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Graduate School A Viable Option For HBCU Students

by Dr. Murali Balaji, November 11, 2009

  In June, I became the first member of my family to receive a Ph.D.To clarify, I have aunts and uncles with Ph.D’s, but I was the first to be educated entirely in the United States. In the decade or so since I received my undergraduate degree, I

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The Role of the Parent-Educator in Strengthening Urban Public Schools

by Dr. Pamela Felder, November 6, 2009

The national debate on urban public education in the United States consistently involves strategies for improving K-12 academic achievement and contributes to our country's educational performance globally. While strategies to improve academic achievement continue to evolve on the national front, in urban contexts one of the most valuable mechanisms to

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Learning When to Flip the Code Switch

by Dr. Murali Balaji, November 4, 2009

When I was a teenager, I struggled to fit in with my peers because I always felt like an outsider in a society defined by a Black-White paradigm.I was uncomfortable in my own skin until I was 20 or 21, when I realized that being an Indian-American who could mix

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Mismatched or Undermatched?

by Deborah Santiago, November 3, 2009

A few years ago, opponents of affirmative action claimed admitting students of color into institutions that were too challenging for them was setting these students up for failure. This "mismatch" theory explained why students of color were more likely to drop out without completing a degree. However, a new study

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A People on the Precipice?

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, October 29, 2009

The recent news of the savage gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, Calif., broke my heart. Again. I have thought of little else since hearing the gruesome details of the child's ordeal, as others stood by-watching, cheering, filming, or partaking - for over two and ½ hours. For the

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