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Following Petition, Georgia State Creates Center Dedicated to African Diaspora

by Jessica Ruf | June 26, 2020 Georgia State University — home to the largest student body of any higher ed institution in t Read more

At a Loss for Words After George Floyd: Three Actions in Lieu of Statements

by Patrice Rankine | June 16, 2020
Race is foundational to our nation, its original sin. We live in a racist society, so we all do [...] Read more

The Integrated Liberal Arts Approach: The Curricular Vaccine Higher Education Needs Now More Than Ever

by Pareena G. Lawrence | May 19, 2020
Perhaps the COVID-19 pandemic that we are all battling on a global scale will serve as a great [...] Read more

Two History Professors Chronicle the Lives of the First Black Scholars Hired at PWIs

by Lois Elfman | February 13, 2020
Dr. David Canton, associate professor of history at Connecticut College, is working on a biogra [...] Read more

Remembering Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke, the Man Behind the Harlem Renaissance

by B. Denise Hawkins | February 10, 2020
Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke, a longtime Howard University professor, art critic, Harvard-educated wri [...] Read more

How Dr. Hasan Jeffries is Rethinking the Way We Teach Black History

by Jessica Ruf | February 7, 2020
As a teenager in 1980s Brooklyn, Dr. Hasan Jeffries tried piecing together two different storie [...] Read more

2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Que-Lam Huynh

by Lois Elfman | January 29, 2020
Studying issues of ethnic minority identity and marginalization comes naturally to Dr. Que-Lam [...] Read more

University of Cincinnati to Remove Slave Owner’s Name From its College of Arts and Sciences

by Jessica Ruf | December 17, 2019
The University of Cincinnati (UC) board of trustees unanimously voted to discontinue the school [...] Read more

Diversity, Ukraine, and Impeachment

by Emil Guillermo | November 16, 2019
There’s a diversity angle in the impeachment hearings you may have overlooked.It’s not just [...] Read more

Higher Ed’s Impeachment Role

by Emil Guillermo | November 4, 2019
Make no mistake, Higher Ed must play a role in impeachment. Not as partisans. But as the contex [...] Read more

Our Shared History

by Frank Wu | October 24, 2019
People are ignorant of history, even their own. [...] Read more

William & Mary Granted $1M to Research Slave Legacy

by Sarah Wood | August 5, 2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has granted the College of William & Mary $1 million to res [...] Read more

Family Storytellers Inspired Professor-Historian

| October 30, 2018
Dr. Allyson Hobbs comes from a family of storytellers, perhaps chief among them her Aunt Shirle [...] Read more

‘The Obama Years: The Power of Words’ Premieres Tonight

by David Pluviose | February 27, 2017
Tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Smithsonian Channel premieres “The Obama Years: The Power of W [...] Read more

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

College Athletics After COVID-19; What is the Impact? What Are the Ramifications?

Recorded on May 27, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

College Athletics After COVID-19;
What is the Impact?
What Are the Ramifications?