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#ScholarStrike

Professors are planning a work stoppage and virtual, public teach-in on police violence and racism next month.

Religious Literacy

Survey suggests colleges can do more to equip students to engage with religious diversity. Students from some religious groups find campus more welcoming and supportive than others.
Opinion

Don’t Rely on Black Faculty to Do the Antiracist Work

Higher education leaders can do more than simply give lip service to the need to dismantle systemic racism, argues Shenique S. Thomas-Davis, who offers a number of recommendations.

New Push to Diversify Endowments and Their Managers

Several members of Congress and activists are pushing colleges to reveal diversity measures for those who manage their endowments and investments. The numbers aren't pretty now, but some see hope for change.
Opinion

A Farewell Letter to DEI Work

Such departments, centers and divisions are spaces of impossibility -- they can't do the things they are tasked with, as they are not empowered to hold people accountable, writes Tatiana McInnis.
Opinion

Do Colleges Need a Chief Diversity Officer?

When strategically and purposely positioned, funded and supported, such senior administrators can play a vital role in higher education institutions today, writes Eugene T. Parker III.

Justice Department v. Yale

Federal agency says the university's admissions policies discriminate against Asian and white applicants.

Remembering George Floyd

Some colleges are reviewing their law enforcement and criminal justice curricula following national unrest around police brutality and racism.