Diversity

Student loan borrowers with disabilities will have an easier time getting relief during the pandemic, the Education Department announces. About 41,000 people with $1.3 billion in debt will now be back on track for loan discharges.

In a case with far-reaching implications for both students and faculty members, a federal appeals court sides with a professor who refused to refer to transgender student by her preferred pronoun.

Gender studies professor says the University of Rhode Island's statement about her essay on trans rights is an affront to her free speech.

As scholars, if we don't take comprehensive approaches to social problems, we'll neglect needed policies to address inequalities, argues Michael Jindra.

By Michael Jindra

Last week's Atlanta attacks marked a turning point, writes Frank H. Wu.

By Frank H. Wu

F. King Alexander offered his resignation days after Oregon State's board opted not to terminate him. Since then, the board chair at his former employer, Louisiana State, disputed several of his claims about handling sexual misconduct there.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association and its member institutions will face a number of challenges to long-held values and policies this year.

Zhenyu Yuan captures in poetry the experience of being Chinese in the time of COVID-19.

By Zhenyu Yuan