Month: January 2018

Who pays the price: Victoria L. Jackson on race, revenue, and college sports

On By W.W. NortonIn How Can We Bridge The Differences That Divide Us?42 Comments

Criticisms of amateurism in college sports usually center around compensation for student athletes. Here, sports historian and former NCAA national champion distance runner Victoria L. Jackson calls out college sports amateurism for another reason—racism. Her January 2018 op-ed was published in the Los Angeles Times; Jackson was also interviewed for the Chronicle of Higher Education …

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Opportunity and healing: Mellow & Pollard on community colleges

On By W.W. NortonIn How Can We Bridge The Differences That Divide Us?, What's College For?, What's Up with the American Dream?59 Comments

Just how important are community colleges in the landscape of higher education in the United States? Well, nearly half of US undergraduates attend a community college; that makes them pretty important. Two community college presidents—Gail Mellow of LaGuardia Community College in New York and DeRionne Pollard of Montgomery College in Maryland—argue in this February 2017 …

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