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The Flawed Logic of Anti-affirmative Action Bake Sales13 comments

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 6 months ago: By Dr. Christopher J. Metzler The Affirmative Action Bake Sale is used by conservative groups on col … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, Campus Life, Culture, Diversity, Gender, Politics/national affairs, Race, General, African-Americans

Ain't I A Professor?4 comments

Robin Hughes wrote 7 months ago: Ain’t I a professor? Living an Authentic Academic Life as a Black Intellectual By Robin Hughes In th … more →

Tags: Culture, Diversity, PhD track, Race, General, recruitment and retention, Tenure/professional issues in higher ed, Research, Teaching

Predicting Academic Success Using Shoe Size: Affirming the Action in College Admissions3 comments

Robin Hughes wrote 7 months ago: By Robin Lee Hughes Many higher educational institutions no longer rely exclusively on standardized … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, General, recruitment and retention, African-Americans, admissions, SAT, Robin Hughes, GRE, MCAT

The Case Against Cultural Standardization in Tenure Decisions1 comment

Dr. Christopher Metzler wrote 8 months ago: Dr. Christopher J. Metzler There has been a cacophony of voices calling for the elimination of tenur … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, Campus Life, Culture, Diversity, PhD track, Race, General, recruitment and retention, Tenure/professional issues in higher ed

Changing the Conversation About HBCUs: YES WE CAN!6 comments

Marybeth Gasman wrote 9 months ago: By Dr. Marybeth Gasman Over the past month, I have been to three meetings in which the leaders of HB … more →

Tags: General, HBCUs, Higher Ed funding, Black Colleges, image, Marybeth Gasman, media, Yes We Can

During an Economic Crisis, Don't Make Cuts in Institutional Advancement1 comment

Marybeth Gasman wrote 10 months ago: By Marybeth Gasman, Ph.D. A few days ago, I was on the phone with a good friend, Nelson Bowman, who … more →

Tags: business,finance, Higher Ed funding, HBCUs, General, Black Colleges, Institutional Development, Marybeth Gasman, Prairie View A & M University

“Full Measure of Happiness”1 comment

Marybeth Gasman wrote 11 months ago: By Marybeth Gasman “The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; … more →

Tags: Campus Life, General, Race, Barack Obama, Marybeth Gasman, Students, Success!

It's Ph.D. Application Time: Here are a Few Tips2 comments

Marybeth Gasman wrote 1 year ago: By Dr. Marybeth Gasman It’s that time of the academic year — the time when students begi … more →

Tags: Diversity, Race, General, PhD, students of color, Graduate study, Doctoral Study, Gender, Class

Has The SAT Test Undergone A Backlash?

Elwood Watson wrote 1 year ago:  By Elwood Watson                 There is a good chance that if you were a high school junior or se … more →

Tags: Diversity, Race, General, recruitment and retention, Teaching, College Admissions, elwood watson, SAT, Remedial Education

“Racism Without Racists” Is Twisted Logic6 comments

Dr. Pamela D. Reed wrote 1 year ago: By Dr. Pamela Reed There is an astonishing theoretical perspective taking hold in the American acade … more →

Tags: Culture, Diversity, Race, General

Social justice and the global academic community

Lamont A. Flowers wrote 1 year ago: By Dr. Lamont Flowers In today’s times it seems that ensuring every man, woman, and child has an opp … more →

Tags: Diversity, Politics/national affairs, General, Social Justice, Lamont Flowers, academic responsibility, Global economy

Where are Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders in Higher Education?4 comments

J. Kehaulani Kauanui wrote 1 year ago: By Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui How does your university or college classify Native Hawaiian or other Pa … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Race, Higher Education, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, native hawaiians, pacific islanders, Asians, Wesleyan University

In the World of HBCUs, Research Must Inform Practice

Marybeth Gasman wrote 1 year ago: By Dr. Marybeth Gasman Quite often students and others ask me why I do research — What’s … more →

Tags: HBCUs, General, Research, Marybeth Gasman

HBCUs Here and in South Africa -- Common Missions, Common Challenges1 comment

Marybeth Gasman wrote 1 year ago: By Dr. Marybeth Gasman I just returned from leading a study abroad program in South Africa, which fo … more →

Tags: Culture, HBCUs, Race, General, Black Colleges, Marybeth Gasman, Higher Education, South Africa, university of the western cape

Native American Studies Making Strides3 comments

J. Kehaulani Kauanui wrote 1 year ago: By Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui Many administrators are reticent to inaugurate Native American studies w … more →

Tags: Culture, Diversity, Race, General, Native American Studies, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association

The Value of Diversity Among Institutions

frankhwu wrote 1 year ago: By Frank Wu We have confused two propositions: we have come to believe that aspiring to greater exce … more →

Tags: Diversity, Research, Teaching, Selectivity, College Admissions, mission, Access, Frank H. Wu, college rankings

Not Just One Dark Body: Scaling the Intercultural Mountain in the HBCU Classroom1 comment

Dr. Pamela D. Reed wrote 1 year ago: By Dr. Pamela Reed It is no secret that classrooms at historically Black colleges and universities a … more →

Tags: Culture, Diversity, HBCUs, Race, General, Pamela Reed, college administration, african diaspora, w.e.b. du bois

Honorary Degrees: Jim Crow and the Future1 comment

Alfred Brophy wrote 1 year ago: By Alfred Brophy The blogosphere is lighting up with discussion of Washington University’s dec … more →

Tags: Race, General, honorary degrees


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