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Sharing Diversity Work: Notes for White Faculty
Jessica Welburn Paige outlines what faculty members who are not members of underrepresented groups can do to become more engaged in diversity and inclusion efforts.
‘Race on Campus’
Author discusses her new book about what she sees as widespread misconceptions about the state of race relations in higher education.
Trump May Eliminate Trans Rights
Plan reportedly under consideration would bar any definition of sex other than that designated at birth. Transgender students could lose wide range of rights.
Careful Consent
Author discusses her new book on "hookup culture" on college campuses and how universities can improve their education around sex and Title IX.
Recommendation Letters and Bias in Admissions
If teachers and counselors favor some groups over others, should colleges be relying on their letters?
Promoting Gender Equity or Sexism?
University of Glasgow requires that female Ph.D. candidates have at least one woman on their doctoral examination panel. Some see move forcing “academic housework” on senior female academics.
Feeling the Need to Defend Your Credentials
Why did Elizabeth Warren divulge her genetic test results, which show she is in fact part Native American, while simultaneously insisting that she's always been evaluated professionally as a white person?
Chasm Between Black Student and White Professor
The Niceties, now Off-Broadway, portrays raw racial divisions on campus.