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Use Your Voice!

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, October 2, 2009

This week in my History of American Higher Education course, we were discussing perspective — meaning that each of the authors and articles I assign has a perspective or an inherent bias. I work hard to teach students to critically think and to realize that bias is everywhere and that

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The Growing Intolerance Must Be Confronted

by Dr. Elwood Watson, August 20, 2009

Think about the following: • Former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has made the claim that President Obama’s health care plan would establish “death panels” to oversee end of life care for the elderly and  terminally ill. • A Swastika was found spray-painted on a sign fronting the office of U.S. Rep. David

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Ain't I A Professor?

by Dr. Robin Lee Hughes, May 14, 2009

Ain’t I a professor? Living an Authentic Academic Life as a Black Intellectual By Robin Hughes In the last couple of months, I have mulled over an audience participant’s comment, which occurred during a national conference. To put it mildly, it has been quite bothersome. The comment/question was directed towards me. I took

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The Case Against Cultural Standardization in Tenure Decisions

by Dr. Christopher Metzler, April 6, 2009

There has been a cacophony of voices calling for the elimination of tenure in higher education. Many of those voices are ultra conservative ideologues who are using the tenure debate to excoriate what they see as a liberal-leaning academy. There is a more vexing question that is conveniently absent from

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‘His Genius Could Not Be Denied’

by diheonline, March 26, 2009

In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) ‘His Genius Could Not Be Denied’   By Hilary Hurd Anyaso   “Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.   Dr. Neil Harris, the Preston and Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus at UChicago, where Franklin chaired

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