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The Souls of Black Professors
Scholars discuss what it’s like to be a Black professor in 2020, who should be doing antiracist work on campus and why diversity interventions that attempt to “fix” Black academics for a rigged game miss the point entirely.
What Happens Before College Matters
Experts agree higher education needs to do more to create equity for Black students. But more attention needs to be paid to barriers Black students face before they step foot on campus.
‘A Profound Act of Self-Preservation’
City College of New York's new dean of architecture quits after 10 months, saying that structural racism and a lack of support made for a crushing workload and climate.
The Education Department’s Race to the Bottom
Its Orwellian reading of a university's statement on combating systemic racism is part of a broad effort to flip the national dialogue on race, history and education, argue David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler.
Paying for Inequity
Princeton settles with federal government in pay gap case and will pay more than $1 million to female faculty.
Diversity Work, Interrupted
Some institutions have begun to cancel diversity, equity and inclusion programs in response to a Trump order. Critics say the order is censorship.
‘From Equity Talk to Equity Walk’
Rhetoric alone about equity, diversity and inclusion won't get the job done in higher education, say the authors of a new book.