Category: Wisdom
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When the Trump-appointed chair of the FCC publicly threatened ABC with regulatory retaliation unless it punished Jimmy Kimmel for a monologue about Charlie Kirk, the move shocked the entertainment industry and nation. Within hours, ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air “indefinitely.” What should have been dismissed as satire became treated as sedition. Free speech groups…
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Every September, Hispanic Heritage Month invites us to honor the cultural contributions and enduring wisdom of the Spanish-speaking world. Among the most lasting gifts is the literature of Miguel de Cervantes, whose Don Quixote, published more than four centuries ago, remains one of the most influential novels ever written. Cervantes gave us unforgettable images of imagination,…
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The Trump administration’s announcement of 500 million dollars in redirected funding for historically Black colleges and universities and tribal colleges was rolled out with great fanfare. The Secretary of Education called it a massive investment. The headlines were positive. Social media posts quickly celebrated it as evidence of a new commitment to people of color.…
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Every organization talks about transformation, but the leaders tasked with making it happen often face a lonely road. Change agents are frequently stuck trying to move big ideas forward with few, if any, allies—while also serving as the go-to crisis managers when things go wrong. It’s a role that demands vision, resilience, and relentless energy,…
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For six years I served as both provost and dean. Those titles looked impressive on paper, but the cost was clear in hindsight: inboxes overflowing, back-to-back meetings stacked on top of each other, and the unrelenting sense that no matter how much you gave there was always another fire to put out. Over time, that…
Cloaking Inequity 