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First-Generation College Students More Engaged Than Peers
New survey data challenge perceptions about first-generation college students, showing strong academic engagement and commitment to college. But the group lagged behind their peers in social comfort and resiliency.
Furor on Claim Women's Choices Create Gender Gap in Comp Sci
Lecturer at University of Washington says he's standing up to political correctness. Many challenge his facts.
'Next Brotherhood Trip: Border Shooting Range'
Racist messages among fraternity brothers at Texas Tech, including head of fraternity council, anger many.
Digging Deeper on Student Loan Default Rates
Crisis-level student loan default rates among black borrowers and those who attended for-profits cannot be explained fully by students' backgrounds, study finds, including measures of income, employment and parental wealth.
Opinion
On the Stubborn Whiteness of Environmentalism
In environmental scholarship, multiple forms of exclusion -- of people of color generally and women of color specifically -- require multifaceted and often simultaneous strategies, argues Danielle M. Purifoy.
Understanding Campus Climate With an App
UCLA's mobile app aims to tackle campus climate issues by reaching students through their smartphones.
Opinion
Race and Foreign Language
Deborah Parker describes how it feels to be an Asian faculty member in Italian, a field in which there are very few minorities, and how greater diversification offers a way forward.
Help That Hurts Women
Study finds recommendation letters for academic jobs signal doubt about female applicants more than they do for men, with real, negative effects on their job chances.