Race & Ethnicity

Higher education won’t address racial inequity unless states and institutions acknowledge the current problems and respond to them head-on, a speaker tells state officials.

By sharing the right data, higher ed leaders can use the collective expertise on their campus to identify and dislodge barriers to student success and advance equitable outcomes, writes Jeff Gold.

A dozen University of Michigan professors argue that the controversy over a blackface Othello is more about teaching preparation than free expression, and that better university training and protocols could have lessened the fallout for everyone involved.

Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago escalate their calls for a law professor accused of racism to be fired, now that he’s scheduled to return to the classroom. The professor says he’s caught up in something that isn’t really about him.

Phoebe Cohen describes being targeted for voicing her views about the Dorian S. Abbot controversy.

High schoolers -- of all races -- care about diversity initiatives when thinking about where to apply to college.

Author discusses her book on “the struggle for racial equality” at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Today’s students must understand the legacy of older generations of Black movement leaders, writes Fredrika Newton, a former member of the party and the wife of its co-founder.