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Whites, Asians Need Not Apply
Many colleges want more ethnically and racially diverse faculty members. But should searches be limited to underrepresented groups? One university just tried.
Opinion
BDS and Campus Politics: A Bad Romance
People on campuses should strive to establish a new narrative that emphasizes democratic participation and civil rights, tolerance, and freedom of expression, argues Mark Yudof.
Stricter Rules on Sexuality
As a few Christian colleges move to accept gay and lesbian employees, Biola U adds wording to its policies strengthening its opposition.
Race on Campus: The Latest
Protest forces a board meeting to move; physicists challenge chief justice; a clothing company offers sweatshirts imagining colleges named for black leaders; medical students join protest movement; university bans Confederate flags and swastikas.
Opinion
How Racial Preferences in Admissions Will End
In the Fisher v. University of Texas case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the university will lose, argues Roger Clegg.
The Justices' Questions on Affirmative Action
At Supreme Court hearing on case that could alter college admissions, no big surprises but lots of contentious exchanges -- and anger over Scalia's comments.
Opinion
Paying to Ignore Racism
Administrators at colleges and universities should stop spending enormous sums to remain in denial about their institutions' problems, writes Shaun R. Harper.