Race & Ethnicity

But don't expect the controversy to end any time soon.

Harvard faces new questions over its admissions practices.

Authors discuss their new book on race relations in higher education.

The lesson of the recent case at Harvard University is that colleges and universities must do more to fully recognize their students as whole people, writes Margaret M. Chin.

What does Washington State vote say about the future of admissions policy?

But margins are narrow.

Saying that their English department treats race and critical theory as an afterthought, students call on their peers to steer clear of most program offerings.

If we teach students to see racism as an idea that's expressed through behaviors, institutions and cultures rather than an immutable character trait, we free them to see things more accurately and with more openness to change, argues Cyndi Kernahan.