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Yale Retains Calhoun Name
A residential college will still feature name of leading advocate for slavery. But university will drop use of "master" to describe those who lead residential colleges.
Waiting for the NCAA
Association earned praise for condemning Indiana law that permitted discrimination against gay people. Why doesn't it take a similar stance against its own members?
9-Day Sit-In Ends
Clemson makes numerous pledges on minority faculty, enrollments and diversity training, but administrators and students remain apart on some issues.
Defunding Diversity
Tennessee Legislature votes to cut all state funds for office that promotes diversity at state's flagship university, where students walked out of class to oppose the legislation.
Call for Punishment for Racist Texts
Saint Louis University officials promise "restorative justice" amid growing anger over lack of punishment for baseball players who sent racist text messages.
Opinion
Beyond a Deficit View
Administrators and faculty members desperately need a new language to characterize minority, low-income and first-generation students -- one that frees us from dependence on labels such as “disadvantaged,” argues Byron P. White.
Race, Graffiti and an Arrest
U of Wisconsin police pull black student from class to arrest him for allegedly spray-painting anti-racist messages across campus, prompting criticism that university cares more about graffiti than bigotry.
Opinion
Quelling Racial Tensions
To begin to deal with racial tensions, colleges and universities should recognize and respect people's humanity and apply other conflict-resolution principles, says Michael F. Mascolo.