Diversity

Resident assistants at University of Michigan are worried about not being able to remove racist or other offensive language from dormitory doors. Officials say they can't suppress free expression.

Judge says university cannot deny recognition because of antigay rules. But decision says main flaw at Iowa is inconsistent enforcement, not the rules themselves.

As images continue to be uncovered, colleges are forced to confront reality that institutions were hostile to black people and others -- well after they desegregated.

Leader of a Canadian university upsets some students and professors with analysis of blackface incidents in higher education.

Colleges and universities in Virginia and elsewhere, struggling with histories tied to slavery and the Confederacy, are forced by the scandal involving the governor's yearbook to consider the spewing of hatred in contemporary times.

Recent controversy over email from Duke professor about Chinese students speaking Chinese in lounges reflects larger tensions in academe, experts say.

Daniele Struppa’s years as a dean tested his support, but tenure’s protection of unpopular faculty views is essential in times like these, he writes.

Doctoring photographs to appear more inclusive may not end well. But colleges historically are more diverse in their admissions materials than they are in real life.