Diversity

Laura Skandera Trombley and Ann Ryan explore Mark Twain’s writing as just one example of how thoroughly American it is to try to unravel the knot of race, racism and U.S. history.

A commission recommended how administrators can respond to the Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis and the university’s links to accused priests. Advocates for survivors were not impressed.

New initiative to help HBCUs enhance career readiness and leadership development for students is a welcome development for Black college leaders, who say such philanthropic partnerships will yield better results than one-time infusions of cash.

Truckee Meadows Community College seeks to terminate a tenured professor of math for being repeatedly uncooperative, but the professor says he was standing up for math standards.

A bill introduced by two Democratic representatives would make it easier for institutions to be held liable for sexual misconduct that occurs on their campuses.

And here’s what our white students at Vanderbilt University said, in their own words, about what they learned, write Ebony Omotola McGee, Devin T. White and Lynette Parker.

College and university leaders are taking steps to counter the sharp decline in enrollment among Black men during the pandemic.

University of Dallas professor takes heat for saying “China virus” in his syllabus, while university is criticized for asking professor to change that language.