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Students are demanding more diverse faculty. cybrarian77/flickr

December 2, 2015

Students’ demand for diverse faculty is a demand for a better education

Tanya Washington, Georgia State University

Many students arrive at college without ever having a non-white teacher. Professors of color can inspire higher order thinking and analysis.

Students across campuses are protesting against racial injustice. Max Goldberg

November 23, 2015

Here’s how history is shaping the #studentblackout movement

Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School

A former activist turned professor says previous student movements may have opened the door for people of color to have greater opportunity but fell short of changing the power structure.

What’s new about black students’ demands? Beverly Yuen Thompson

November 16, 2015

Why have the demands of black students changed so little since the 1960s?

Lori Patton Davis, Indiana University Indianapolis

Here’s what black student activists were asking for 50 years ago. So, what changed?

Why the racist incidents at Mizzou are not surprising. CAFNR

November 13, 2015

The long and troubled racial past of Mizzou

Carol Anderson, Emory University

I taught at Mizzou from 1996 to 2008. Here’s why the events don’t surprise me.

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