DIVERSE Views

STEM Literacy Beyond STEM Occupations

by Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa, November 30, 2011

I write with kudos to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, or GCEW, for its recent publication simply titled STEM. Beyond just another depiction of why we need more STEM graduates to strengthen our workforce (although the authors do a stellar job at breaking down this argument), the

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Sexual Violence on College Campuses

by Dr. Elwood Watson, November 16, 2011

The recent shocking and horrific revelations that have emerged from the atrocious saga at Penn State University involving the schools former assistant coach Gerald “Jerry” Sandusky have sent shockwaves throughout the world of college sports and higher education in general. Thus far, the saga has claimed the jobs of longtime coach

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The Last Mile: Penn State Football Program Should be Indefinitely Suspended

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, November 11, 2011

Joe Paterno has been fired. Penn State President Graham Spanier is stepping down. The Department of Education has launched an investigation. When 84-year-old Paterno heard the news of his firing, he held court one last time. According to The Associated Press, JoePa told a group of adoring students outside his “Happy

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The ‘Big Game’ on Saturday That Universities Overlook

by Dr. Emery Petchauer, November 7, 2011

There’s a “Big Game” this Saturday that won’t take place on a football field or be televised on national media. This Big Game involves universities nationwide, but it deals not with athletics but academics—teacher licensure to be precise. On Saturday, thousands of students across the country who want to become

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Transgender Identity and Higher Education Discrimination

by Dr. Ibram Rogers, November 3, 2011

This summer, Domaine Javier received an abruptly disheartening expulsion notice from California Baptist University (CBU).  The private “Christian” university in Riverside informed the transgender 24-year-old woman from the Philippines that she was expelled for “committing or attempting to engage in fraud, or concealing identity” in university judicial processes, according to

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