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Think Before You Trust: Why College Practitioners Must Scrutinize Research Claims
As higher education faces external attacks, we must also confront self-inflicted wounds. I’ve never shied away from calling out unproduct...
Holding the Line: Lead Through the Chaos
(A. Solano)
Project 2025 is under way. Here’s what you have control over but first recognize that panic paralyzes. Resolve empowers. Power over panic...
Equity Impact & Equity Intentionality at Community Colleges
It’s critical that educators understand the difference between “equity impact” and “equity intentionality” and why community colleges and...
Addressing False Narratives
Failing to challenge false narratives only helps to perpetuate claims made without evidence. For example, a claim I’ve heard recently is ...
The "In Between": What’s Needed to Improve Student Outcomes
September 4, 2021
[For a deeper explanation, please click on the video above.]
As institutions attempt to implement a variety of priori...
Institutionalization Myth vs Reality
What does it mean to institutionalize? That word gets thrown around extensively in higher education. For example, Title V Hispanic-Servin...
Foundational Ingredient For Successful Equity Work
The ability of faculty and educators in general to change—from external to internal attributions—is a foundational ingredient in student ...
Transformational Change: Challenges & Opportunities
After more than two decades of coaching, keynoting, presenting, and conducting trainings, these high frequency asked culture-related ques...
The Policy, Research, & Practice Disconnect
The disconnect between policy, research, and practice is extraordinarily real for college practitioners. The intersection of policy, rese...
Scoping, Connecting, & Shepherding
A setting is a time and place for educators to get important work done. Committees are not the ideal setting to accomplish work. They're ...
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