Topic: Colleges and Universities
Help Everyone Be Like Shaq
A longtime university administrator helped the NBA superstar finish his college degree. Now, she urges Philly colleges to make it easy for less famous almost-grads to get their diplomas, too
By Elaine MaimonCollege Diversity Without Affirmative Action
A long-time university president reflects on what it would take for selective colleges and universities to diversify their campuses. Spoiler alert: We already know how to do it.
By Elaine MaimonPennsylvania, Resolve the Budget Impasse
A long-time university president recalls the dire consequences to public higher education of an Illinois budget stalemate — and urges legislators to ensure that doesn't happen here
By Elaine MaimonMeet Philadelphia’s Cosmic Writers
This nonprofit brings out the creative writer in school-age students in Philly and beyond. In a city with an abysmal literacy rate, these efforts are paying off.
By Courtney DuCheneThe Unfairness of Students for ‘Fair’ Admissions
The Students for Fair Admissions’ Supreme Court case that struck down affirmative action was not about fairness in college admissions. It was about race.
By Jemille Q. DuncanDoes the Supreme Court See Higher Education as a Public Good?
A longtime university president, who has seen innumerable low-income students struggling to pay for their college education, deplores the legal reasoning behind the Court’s blocking of debt relief
By Elaine MaimonThe End of Affirmative Action and the Myth of the Self-Made Entrepreneur
The co-founder of AND 1 and the B Corp Movement on what the Supreme Court majority doesn’t seem to get: There’s such a thing as racism without racists
By Jay Coen GilbertThe Supreme Court Struck Down Affirmative Action. Now What?
A long-time university president urges Philadelphia-area colleges and universities to maintain commitment to diversity within the constraints of the new ruling
By Elaine MaimonGetting To Graduation, Together
Could College Together hold the answer to our nation’s higher education woes?
By Jessica Blatt PressCan Local Colleges Please Just Work Together?
A long-time university president calls on Philly’s higher education institutions to collaborate to better serve the needs of Philadelphia students.
By Elaine Maimon