Tag: Dr. Lessie Branch

COVID-19

Stepping Away from The Brink: COVID-19 Pushed

COVID-19 has exacerbated and accelerated for many colleges and universities the challenges they already faced – rising cost, declining enrollment, not enough financial resources to support the operational structure, and a competitive market – to name a few.

June 21, 2020

Students

Stepping Away from the Brink: Part VII: Faculty and The Academy

Faculty, in conjunction with students, represent the core of an academic institution. Without either, colleges and universities don’t have a purpose. It is faculty who provides education, advice, and enlightenment to our next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, educators, and hopefully change-makers. However, as higher education continues to find itself on the brink, questions around the appropriate faculty structure remains critical to thinking of the future of institutions.

March 11, 2020

Community Colleges

Stepping Away from the Brink: Part VI: Community Colleges and their Important Role in a More Equitable World

As the holiday season has quickly come and gone, we resume our “Stepping Away from the Brink” series and have shifted our emphasis to the important role Community Colleges play in the upward mobility for low-income families and communities of color.

January 8, 2020

HBCUs

Stepping Away from the Brink Part V: The Call to Action for HBCUs

It is no secret that, from their inception, HBCUs have filled a series of voids within the Black community. Against a backdrop of centuries of deprivation to live out their full potential, newly enfranchised Africans and their progeny born in this country possessed few skills that would make them competitive in the mid-to-late 19th & 20th century American industrial economies.

December 5, 2019

Leadership & Policy

Stepping Away from the Brink – Part IV – The Access and Affordability Challenge

The challenges in higher education are clear. By exploring the two key challenges of access and affordability in higher education in the primary and secondary education industries, cities and states allot the appropriate amount of resources to ensure both.

October 12, 2019

Opinion

Stepping Away from the Brink, Part II: Presidential Leadership

Conversations surrounding the state of higher education are increasingly becoming the foci of not only the media and government officials, but also boards of directors. Many issues stem from an industry that has grown beyond its means.

August 1, 2019