Diversity

Pretending the significant challenges that disabled students must grapple with aren’t real -- just different -- does not help and perhaps even harms them, argues Stephen Stern.

Will Election Day see a restoration of the consideration of race in admissions in California? Will the vote be as influential as the measure to ban affirmative action?

We know about gender bias in student ratings of professors. A new study finds the same, troubling trend in evaluations of teaching assistants.

Furman professor resigns suddenly after an anonymous critic outs her as white, not Chicana, as she'd claimed.

Since the last recession, the U.S. has made little progress on the funding gap for colleges that serve disproportionate shares of students of color. That gap may widen as the country heads into another recession.

Black campus leaders say their careers can be deeply rewarding, even as they are taxing. So why are Black employees so sharply underrepresented at the top ranks of the higher education ecosystem?

Black workers at universities are among the most vulnerable people on campuses. But they often are left out of conversations about racial justice.

Is now the moment when college admission professionals will start breaking down known barriers to admission for Black students?