Diversity

National Academy of Sciences panel chronicles what COVID-19 has been like for female scientists and then urges institutions to take meaningful, equity-minded action on their findings.

University of Texas at Austin report finds its alma mater wasn't originally intended to be racist despite describing "a painful reality of the song’s origin." Observers doubt the findings will keep students from feeling excluded.

Some students with disabilities asked for recorded lectures before the pandemic. With universities eyeing reopening, will they take that flexibility away?

Some doctors contend that medical schools should take a closer look at race, not just in terms of whom they admit, but what they teach.

Mount Holyoke pulls rug out from under faculty parents in announcing closure of its campus childcare center.

New guidelines from textbook publisher Pearson aim to dismantle systemic racism in higher ed. Do they go far enough?

Women make up just 24 percent of research universities' top earners, according to a new report urging action on pay parity in academe. Women of color are just 2 percent.

Most issued statements supporting Black Lives Matter, but only about half have a program to recruit Black students.