Race & Ethnicity

New executive order moves HBCU initiative into White House but otherwise doesn't depart significantly from previous executive orders on historically black colleges.

College Board pilots system to help colleges make admissions decisions about who is disadvantaged -- and evidence from one college suggests 20 percent of decisions might be different. But lack of emphasis on race concerns some advocates.

Racist video at Old Dominion, blackface controversy at Spring Arbor and anti-immigrant posters at the University of Texas.

Two-year institutions across the country are getting creative with Latino student recruitment as Hispanic populations grow.

After years of debate, Yale removes name of slavery defender from a residential college. But names and symbols associated with white supremacy remain visible on other campuses. Plus a chart of names that have not been changed.

Through the voices of 40 individuals, new book examines what it’s like to be a black man on a college campus today.

Study finds students' negative diversity experiences, though less common than positive ones, hinder cognitive development and student learning.

Author discusses book about efforts in the post-Civil War era to create colleges in the South that educated men and women, black students and white students together.