Diversity

Half of all black students who took out federal student loans defaulted in 12 years, according to two analyses of new federal data on student borrowers.

Study finds patterns of harassment and sexist treatment of scholars in far-flung locations that offer few of the protections of campuses.

Group says it understands the reactions of those concerned over request for a focus on black students who are not the children of recent immigrants.

Some Kennesaw State cheerleaders took a knee during the national anthem. The next week, a change to the pregame ceremonies kept them off the field. Albright College kicks off the team a football player who took a knee.

Students storm a professor’s class at Columbia to protest the university’s handling of rape cases. It’s unclear if the students involved will face consequences.

York College of Pennsylvania, in unusual move, goes ahead with a charged exhibition -- but open only to those on campus.

Cornell protest revives debate on whether first-generation immigrants from Africa and Caribbean make up disproportionate share of black students at top colleges, and what -- if anything -- should be done as a result.

Students and activists are alleging a graduate student at Virginia Tech is a white supremacist -- and some want him gone.