Showing posts with label Bethune-Cookman University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bethune-Cookman University. Show all posts
Monday, September 11, 2017

Betsy DeVos' Attack on Obama-Administration Regulations re: Sexual Harassment on Campuses: It's What Heterosexual Males Want

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Trump, DeVos, and the Creation of an American Oligarchy https://t.co/tOhKEXYIYv pic.twitter.com/UJ3jOB1Oxs — April Spivey (@a35362) Sep...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Trump's Education Secretary DeVos Presents Commencement Address at Bethune-Cookman University: Things Do Not Go Well for Her

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Mr. Trump's Secretary of Education (and right-wing Christian activist) Betsy DeVos was the commencement speaker yesterday at the hist...
Friday, May 8, 2015

The Story of the Refusal of the Episcopal Cathedral in Orlando to Baptize the Son of a Gay Couple: My Reflections

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For a variety of reasons, I've been following with some interest the story of the refusal of Anthony Clark, dean of the Episcopal...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Bethune-Cookman University under Leadership of Trudie Kibbe Reed: The Role of the Southern Association of Colleges

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To add to what I wrote yesterda y about Bethune-Cookman University and the recent resignation/retirement of its president Trudie Kibb...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

In Higher Education News: Bethune-Cookman University President Trudie Kibbe Reed Resigns/Retires

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In the world of higher education, a very strange story now coming out of Bethune-Cookman University in Florida: as Michael Stratford ...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Soul Struggle: Tending One's Own Garden or Speaking Truth to Power?

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I’m struggling lately with a spiritual-journey question that seems to recycle itself through my experiences again and again in a karmic way....
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Getting Democracy Back: Sara Robinson on Education in a Fascist-Proof Society

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As an educator, I’ve written extensively (most recently here ) on this blog about my intent concern that American higher education is now fa...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Higher Education and the Money Racket: Continued Abdication of Leadership

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I’ve written frequently on this blog about the extremely destructive effects that the adoption of a corporate CEO style of leadership is hav...
Saturday, August 1, 2009

The Revolving-Door Syndrome: More on the Hazards of The Corporate CEO Model of Educational Leadership

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I said earlier that I had made my final post for the day--but I should know better than to say that anything I plan or do is ever final. I...
Friday, July 31, 2009

Thom Hartmann on the CEO as Sociopath: Applications for Higher Education

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Thom Hartmann posted an interesting piece at the Alternet site a few days ago. He suggests that, to be a successful CEO—particularly in th...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Sunday Tidbits: Cyber Bullying and "Welcoming" Churches That Fail to Welcome

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A few end-of-week tidbits for a Sunday posting: Elizabeth Kaeton’s Telling Secrets blog had an excellent posting yesterday about cyber bull...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Somebody Is Responsible: National Day of Silence to Combat School Bullying

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And because today is GLSEN's annual Day of Silence to combat school bullying, I'm going to reissue this post from a few days ago, in...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

New York Legislation Opposing School Bullying: Implications for Church-Owned Universities

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Pam Spaulding’s House Blend blog is reporting ( here ) today that the New York house has just passed a Dignity for All Students act which pr...
Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Continuing Challenge of Combating Bullying of LGBT Students: GLSEN's 2009 Day of Silence

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I know that all broken bones heal, all bleeding stops, all bruises fade, but a wound that has deflated your self esteem never fully heals...
Friday, March 20, 2009

CEOs, Meritocracy, and Values in Higher Education: The Witness of Mary McLeod Bethune

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CNBC telejournalist Mark Haines made an interesting comment yesterday about the big men and women on top of the corporate world, and what th...
Sunday, February 1, 2009

Reissuing the Appeal: Open Letter to Barack Obama on HBCUs and Homophobia

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The following is an open letter to Mr. Obama that I published on this blog on 19 September last year. Since I published this piece prior to...
Friday, January 30, 2009

More on Connections between the Economic Crisis and the Crisis in Higher Education

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Good for gutsy Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill. Huffington Post is reporting that she has just introduced a bill to cap compensation for ...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

New Administration of Barack Obama: Challenges to American Higher Education

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As the inauguration of the new president nears, I’m wondering what effect the change in government will have for education. I’ve just read ...