Diversity

U of California, which has seen divisive debates on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on its campuses, abandoned draft policy last year amid First Amendment concerns. The university is trying again.

American Physical Society effort seeks to illuminate and improve the climate for lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual physicists.

As a metaphor, the cartoon character provides perhaps rather surprising insight into how underrepresented students can experience college, writes Denise Anthony.

A trend that started in high schools -- using the candidate's name to insult groups of students -- has spread to higher education. Experts expect the national political divisiveness to extend to campuses.

Losing a faculty member always hurts, but many administrators believe they have little control over whether professors move on. A new effort seeks to provide meaningful data.

U of North Florida will pay $1.25 million to a former women's basketball coach who said the university discriminated against female athletes and coaches.

Students are demanding that colleges provide tampons and other menstruation products at no cost, and some institutions are starting to listen.