Tag: Emil Guillermo

Opinion

Ishmael Reed’s Undying Faith in Diversity and Multiculturalism

Ishmael Reed, the novelist, playwright, poet, knows a lot of things. Especially Higher Ed.  In his novel, Japanese by Spring, Reed imagines a college taken over by Japanese businessmen who restructure the framework of curriculum debate. “Too white” gives way to not enough Zen Buddhism. Breathe deeply. It’s a satire, informed by Reed’s career as a now retired full-time lecturer at UC Berkeley.

July 27, 2021

Students

Students, Schools Seek Answers in Era of Pandemic U.

We’ve crept into May, which is coincidentally Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on the diversity calendar. But as Helen Hsu sees it, there’s not much to celebrate if you’re an Asian American student.

May 4, 2020

African-American

Diversity in the DACA Numbers—Undocumented Whites

For the first time, someone thought it would be a good idea to do an official count of undocumented students in higher ed. And yes, it confirms what we know more or less, there’s a lot of them, about 450,000, two percent of all students in post-secondary education, according to the The New American Economy and the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, which collaborated on the survey using Census data.

April 19, 2020

Asian American Pacific Islander

SFSU Asian American Studies Chair Documents Trump’s “Chinese Virus” Hate

From March 20- April 1, Dr. Russell Jeung and community activists set up a “Stop-AAPI-Hate” website to record incidents of discrimination toward Asian Americans.

April 6, 2020

COVID-19

Coronavirus Silver lining—Online Learning?

Let’s face it. Learning isn’t about entering in engaged conversation while standing in togas. It’s the changing world of teaching a younger generation already well attuned to technology. Coronavirus fears have resulted in some unintended positive consequences.

March 11, 2020

Opinion

Remorse and the College Admission Scandal’s Stiffest Penalty to Date

Douglas Hodge, is the former CEO of Pimco, a company you might know about if you pay attention to your workplace retirement funds. PIMCO is one of the cornerstone investments  on the bond side, in other words, the safety play. You make your risky bets on the equity mutual funds. Bonds are like the sure thing. So of course you’d figure to see a guy like Hodge caught in the college admissions scandal.

February 11, 2020

Opinion

Maybe UC Needs an Adjunct President?

The University of California is looking for a new president. UC is hosting town halls around the state looking for input. As a public service, here is my input: I hope the search committee realizes that someone with an adjunct’s qualities would be worthy of being on any list to lead the world’s finest public institution of higher learning.

January 28, 2020

African-American

Un-Civil Rights: America’s Fear of Diversity in 2020

Have the war protests started? Are your students beginning to wonder about military service and the importance of a draft? Our country’s constitutional crisis seems to be coming to a head as we deal with a president who insists he can do anything he wants.

January 12, 2020

Opinion

Michigan Jury Sides With UM Over Professors of Color

Is it a level playing field for professors of color in academia? Here’s a story that broke before Christmas that will make you question what it takes to prove discrimination.

December 30, 2019

Opinion

Impeachment Pattern: Diversity vs. The White Men

The biggest news of the day in our country — no matter what your individual concerns or endeavors — is impeachment. And if the support for it isn’t diverse along party, race and class lines, then we definitely need a check-up as to what it means to be an American living in the model democracy.

December 15, 2019

Opinion

Trump Backs Protesting Students….In China

The protests that delayed this year’s Harvard-Yale game were enough to break some news the weekend before Thanksgiving. Climate change is a big deal. And if the nation’s top schools with a combined endowment worth $70 billion did something about it, maybe higher ed could set an example for the country, if not the world.

December 3, 2019

Opinion

Diversity, Ukraine, and Impeachment

There’s a diversity angle in the impeachment hearings you may have overlooked.It’s not just about Trump. It’s about a proud people who have overcome mass starvation and invasions for centuries. And they continue to struggle to be free from tyranny and corruption.

November 16, 2019