Filter & Sort
'Expanding the Circle'
New book explores strategies and obstacles for gay, lesbian and transgender students and those who conduct research on L.G.B.T.Q. topics.
Does Faculty Diversity Need Targets?
Brown U. says it will double underrepresented minority faculty ranks in 10 years. What's its strategy? Why do some institutions favor -- and some avoid -- specific goals?
Punishment, Post-Oklahoma
College leaders have gotten speedier and more severe in taking action against students linked to racist incidents. Critics fear due process is being eroded.
Staying Away From Indy
San Francisco State bars use of university funds to travel to Indiana. Connecticut governor bars all public colleges (and other state agencies) from using state funds to do so. Do these moves raise academic freedom issues?
Tenure Denied for Being Trans?
Justice Department says Southeastern Oklahoma State discriminated against a professor on the basis of gender identity.
SAE at Sea
An investigation at the University of Oklahoma reveals that members of its Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter learned the racist song they sang during the fraternity's national leadership conference.
Boycotting Indiana?
N.C.A.A., Educause, NASPA and other groups hosting events in Indiana say they're concerned about new law that critics argue gives businesses the right to discriminate against gay people. Thus far, no one is staying away -- and some wonder why criticism came too late.
About Time?
The University of Oklahoma is one of the few institutions of its size without a chief diversity officer.