Diversity

Chapel Hill chancellor says she will propose new site for toppled Confederate monument. Some wonder why it should be anywhere on campus, and draw attention to statue's racist roots.

U.S. formally joins litigation that says university discriminates against Asian American applicants, raising the stakes in an already contentious legal battle.

Emory is investigating a law professor who used the slur in a torts class about a case involving the word "Negro."

As the field grapples with the past’s racial legacies, the rhetoric of academic freedom is being weaponized against those committed to making it more inclusive, writes Dorothy Kim.

Philosophers object to a journal's publication of a term referring to radical feminists who don't necessarily count trans women among their ranks. Is it a slur?

Washington and Lee president and board opt to keep university name and team name of Generals, as a commission recommended. But idea of moving key events out of chapel seen as shrine to Confederacy is rejected.

Faculty members at Diablo Valley College want the president to publicly denounce a threat to the physical safety of a colleague. She said no.

Author discusses her new study of how white children develop ideas about race.