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Public engagement is often an indicator of prestige and impact for both scholars and universities. Institutions value the media attention and finan...

I used to be a “glass half‐full” kind of person. I used to be optimistic. Optimism has never been my natural state of being. I'm not convinced that...

If you are like me, you are struggling right now. Perhaps even more than you have been during this difficult year. Your institution reopened, and y...

According to multiple studies, incarcerated individuals who enroll in postsecondary education while behind bars have a much lower rate of recidivis...

It's November, the day after the election and after my new book was published. I'm once again sitting at my dining room table or, as I like to call...

Research that impacts one of her communities fuels Dr. Tomika L. Ferguson , interim assistant dean for student affairs and inclusive excellence and...

It was a “formative” experience in the United States educational system that, in a roundabout way, led AiLun Ku to her current position. Ku, who em...

I've hit the wall again. During the months and months of COVID‐19 pandemic, I've lost count of how many times. Life is manageable until it isn't. E...

Stories have the power to heal or to harm. “Words create repercussions,” says Madeline Sayet , the executive director of the Yale Indigenous Perfor...

WIHE spoke to three scholars about how they engage the public, how we can support each other and what conversations we should be having right now. ...

There's a photo of a redwood tree that made the rounds on social media. It's by Randy Vazquez. The tree is in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Califo...

According to the 2010 census data, African Americans make up about 12.1% of the U.S. population. Nevertheless, in 2017, the National Center for Edu...

Black women are unapologetically at the center of Dr. Stephanie Evans' work. Evans is an expert in Black women's intellectual history. As a histori...

There are a lot of things I keenly miss from before the pandemic: the ability to be near people rather than separated by at least six feet; the abi...

The number of lawyers serving as college and university presidents has more than doubled in the last three decades. Just over 200 lawyers led campu...

How do you make a hashtag go viral? Content marketers charge millions to dispense tips on increasing one's chances. The right hashtag has the poten...

It's May, and I'm sitting at my dining room table. It's covered in pencils, crayons, scissors, worksheets and overstuffed binders. The table is now...

It isn't easy to be an activist while also being a scholar, parent and teacher. For Dr. Jennifer Harvey , professor of religion at Drake University...

What if former athletes could show you how they learned the life lessons that fueled them through their careers? The documentary film After the Gam...

I'm doomscrolling again—relentlessly perusing social media and dwelling in the terribleness of our world. Police Brutality and Protests Once again,...