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Locked Out of the Conversation

Jewish professors at Wheelock College say they were subject to campaign of harassment after suggesting that Jewish students are underrepresented in campus life.

Taking a Knee 'Will Not Be Tolerated'

East Carolina U bars band members from protest during national anthem. Stance differs from that of other public colleges and universities.

'Our Compelling Interests'

In new collection of essays, scholars make the case for diversity as essential to higher education and society generally.

Ugly Response to Black Lives Matter

At a protest at East Tennessee State University, a white student shows up in a gorilla mask and taunts black students by dangling bananas at them.

'Keep the Damned Women Out'

Author discusses new book on the history of elite universities becoming coeducational -- with the push coming from male leaders for reasons having little to do with equity.
Opinion

Making Black Life Matter in Academe

Colleges and universities must do more than just bring in a speaker from the movement, only momentarily suspending the whiteness that pervades the everyday life and operations of the campus, argues Eric Anthony Grollman.

When Conference Speakers Offend

After controversial remarks about reproduction at one conference and gay people at another, scholarly groups consider whether they have an obligation to apologize for what was said or whether doing so constitutes censorship.
Opinion

An Ally in Troubling Times

Many activist professors are stretched thin from attending protests, leading campus conversations, helping students while also processing their own emotions and dealing with the general weight of the current political moment. Kerry Ann Rockquemore gives advice on how to support such colleagues on your campus.