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Recent Articles

• Education as a Diplomatic Tool: Bridging U.S.-China Divides for a Collaborative Future

  January 17, 2025

  by- Angel Wei

  "Unlike political agreements often marked by contention and short-term interests, education and research transcend borders, driven by collaboration and a shared pursuit of progress. By viewing education exchanges as strategic platforms for cultivating long-term relationships and mutual respect, the U.S. and China can foster cooperation and build deeper, more enduring bonds of trust."

• Disrupting the Supreme Court Decision: How Universities Can Increase Diversity in a Post Affirmative Action Climate

  January 16, 2025

  by- José A Maldonado and Celina M. Benavides

  "The fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban drastically decreased enrollment opportunities for Students of Color and changed the landscape of higher education... If top schools hope to promote inclusion and mitigate the effects of the affirmative action ban, they should widen the transfer pipeline by adjusting their recruitment efforts, admitting more students from two-year community colleges, as well as evaluating internal perceptions of transfer students."   

• Precarious State of Bangladesh: Constructive Governance is Missing in Action

  January 10, 2025

  by- Nasif Khan

  "What troubles me most, as a citizen of Bangladesh, is that the current socio-political situation is partly fueled by how the country is being governed at present. After the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024, through a student-led mass movement that ended the Awami League’s 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule, the situation in Bangladesh is characterized by mob justice."