Race & Ethnicity

As a metaphor, the cartoon character provides perhaps rather surprising insight into how underrepresented students can experience college, writes Denise Anthony.

Study finds students are more likely to use certain words of praise when describing professors who are men or who are in fields with few female and black scholars.

A new play appearing at multiple colleges tackles campus race issues at the heart of recent protests.

Student protesters are demanding that the Cornell Plantations' name be changed by the university.

Justice's death may not change outcome on affirmative action, which he opposed. His record includes key votes and dissents on issues of black colleges, hate speech, single-sex public higher education and church-state line.

Annual survey of incoming college freshmen finds interest in student activism at all-time high, especially among black students.