Diversity

After Ben Barres delivered a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, another scientist was overheard making a telling remark...

Four female academic leaders use panel to call for more representation at the top of academe.

The glass ceiling long since shattered, Princeton women steer away from high-profile student offices toward more obscure leadership roles.

In settlement over medical board's failure to accommodate a Yale student with dyslexia, U.S. government heralds impending rules that will prod colleges and testing agencies on rights of disabled test takers.

Two universities agree to take numerous steps to end investigations by the Education Department.

Oberlin arch honoring Chinese missionaries, a fixture at graduation, has long been criticized as an homage to imperialism. Now administrators have decided, literally, to sidestep the controversy.

A number of universities have expanded health care benefits in recent years to cover sexual reassignment surgery for transgender students and employees, a move some see as an obligation for institutions with nondiscrimination policies that cover the population.

Should adjuncts constantly be required to prove that they are long-term employees? Even to their unions?