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Leading by Example

by Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa, April 7, 2010

This past week, I participated in a two-day summit on STEM diversity at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In addition to the host campus, the meeting included representatives from 14 other highly selective research institutions, including Harvard, Stanford, Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, and UT Austin. MIT convened these

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Looking Forward Rather Than Backward

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, November 17, 2009

  Last Thursday, I attended the "Unfinished Business:  National Dialogue on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century" meeting at Morgan State University. Most of the conversation centered on the inequity that continues to exist in public higher education, especially in the Southern and border states.    During the presidents' roundtable,

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The House Rules

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, October 21, 2009

Morehouse College has laid down the law.  And not a moment too soon... As has been widely reported in many of the major national news outlets, the storied all-male private college, known as “Harvard of the South,” has issued a sweeping dress code for all of its 2,700 students.  In case

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Raising Tough Questions About Enrollment Diversity

by Dr. Christopher Metzler, October 16, 2009

I recently delivered a keynote speech at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2009 Diversity Forum during which I afflicted the comfortable on the question of “excellence vs. diversity” in college and university admissions.  At that speech, I encouraged a generally receptive campus community to think broadly about the declining number of

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It's HBCU Week in Washington DC: Let's See What the Future Holds

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, September 1, 2009

Every year, I attend the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Conference, which is held in Washington D.C. in September.  It's a unique event in that it brings together the leaders of both public and private HBCUs with members of the federal government, funders, and those representing

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