Race & Ethnicity

He wrote key decisions on affirmative action and other topics that matter to colleges. Kennedy's departure could erase the Supreme Court majority backing the right of colleges to consider race in admissions.

Racist messages among fraternity brothers at Texas Tech, including head of fraternity council, anger many.

Motivated by 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Lumina Foundation adds racial justice to grant making, which has focused heavily on college completion.

Lower-income students who attend minority-serving colleges are more likely to move up in economic status, according to a new report, despite the fact that those colleges tend to have less money.

With lawsuit against Harvard about to go to trial, university's president warns against "misleading, selectively presented data."

Conduct infuriated many, but some say it was free expression that should not be punished.

When a college is named for two slave owners, one of whom was a Confederate hero, history is complicated. Can Washington and Lee keep its name and still be seen as welcoming to all?

Early takeaways from new federal data show lower proportion of some nontraditional student types and racial disparities in graduate borrowing.