Filter & Sort
An Academic Influences a Killer
The Buffalo shooter drew inspiration from a University of Notre Dame professor, among others. What’s to be done about academic racism and its apparent link to race-based violence?
An Off-Brand Hire
Can a white woman from outside higher ed lead marketing and recruitment at an all-male historically Black college? Morehouse College leaders decided she could. Some alumni strongly disagree.
Opinion
Diversity Statements Are the New Faith Statements
The diversity statements secular colleges increasingly require of faculty candidates have many similarities to the faith statements long required by religious institutions, Justin P. McBrayer writes.
Tenure: The Black Box
Spring brings news of tenure decisions—not always the good kind. Stories of negative tenure bids at Penn State and Yale raise questions about whether the process is just.
Making Their Arguments Against Affirmative Action
Thirty-four briefs argue that Harvard and UNC, and other colleges that base their admissions plans on the Grutter decision, should be forced to change.
Righting ‘Historical Wrongs’
Campus leaders and state policy makers are introducing tuition waivers for Native American students at colleges and universities across the country.
Will More Medical Schools Mean More Black Doctors?
New medical schools are on the horizon, including at two Black colleges. They will be challenged to collectively increase the number of Black doctors.
