black excellence is more than a catchy hashtag or words written across the front of a hooded sweatshirt. Black excellence is, in fact, our ancestor’s wildest dreams. It is what we as people of African descent strive for each and every day.

January 16, 2019

Asian American Pacific Islander

The Biggest Diversity Case in 2018 Could be the Biggest of 2019

The Harvard case, in which Asian Americans sued Harvard for discrimination, could determine access to higher education for all people of color for decades to come. It also easily defines where Asian Americans stand on diversity. And just who the good guys are, isn’t exactly clear at first.

December 28, 2018

Students

Welcome Home

As educational spaces, colleges and universities carry the burden of creating a welcoming and inclusive home for all students. Establishing an empowering and nurturing campus climate is the first step in changing student attitudes towards underrepresented students.

December 12, 2018

Opinion

Zombies in the Academy

This year’s Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference was exciting for me for two reasons. First, the theme “Envisioning the Woke Academy,” was brought to life by two scholars whom I admire, Drs. Lori Patton Davis and D-L Stewart. Second, this was my first ASHE conference. As a second-year doctoral student in the Higher Education Leadership program at Colorado State University, I could not contain my enthusiasm to hear from the same scholars I read in class — those who have helped me expand my critical thinking and knowledge base.

December 11, 2018

Leadership & Policy

The Importance of Mentorships in Higher Education

We are proud “firsts” – as we have been frequently in both our personal and professional lives. Each of us is in our second university presidency, and each time we’ve ascended to the executive role, we’ve been the first African-American leader to do so at our predominantly White institutions.

November 29, 2018

Asian American Pacific Islander

How Do We Persuade the New Asian Alt-Right?

I write to ask my progressive friends, especially those sympathetic to Asian Americans, to help me answer a question often asked by Asian American students about their Asian immigrant parents. More specifically, many students whose elders are Chinese immigrants — who may not identify as either “Asian” or “American,” much less “Asian American” — have given to me the most difficult query: how can they discuss race and civil rights at home, with family members who are, in their words, “racist” toward African Americans and Latinos.

November 15, 2018

African-American

Birthright Citizenship is Under Attack…Again

Birthright citizenship unites people of color. The principle is under attack again. The two professors who wrote the book suggesting the Supreme Court was wrong to recognize the rule insist they are not motivated by race.

November 1, 2018

LGBTQ+

Mentoring Emphasized at TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum

The importance of making an impact on higher education and creating pipelines for diverse talent were salient topics at the TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum held on Thursday in New York City.

October 18, 2018

Opinion

The Perfect Victim and the Perfect Judge —The New Challenge to Affirmative Action

If it feels like we’ve been here before, we have. The use of race in college admissions is legal and has been tested and upheld by the high court time and again, most recently in the Fisher v. Texas case. But that’s not stopping conservative anti-affirmative activist Ed Blum.

October 15, 2018

Students

Positioning Ourselves to Support College Success for Males of Color

If we are serious about improving the educational outcomes of males of color throughout the educational pipeline, then we need to change how we see and think about them, how we imagine, believe in and support their possibilities and how we work with them.

July 23, 2018

African-American

Refocusing the White Lens

Given the world events that have occurred over the last few centuries and especially during the last few months, I am asking you all to devote more time to not only researching rural America but actually doing anti-racist work there.

April 3, 2017