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Racist Enshrined
Clemson students and professors explain why they are so upset that the university's board refuses to change the name of a prominent campus building.
Opinion
Politically Correct?
Charles Green takes issue with the way mainstream publications characterize higher education.
Rate My Word Choice
When students go to popular Web site to rate professors, their word choices appear to depend on whether instructors are men or women, new analysis finds.
Opinion
Fifty Shades of Theory
Laurie Essig channels a love story about the pain of abstract thought.
Follow the Money
A Berkeley analysis of disparities by race and gender in faculty salaries raises key questions: Which gaps matter? Why do gaps vary? What can be done to eliminate them?
Endangering a Trust
If a student tells a faculty member about a sexual assault that the student doesn't want to report, should the professor file a report anyway? More colleges are requiring it, and not everyone agrees the policies are wise.
'The Tyranny of the Meritocracy'
Lani Guinier discusses her new critique of college admissions.
Counting Students Equally?
The Education Department's ratings framework embraces the concept of adjusting outcomes for student demographics -- an approach that would be unusual for the federal government but that isn't without its critics.