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- Feb 7, 2025
- Maria Prudente
On a balmy Monday afternoon in June on Webster Avenue, Trisha Jeffrey, a teaching artist for the theatre education non-profit International Girls E... -
- Feb 5, 2025
- Lois Elfman
As Felicia D Henderson waited to see if her short film, The Rebel Girls , would receive an Academy Award nomination, she continued her life as an a... -
- Feb 5, 2025
- Autumn A. Arnett
One of the greatest hindrances to progress I see as an editor—and face myself—is perfectionism. And it makes perfect sense that women in academia m... -
- Feb 5, 2025
- Latrina Thomas, Ph.D.
My chemistry instructor's words cut through me like a blade: “College is not for you.” I was 20 years old, struggling to complete a lab class in an... -
- Dec 27, 2024
- Lois Elfman
Community colleges are often viewed as engines of economic opportunity and centers of workforce development. Bronx Community College NY (BCC), part... -
- Dec 27, 2024
- Autumn A. Arnett
Years ago, I was contracted by several Federal grant-making organizations to provide training to grantees on writing for a public audience. The gra... -
- Dec 27, 2024
- Lois Elfman
Within two months of starting her new position as senior director of college and career success at Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH), Dr. Krystal C. J... -
- Nov 22, 2024
- Lois Elfman
Dr. Makana Chock, David J. Levidow Endowed Professor at Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications , NY, understands the impact o... -
- Nov 22, 2024
- Hannah Slack
I knew I wanted to do a PhD by the second year of my undergraduate history degree. I loved researching and writing, and I couldn't believe that peo... -
- Nov 22, 2024
- Lois Elfman
In August, Grambling State University , in Louisiana, made history when it opened its state-of-the-art, 50,000 square foot digital library, making ... -
- Oct 22, 2024
- Dawn Ogali-Frederic
Adorned in my doctoral regalia on a beautiful spring day at my alma mater, I beamed with joy and pride as I posed for professional photos to announ... -
- Oct 22, 2024
- Lois Elfman
“Increasingly, the way that we're learning about the world … is by what we watch on the screen, so the stories that are being told matter and they ... -
- Oct 22, 2024
- Autumn A. Arnett
“Hello, I'm a university professor. My job is to answer email and complete mandatory online training courses,” said a post on X from Fernanda Ferre... -
- Sep 24, 2024
- Lois Elfman
Although Dr. Alma Littles had served as interim dean of the Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine since February 2023, having the word... -
- Sep 24, 2024
- Autumn A. Arnett
In even a very short conversation with the new Dean of MC Online and Academic Support at Montgomery College MD, it is immediately clear that Shinta... -
- Aug 19, 2024
- Autumn A. Arnett
Last summer, I was asked to contribute an essay to an edited volume about Southern food culture. I am not a foodie. As a native Marylander, I’m not... -
- Aug 19, 2024
- Stephanie McCoy
The day I met the advisor who changed my life is forever imprinted on my mind. I came into his office for a scheduled meeting and was immediately e... -
- Aug 19, 2024
- Karen Costa
This article originally ran in Women in Higher Education’s September 2018 issue. In 2018, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker described the upcoming mid... -
- Jul 18, 2024
- Autumn A. Arnett
I often say people can only love others out of the capacity from which they’ve received love. If a person has never experienced a real and uncondit... -
- Jul 18, 2024
- Hawa Allarakhia, M.Ed.
Margeaux Johnson is a Learning Tools Specialist at the Center for Informational Technology and Training at the University of Florida (UF). She disc...