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Not Practicing What They Preach?

Students say colleges should be welcoming to people of all faiths, a new study finds, but their own attitudes toward different groups vary.

Fallout From Speaking Out

Gordon professor accuses college of retaliating against her for opposing controversial request that institution be exempt from federal law barring discrimination against LGBTQ employees.

A Foul Comment

Harvard Law School students debate free speech and anti-Semitism after a visiting Israeli politician is asked why she is so "smelly."
Opinion

Disagreeing Agreeably

The effects of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement are far-reaching and demand a restoration of civil discourse in higher education, writes Richard M. Joel.

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.

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.

Return to Sender

UC Irvine moves to reject gifts for endowed chairs from group that has strong opinions -- too strong -- about the study of Hinduism and a desire to influence who would be hired.
Opinion

The Intersectionality Muddle

As a rallying cry, intersectionality aims to resist the possibility that the structural relations between the forms of power and discrimination in different times and places might not be the same, argues Cary Nelson.