Month: February 2023

Multiraciality at a Crossroads: Reinforcing Racial Categories or Challenging Racial Boundaries? by Brendon M. Soltis

Research on multiraciality in higher education has grown significantly over the past 20 years. Many facets of multiraciality have been explored, with a focus on identity development and the experiences of undergraduate students (e.g., Ozaki et al. 2020). More recently, higher education scholars have expanded their scope to examine the experiences of graduate students (e.g.,

AJE Feature | Happiness Oriented Parents: An alternative perspective on privilege and choosing schools by Mira Debs, Judith Kafka, Molly Vollman Makris, & Allison Roda

The full-length American Journal of Education article by Debs et al. can be accessed here In our increasingly diverse but segregated society, how and why urban school parents choose schools has been a popular topic in the media and scholarly literature. Most of this work, including some of our own, assumes that privileged parents always tend to act

The ‘Pipeline Theory’: A False Justification for the Underrepresentation of Women in Top Leadership Positions within Institutions of Higher Education by Kathryn Mattingly Flynn

According to the 2018 Pew Research Center data, 78% of women and 59% of men say that the lives of Americans would improve if there were more women in leadership positions. However, within American institutions of higher education, women make up less than 39% of deans, provosts, presidents, and board members. Some institutions and their

AJE Feature | Sinking, then swimming: Challenges and successes for junior faculty navigating the waters of tenure and promotion by Summer Koltonski, Sarah Straub, and Kevin Jones

Many individuals have been affected socially, personally, professionally, or financially by the Covid-19 pandemic. Junior faculty members especially have experienced negative impacts across the areas of research/scholarship, teaching, and service. This article summarizes three junior faculty members experiences and lessons learned while navigating through the Covid-19 pandemic.