Filter & Sort
Will Students Stay Away From White Supremacists?
Experts say they understand why university presidents want to keep people away from white supremacist events, but they have a tough sell on campus.
‘Degrees of Difference’
Author discusses new book on how the value of higher education is discussed -- and how issues of gender influence that discussion.
When Your Students Attend White Supremacist Rallies
Some of those photographed in Charlottesville are students at various colleges, which are now being called on to denounce -- or in some cases expel -- those pictured.
Texas A&M Calls Off White Supremacy Event
University cites security risks after organizers linked their plans to the events of Charlottesville.
Teaching Sociology in 2017
Sociologists talk about teaching in the political now, with an emphasis on critical media literacy, ground rules for a discussion and an understanding that students see sociology classrooms as somewhere to try to make sense of current events.
Opinion
The Attack on Affirmative Action Is Simple and Powerful -- and Wrong
When a simple idea clashes with one that is complicated and nuanced, often the truth loses out, argue Lisa M. Rudgers and Julie A. Peterson.
Supremacists on Campus
Extremist white movement is turning up on college campuses through speakers and leaflets. U of Florida and Texas A&M bracing for events in September.
Opinion
Charlottesville: American Tragedy Redux
Charlottesville was yet another act in a long-running saga of racial hatred, writes Patricia McGuire, and the mobs of white men on the march have made the best possible case for affirmative action.