Diversity

Students with disabilities and their advocates say access to equitable education has been abandoned in the scramble to move classes online.

Scholars with expertise in Asian American studies, public health and other fields have a new urgent agenda for their teaching, research and outreach: confronting coronavirus-related racism.

The coronavirus pandemic is presenting barriers to conducting "prompt and equitable" investigations of sexual misconduct on college campuses, as required by law. College administrators weigh whether to continue investigations or put things on hold.

They now face the challenge of teaching via modes and methods that they have largely spurned, Douglas A. Hicks writes.

We need support to manage this transition, writes Vicki L. Baker, who offers institutions some suggestions for how to begin.

Higher education has a tool to identify and address issues of inequality, writes Annika Olson, and more colleges and universities should use it.

A federal appeals court says universities must do everything in their power to stop further harassment of students who report it, and defines what behaviors qualify.

Vocal students and faculty members at George Washington University believe the administration's strategic plan is a step backward for diversity and will make GW "whiter and richer." They want the plan and the university president gone.