Race & Ethnicity

Vote by United Methodist Church body to strengthen prohibitions on gay clergy and same-sex marriages disappoints Methodist higher education institutions and raises difficult questions.

Survey finds strong support for consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions. Private college leaders continue to support legacy preferences.

As President Trump says colleges ignore free speech, University of Tennessee at Knoxville cites the First Amendment as a reason not to expel students for blackface. In protest of that decision, students engage in form of protest Trump repeatedly questions.

The Trump administration's plan to remove legal protections for transgender students could limit access to higher education and harm the Education Department's legacy, two community college presidents write.

The Anti-Defamation League found more than 300 verified incidents of white nationalist propaganda on college campuses last year.

Nearly three-fourths of those surveyed by Pew oppose consideration of race in admissions. Only 7 percent say it should be a major factor -- and 8 percent each say legacy status or athletic ability should be a major factor.

New research says critics of elite colleges' policies may want to pay more attention to what happens after graduation.

Minority students at the University of Iowa started a digital campaign to show how they feel their needs have been overlooked by administrators there.