by Kirsten Brooker | Apr 3, 2022 | Articles, Education, Good Reads, Opinion
Colleges across the country have realized the need to hire people tasked with making campuses more welcoming, safe, and comfortable for a growingly diverse student body. And so, the position of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Officer was created and implemented...
by Kirsten Brooker | Mar 13, 2022 | Articles, Education, Opinion
ACADEME, n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. ACADEMY, n. (from academe). A modern school where football is taught. — Ambrose Bierce Have US colleges and universities gotten sidetracked or fallen entirely off the rails? It seems that...
by Jose Backer | Oct 30, 2021 | Articles, Education, Good Reads, Opinion
Across the country, Democrats continue to insist the ongoing culture war is nothing but a right-wing talking point. In occasional moments of self-reflection, their party leaders have come to accept that running on cultural issues in contested elections not wholly...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Oct 28, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Race
Before she created the iconic TV series The Wonder Years, Carol Black wrote a movie script 30 years ago that was prescient. It became 1986’s Soul Man, which told the story of a white kid who artificially darkened his skin to appear black enough to qualify for a...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Jun 14, 2021 | Articles, Law, Opinion
Should colleges and universities continue to be allowed to discriminate against white and Asian applicants in favor of black and brown ones? The Supreme Court is considering taking up a case from a group suing Harvard to require the educational institution to treat...