Op-eds, Presentations, and Speeches Archive

2020

Timeless Opportunity
Rutgers Magazine, Fall 2020
There is no better vehicle to help our most economically at-risk students than Scarlet Promise Grants, which help close gaps of $500 to $5,000 to keep a student in school.

Informal Remarks at Election 2020 Series: What’s Next
November 17, 2020
In recorded greetings for a student event on post-election priorities, Dr. Holloway relates a personal story to illuminate this difficult but also transcendent moment in U.S. history.

Critical Inquiry Is on the Ballot
October 14, 2020
In a Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed, Dr. Holloway argues that universities need to emerge from this election committed to demonstrate that they are simultaneously the keepers of society’s great ideas and where those ideas can, and must, be debated.

100th Day Reflections
October 8, 2020
Dr. Holloway tells Middlesex County business people about leading Rutgers in difficult days.

Update on Rutgers’ Finances
October 8, 2020
In a letter to New Jersey legislators, President Holloway outlines the university’s difficult budget situation for the 2020–2021 fiscal year.

University Senate Address
September 25, 2020
In his first address to the University Senate, Dr. Holloway speaks about the ideal of a beloved community, the importance of being relentless in the university’s pursuit of academic excellence, and the need to develop strategic institutional clarity.

Your Role in a Beloved Community
August 31, 2020
President Holloway exhorts new students to avail themselves of all the knowledge at Rutgers to help heal the world.

President Holloway Provides Historical Perspective on the Term “Freeholder”
July 30, 2020
Amid a national movement to remove painful symbols of and references to racial injustice, New Jersey is on the cusp of eliminating the term “Freeholder” from county governance. Dr. Holloway provides insight on the origin of the term.

Jonathan Holloway on What Juneteenth 2020 Means
June 18, 2020
Jonathan Holloway joins other Black leaders in a USA Today op-ed discussing the importance of Juneteenth and the holiday’s relevance.

A Conversation with Jonathan Holloway on Race Relations and the Making of the United States 
June 15, 2020
Hear Jonathan Holloway in conversation with the United States Studies Centre about how America arrived at this fraught moment in its history.