Sex & Gender

Editors discuss new volume of essays on the ways higher education is changing because of issues of race, gender and sexuality -- and how they think higher ed needs to change even more.

If a professor is barred from hitting on a student, is it OK the moment she becomes a former student?

University of South Carolina hears from students and professors after a presidential search committee -- one that's mostly male -- proposes four finalists who are all male, three of them white.

A new study found female students are more likely to drop out of science courses leading up to med school even if they're earning the same grades as their male counterparts.

A new study confirms that fraternity men and athletes are committing more sexual assaults than are those in the general student population -- and that repeat offenders are a major problem.

A letter from a Notre Dame mother, urging women to not wear the gym attire in lieu of pants, prompts backlash and debate.

In much of higher education, using a slur against a student in a televised event might result in more than just a slap on the wrist. Why is it different if the slur is a way to mock gay people and takes place during March Madness?

Slapping faculty harassers on the wrists compromises the comprehensive prevention to which institutions are legally and ethically bound, according to a new paper.