Diversity

Florida State scrambles to explain how a faculty member who was known to prey on Asian female students was allowed to do so for 30 years.

It's not just about gender or caregiving, it's both: new analyses suggest colleges need COVID-19 faculty relief policies that target female caregivers in particular.

Propelled by the racial justice movement and the pandemic, student activists are pressuring colleges to implement dining services free from corporate influences.

Student loan borrowers with disabilities will have an easier time getting relief during the pandemic, the Education Department announces. About 41,000 people with $1.3 billion in debt will now be back on track for loan discharges.

In a case with far-reaching implications for both students and faculty members, a federal appeals court sides with a professor who refused to refer to transgender student by her preferred pronoun.

Gender studies professor says the University of Rhode Island's statement about her essay on trans rights is an affront to her free speech.

As scholars, if we don't take comprehensive approaches to social problems, we'll neglect needed policies to address inequalities, argues Michael Jindra.