In numerous conversations and leadership forums the topic “equal representation” or “diverse recruitment” seems to be important AND unavoidable. “We n[...]

It is pretty simple for me. We are educators. Students learn from us. We need to ask ourselves, “What are we teaching?” Early in my career, I served as the Director of Student Acti[...]

A week ago, I attended a screening and panel discussion of American Promise at St. Joseph’s Prepartory School in Philadelphia. American Promise is a film about two young Afri[...]

Within the Student Affairs realm, the most common occurrence has to be the interactions with students who are often given labels, placed into categories, and described in terms of [...]

The class of 2014 is about to graduate. These students will leave our campuses with an abundance of skills and new perspectives from the many experiences they had in and outside th[...]

Last weekend, I watched a group of four junior high kids race each other after school in a park near my home in NYC. Each student placed their backpacks down before they found thei[...]

On July 12, 2010, Ed sat down with Dr. Rey Junco from Lock Haven University (PA) discussed topics including his latest research on social media and student engagement, using social[...]

The word “legacy” is thrown around often in student affairs and higher education. In my first professional position in 2004, I was asked during a performance appraisal [...]

If you’ve not had the chance to watch/read singer/songwriter John Legend‘s commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania, you should.  Legend uses cognitive de[...]

Today is a day when I find myself thinking a lot about role modeling due to some campus incidents with a few good students making poor choices. I don’t know how many of you h[...]