Creating an environment where students of color can be heard to educate and inform their peers will enhance higher ed's goal to help students take a more active role in the world that promotes human dignity and the common good. For example, Sacred Heart is giving black students a voice in an upcoming Heart Challenges […]
The protests that continue to mobilize around the globe in response to the brutal murder of George Floyd have put a renewed and more prominent focus on the Black Lives Matter movement and the racial injustices facing African-Americans in the U.S.
Universities public and private are offering substantial new scholarship programs to diversify their campuses in the wake of nationwide anti-racist protests and the financial impacts of coronavirus.
"The main task of any college or university is education," says Loris, "education for our students, our faculty, and our local communities to bring knowledge, reason, understanding, meaning and values to the whole human community." To provide a more holistic understanding of racial injustices, higher ed should recruit faculty of color to bring their voices, […]
Higher ed should deliver a steady stream of events and other opportunities to bring faculty, administrators and students together to discuss and take positive action about racial injustice and white privilege, says Michelle Loris, associate dean of Curriculum and Special Projects for the College of Arts and Sciences and chair of Catholic Studies at […]
Individuals can fund causes that help bail out and provide supplies for protesters. "Even though many of us can't be a part of protests physically, we can at least be a part of them fiscally," says Wendi Williams, dean of the School of Education at Mills College. "But it is also important to recognize what […]
Johnson C. Smith University professor John Cash says universities that provide enriching curriculum and play for a diverse pool of students can spark future success in the multi-billion-dollar gaming field.
The coronavirus campus closures and wholesale shift to online learning have taken higher education to a turning point that could result in growing revenue and dropping costs.
University leaders seek input from faculty and students in reforming campus police department as George Floyd's death fuels ongoing protests against racism and inequality.
No students tested positive for coronavirus during the launch of University of California San Diego's 'Return to Learn' campus reopening plan, which aims to screen the entire campus once a month in the fall.
