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OK to Speak, Not to Be Honored

If an institution prepares women and gay people (and others as well) for the ministry, is it wrong to honor or invite to speak someone who opposes the ordination of women or gay people?

What Did Black Colleges Win From Meetings With Trump?

Institutional aid was preserved in White House budget. But several programs facing significant cuts serve disproportionate numbers of minority students -- at HBCUs and elsewhere.
Opinion

Searching for Safe Spaces

They are easy to caricature, but examining safe spaces within the broader context of the university and the First Amendment shows that, properly constructed, they can help students pursue knowledge, write Ashutosh Bhagwat and John Inazu.

Dispute on Cultural Appropriation Leads to Assault Charges

Hampshire students accused of attacking Central Maine Community College students over braids in their hair. Conflict is latest over contested adoption of one culture's styles by another.

Charges of Ignoring Harassment, Year After Year

Grad students’ lawsuit against Ohio U says it failed to act on complaints of an English professor’s sexual misconduct for a decade, allowing him to continue harassing young women. A former department chair is named as a co-defendant.

Sexual Misconduct and the Faculty Code

In wake of scandals, U of California strengthens faculty policies against sexual harassment and assault.
Opinion

Divisiveness Is Not Diversity

Linus Owens, Rebecca Flores Harper and Maya Goldberg-Safir share their views as to why students are protesting at Middlebury College.

Confronting Light and Dark

How St. Olaf decided to scrub the name of a revered late professor recently accused of sexual misconduct from his namesake building.