Filter & Sort
Is the Word 'Plantation' Racist?
Student protesters are demanding that the Cornell Plantations' name be changed by the university.
Opinion
Can I Mentor African-American Faculty?
You don’t need to be a person of color to mentor a colleague of color, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore, but you do need to rethink what it means to be a mentor.
Scalia and Higher Ed
Justice's death may not change outcome on affirmative action, which he opposed. His record includes key votes and dissents on issues of black colleges, hate speech, single-sex public higher education and church-state line.
The Intersectionality Muddle
As a rallying cry, intersectionality aims to resist the possibility that the structural relations between the forms of power and discrimination in different times and places might not be the same, argues Cary Nelson.
Overrated Men
Do the biology students celebrated (perhaps undeservingly) for their intellect always seem to be male? A new study says the answer lies in gender bias.
Get Ready for More Protests
Annual survey of incoming college freshmen finds interest in student activism at all-time high, especially among black students.
In Search of Consensus
Protests at campuses nationwide lead to lists of demands, but what happens when a college's Quaker faith rejects the idea of demands?
