Diversity

West Virginia University defends right of Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos to speak, but also right of students and faculty members to answer back when he attacked a professor who advocates for gay and minority students.

Is “identity liberalism,” widespread on college campuses, to blame for Donald Trump’s rise? Scholars are divided.

A better understanding of both individual and systemic racism can help us meet the looming challenge of uniting/reuniting our campuses and nation through respectful dialogue across difference, writes Ajay Nair.

Ohio State administrator criticized those who were celebrating the death of student who was killed as he was stabbing others.

New book about balancing work and home life as an academic scientist warns that failure to address the challenge will cost institutions and science as a whole.

For quite a long while, American higher education has been adrift in a devolving eddy of self-pity while remaining largely silent on the great social issues of our times, argues Patricia McGuire.

New book argues that sometimes faculty members of color going up for tenure are judged by a higher standard than are their white peers.

Video of Richard B. Spencer's recent speech -- in which supporters gave Nazi salute -- draws attention to alt-right leader. His plan to visit Texas A&M has set off a debate.