King Of Hope: Remembering MLK’s Dream As Higher Ed Grapples With DEI

By Matthew Scogin, originally published at Forbes.com on Feb. 28, 2025 For leaders in higher education, the month of February was spent grappling with questions about the future of diversity programs and student access. The irony is hard to miss; February, after all, is Black History Month. But even before the month had begun, this same …

Campus Resources for these heavy times

Campus Community, As we enter the last few weeks of this Spring 2021 semester, we acknowledge that the past year has been mixed with much pain, division, and hurt.  As many of us were planning on the details of summer research and Fall 2020 details, we were also grieving the brutal murder and killings of …

Election Season: A Time for Belonging, Understanding and Grace — and HOPE

We are just over two weeks away from Election Day. Throughout this campaign season, our nation has been experiencing increasing levels of vitriol, disrespect and hostility — and those experiences are having a corrosive effect on our communities. At a time when others are sowing seeds of discord, we aspire to live fully into our …