Filter & Sort
Think Outside 'The Box'
Students and counselors perceive a bias against Asian Americans in elite university admissions and say reticent college officials aren’t helping the situation.
Scrutiny for Affirmative Action
During oral arguments before Supreme Court, University of Texas faces skepticism from justices whose votes it needs to preserve consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions.
Rallying Outside the Court
Hundreds of people gather on Supreme Court steps to demonstrate their support for the University of Texas and affirmative action.
A New Affirmative Action
A report out today argues that class-based college admissions policies would be an effective replacement for race-based affirmative action, which is at stake in an upcoming Supreme Court case.
Affirmative on Affirmative Action
With key Supreme Court case in the offing, social scientists defend college admissions policies that consider race.
Got Milk?
An American U. professor set off a debate over breast-feeding in class. Not everyone agrees on that issue, but most experts say colleges should make it easy for breast-feeding employees to pump. Are institutions doing their part?
Opinion
Wheelchair Citizenship
There's more to the American past than able-bodied pioneers. Scott McLemee reads A Disability History of the United States.
Research War on Affirmative Action
New studies question assumptions of those who defend the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions.