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Diverse Considerations
After media scrutiny about all the white men in the University of Kentucky administration, two women and a Hispanic male are named finalists in the provost search. Can a public emphasis on diversity undermine the goal?
Lingering Racism in British Academe
Report finds that minority scholars continue to face bias.
Opinion
Letter to a Gay Professor
The provost of a Christian college responds to a letter from a faculty member unable to be open about issues of sexuality while remaining employed.
What Were They Thinking?
Rochester professor questions whether rape is problematic if victim is passed out. Hopkins professor equates homosexuality with bestiality. And Princeton women are urged to marry Princeton men -- pronto.
Another Affirmative Action Case
Supreme Court agrees to decide whether Michigan voters had the right to bar public colleges and universities from considering race and ethnicity in admissions.
Majority Disaffection
In survey of experiences of student affairs professionals, a surprising trend emerges: the alienation of straight white men.
Rorschach on Women and Science
Popular science blogger reveals that she's a woman. Many fans of the blog are shocked -- while others are shocked by the shock.
Opinion
Teaching Students to 'Lean In'
The debate over a Facebook executive's book about women points to skills that colleges need to promote in their female students, write Becky Wai-Ling Packard and Jessica Bacal.