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Jews Need Not Apply?
UCLA student government panel, interviewing candidate for judicial post, initially rejected her for being Jewish and involved in Jewish groups.
Accent on Bias
Instructors with Asian-sounding last names receive lower ratings on Rate My Professors than others. Why?
Race and Crime Alerts
U. of Minnesota restricts (but does not ban) racial identifications in messages about suspects. Should other colleges, facing criticism from minority students, follow suit?
Family Influence on Education
Students who grow up in single-parent homes complete fewer years of education and are less likely to earn a college degree, a new report finds.
Campus Anti-Semitism
Survey of Jewish students at American colleges finds surprising rates of perceived discrimination spanning different geographic, religious, political and other demographic characteristics.
Racist Enshrined
Clemson students and professors explain why they are so upset that the university's board refuses to change the name of a prominent campus building.
Opinion
Politically Correct?
Charles Green takes issue with the way mainstream publications characterize higher education.
Rate My Word Choice
When students go to popular Web site to rate professors, their word choices appear to depend on whether instructors are men or women, new analysis finds.