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How about a Career in Fundraising for Students of Color?

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, October 20, 2009

Editor's note: This blog post was co-authored by Nelson Bowman III.   From time to time, I like to write with others and this week my friend Nelson Bowman III, director of development at Prairie View A & M University, had some good ideas — so we decided to write about them

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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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Matching Aspirations With Values

by Deborah Santiago, October 16, 2009

In a report released October 7 by the Pew Hispanic Center, nearly 90 percent of Latino young adults said a college education is important for success in life. However, only about 50 percent of respondents said they planned to get a college degree.   What can we take away from the

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Unlocking the Learning Potential

by Dr. Murali Balaji, October 15, 2009

"I like you but I can't pass you."I've said something along that line to a number of students over the years and it's been especially tough for me to say to students I am fond of.One of the things that I've had to deal with over the past five years

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Giving Back is a Matter of Surviving and Thriving for HBCUs

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, October 13, 2009

As I was perusing the Facebook statuses of some of my “friends” today, I came across one who posted the following: “Did you attend an HBCU? If you had a great time and appreciate all that your HBCU did to make you who you are today, then put your money

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