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Honors for Racist Scientists
As debate over statues and building names moves from Confederate generals to researchers, editorial in Nature receives intense backlash.
‘The Man-Not’
Tommy Curry, the philosopher at Texas A&M whose comments on race set off a furor, discusses his new book on how critical theory has ignored the realities of black maleness.
Manning the Gender Barricades
In True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the 20th Century, Emily Skidmore describes how manhood in that day was as much a moral status as a sexual category, writes Scott McLemee.
Updated Classic on Race Relations
Beverly Daniel Tatum discusses revised 20th-anniversary edition of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Diversity Is Up in Humanities at 2-Year Colleges
An increasing number of minority students are pursuing associate degrees in humanities and liberal arts at community colleges.
A Forced Faculty Divide
State appeals court rejects proposed joint non-tenure-track and tenured faculty union at U of Minnesota Twin Cities.
Harvard Professor Tells Students They Should Come to Class
A year after instructor of the university’s largest course said it was fine for students to watch videos instead of coming to class, he changes his mind.
Education Dept. Ends Partnership With CFPB
The agency this week quietly ended a collaboration with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to share information about student loan complaints.