Race & Ethnicity

An examination of the most selective public universities in the country found that representation of students of color has seen few -- if any -- improvements since 2000.

College leaders are making good on commitments to address racial inequities at their institutions with more diverse staffing, socially relevant curricula and targeted fundraising to help students of color.

Editors discuss their new book on campus protest movements against racism and their views of the protest movement after the killing of George Floyd.

Today's climate demands the inclusion of ethnic studies throughout higher education, argues Elwood Watson, who disputes the naysayers' routine criticisms of the field.

College and university governing boards must push their institutions to be forces for ending, rather than perpetuating, racism, write Carlton Brown, Richard Legon and Terrence MacTaggart.

Researchers used the racial and ethnic makeups of ZIP Codes as a proxy for race to track financial trajectories of college students.

College leaders are reconsidering the names of campus buildings and monuments that memorialize white supremacists, in reaction to the current movement against racial injustice.

Krishni Metivier provides a checklist of key actions that colleges and universities should take.