Lifting As They Climb
Like so many other scholarly associations founded in the United States, African Americans and other minorities remained invisible within the leadership ranks for years. The...
The science of recruiting.
Like so many other scholarly associations founded in the United States, African Americans and other minorities remained invisible within the leadership ranks for years. The...
About seven years ago, Columbia University welcomed its first HBCU Fellowship cohort, allowing students who had graduated from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to...
When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s...
African American History Month marks a period in which Americans can celebrate together, because it spotlights the possibilities and the promise that the country remains...
The current context of education is riddled with anti-Blackness that continues to find systemic ways to harm Black children and adolescents, ranging from the persistent...
Drs. Marybeth Gasman and Levon T. Esters have written an important and useful historiography of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. HBCU: The Power of Historically...
America is at a crossroads. Our nation must choose one of two alternative futures. We will either choose to become the world’s first truly multiracial...
Dr. Daniel Jean often recounts with sadness the story of Robert Daniel Cuadra, an 18-year-old honor student from Paterson, New Jersey, who was planning to...
Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia...
Access, affordability, and free speech will continue to make headlines in higher education. Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan...
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 has been a year notable for its ups and downs on the higher education landscape with the elimination...
This fall semester, Massasoit Community College achieved a new first. It became the first two-year school in the state of Massachusetts to allow students to...
Students enrolled in doctoral studies are often working adults. As one example, the average age of doctoral students in the Kansas State University Community College...
Dr. Sophia Rahming is single-handedly helping to revolutionize peer-to-peer learning at Florida State University (FSU). As associate director of the university’s Center for Advancement of...
On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made the decision to officially end affirmative action practices at all public institutions in...
Many educators come to the profession because they have a passion and commitment to help students succeed. However, the complexities of education often get in...
At Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), disrupting and erasing health disparities is more than just part of their mission statement. Health equity is something MSM...
When comedian Kenan Thompson provided his impersonation of coach Deion Sanders on a recent presentation of Saturday Night Live, he may not have intended to...
When Dr. Elmer Guy first came to Crownpoint Institute of Technology in 1999 as dean of instruction, he could not have known that, 24 years...
Native Nations and their inherent sovereign rights existed long before the arrival of Europeans to the North American continent and continue to manifest today across...
Through and through. Dr. Ruth M. López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. Her career as a...
The year is 1995. Governmental bodies and institutions receiving federal funding are mandated by the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to...
I was a young academic when I first heard a colleague quote Audre Lorde: “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They...
The purpose of the age-old course syllabus remains the same — a crucial document that sets the foundation for a course by providing students with...
Even though the landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education may have changed over the last three years, institutional and academic search...
Dr. Adrian Burgos, Jr., grew up playing and loving baseball. So did his mother, his grandmothers, and many of the people he grew up around....
On March 17, 2022, Dr. Shaun Harper took to social media to share a personal career announcement that had lots of people talking, both inside...
Dr. Ivonne Diaz-Claisse found her destiny in a middle school classroom. While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic...
Community colleges and baccalaureate institutions have experienced a topsy-turvy ride over the last decade, which included the Great Recession and its enrollment impacts, significant social...
Growing up in South Carolina, the Rev. Dr. Kimberly O. McManus knew the importance of education. McManus graduated valedictorian of her high school and went...
In an effort to address the needs of Black and Latinx men in higher education, male resource centers have been looking to increase belonging, persistence,...
Women have been making crucial contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since long before STEM was an educational buzzword. Women wrote...
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are proud parents of third grader, Mason. He has excelled in school, academic competitions (spelling bee), and sports (particularly tennis). He...
At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing...
Dr. Sol Gittleman has penned a must-read book for anyone with a vested interest in the past, present, and future of American academia. An Accidental...
When I first left home at age 17, I had little interest in pursuing higher education. That changed when, while working as a live-in caregiver...
As we write this paper, multicultural literature and Black History are under attack — led by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Educators are being sanctioned and...
Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote...
Courtney AdkinsThe beginning of the fall academic term brings to mind images of freshly graduated high school students arriving on college campuses across the country....
In April 2023, Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, passed a significant threshold. The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning...
A group of students at Spelman College are receiving a rare opportunity to start an investment journey through a new social impact initiative. The financial...
Time-sensitive requests during off hours. Explanations with too much personal information. These are a few of the ways many college students communicate with their instructors...
As colleges and universities nationwide welcome a new cohort of students, the beginning of a new academic year generates a sense of anticipation. However, it...
Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. For a decade prior to coming to Claremont Graduate University (CGU),...
For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America...
As a Black woman who studies the educational experiences of Black women and girls, Dr. Tiffany Steele says she always felt like her work was...
When ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM) AI that can generate long, detailed answers to complicated questions, was first made accessible to the public in...