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One of the best pieces of leadership advice I’ve ever gotten was from Xavier University of Louisiana president emeritus Dr. Norman Francis on the e...

This past spring, Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes became the first full-time staff member in the 40-year history of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC)...

One of my earliest cultural lessons was in due deference. Some people call it “home-training.” Some people call it comportment. Some people call it...

I had a realization recently that despite all of the rhetoric and even genuine efforts around inclusion in the academy, as an institution, it remai...

Three weeks ago, I was all ready to write about the First Amendment. Elon Musk’s declared intent to buy Twitter had the internet all in a tizzy abo...

Karen Costa’s life mission is to make higher education “more humane and caring.” Her work has morphed into a three-part strategy featuring online p...

As more and more women have earned doctorates and entered the academy, it is reasonable to assume that there will soon be more women in leadership ...

I struggle with bad anxiety. I don’t talk about it a lot, partially because I’m a deeply private person, and partially because there’s something in...

April 3 marks the 72nd anniversary of the death of Carter G. Woodson, who is known as the father of Black history and the man who founded “Negro Hi...

Law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw’s articulation of intersectionality paved the road that many Black women scholars like myself have traveled. While ...

“Every day I am more and more amazed by the democratic potential of community college,” says Dr. Carolina Chaves-O’Flynn, assistant professor of Sp...

Dr. Vanessa Carlisle is an educator, author and coach. Her newest novel, Take Me with You, reflects complex dynamics about sexuality and incorporat...

Dr. Judy Sakaki was appointed President of Sonoma State University in July 2016. She is the nation’s first Japanese American woman to serve as pres...

“Habari Gani” is swahili for “What’s the news?” It’s a greeting. It’s like “What’s going on?” During Kwanzaa celebrations, it’s used as an upbeat “...

This is my last column as editor of this newsletter. This might come as a surprise or not. After all, I have written about the temptation to quit m...

Assuming the presidency of a university during a pandemic brought challenges for which there was no playbook, but Dr. Lori S. White , the 21st pres...

As an independent scholar, I have years of experience anxiously maintaining my professional performance on screen and over calls, so as to not aler...

Growing up in southern Virginia, Dr. Debra Barksdale didn't know she was poor. She learned to read and write by copying text off canned goods becau...

Two things happened to me in 2021, which feel more important than all of the rest. I turned 41 and lost my dad within the span of a month. During t...

I am a white, heavily tattooed, queer and autistic woman. Over my 20-year teaching career, I have been told that I am too loud, too direct, too opi...