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Restroom Unrest
New North Carolina law requires public colleges to segregate bathrooms by biological birth gender, forcing transgender students and faculty members to use facilities that don't reflect their identities. UPDATE: Three university employees sue.
Disabilities and Writing
A major writing conference caught flak last year for rejecting panels about disabilities in writing. It's made some changes, but some still aren't satisfied.
Anti-Semitism vs. Anti-Zionism
U of California alters definitions in proposed statement on intolerance that is attracting considerable scrutiny from faculty members and activists.
Graduation Gap Widens
Public colleges are increasing students' overall graduation rates, but a study finds the gap between black and white students continues to widen.
Professor Cleared to Teach After Furor Over Race
U of Kansas lifts suspension of faculty member whose comments angered black students and others, who demanded she be fired.
Student Affairs Officers Not Influenced by Race
Inspired by findings of bias at the K-12 level, a study sought to see if higher ed officials would impose harsher penalties on hypothetical black students than on white ones.
2 Events Unsettle Jewish Students at Brown
Anti-Semitic graffiti appears on house of Jewish fraternity, and lecture canceled after some object to co-sponsorship by Hillel. Events come amid debate over environment for Jewish students nationally.
Opinion
The Myth of the College-Ready Student
Higher education institutions must abandon a paradigm that allows them to deflect accountability and embrace the burden of being student ready, argues Byron P. White.