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Great Gains, Ongoing Gaps
More adults across the country now hold a college degree or credential, according to the latest data from the Lumina Foundation. But major racial disparities persist.
A Holocaust Remembrance Planning Committee, With No Jews
All the Jewish members of the planning committee for a Holocaust remembrance event at James Madison University resigned, and 24 Jewish staff, faculty and faculty emeriti said they were boycotting. The university held it anyway.
‘Enough Is Enough’
A student-run newspaper is suing the Peralta Community College District for a pattern of unfilled public record requests.
Opinion
On Being Erased
Florida’s decision to reject a new Advanced Placement class on African American studies raises unsettling questions, Lynn Pasquerella and Mary Dana Hinton write.
In Black Professor’s Firing, AAUP Finds ‘Racist Tropes’
Indiana University Northwest fired a Black professor after alleging he said something about killing white people. An AAUP report found “racist tropes of incompetent, angry and physically violent Black men in the language used to justify his dismissal.”
Indigenous Healing Comes to Campus
In addition to pet therapy and meditation, Syracuse University students seeking mental health support can now work with a faith keeper of the Oneida Nation.
Faculty Gender Imbalances Yield Biased Student Ratings
Another study adds to the litany of concerns about student evaluations of faculty teaching. It says men and women are both at risk from bias in gender-lopsided departments, but women more so.
What Makes a Student Withdraw?
A new study from Penn State sheds light on what compels a college student receiving mental health care to stop out. How can counselors use this information to promote student success?