The same university that made a commitment in their strategic plans and ad hoc policies to fulfill the ‘promise’ removed signage that was implemented to welcome individuals whose ancestors were denied entry and education based on historical accounts, at an institution that sits upon the stolen land of Black and Indigenous communities.

The removal of signs was a reminder that at some point, individuals accepted the ‘effort,’ but the institution and its players never intended to change or protect the campus community that was supposed to provide a form of ‘freedom.’

Higher education’s challenges are not new. We still gripe and write reports on the decline of student enrollment, increasing tuition, affordability, retention, and the state of historically silenced identities on campus that ex

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