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The Impact of Holistic Admissions

LSU finds increased diversity with its first class using a new system. But not everyone is applauding the switch.
Opinion

Making Race-Conscious Affirmative Action a Scapegoat

The recent challenges are at best mistaken and at worst malicious, argues Michele S. Moses.

New Uncertainty on Title IX

DeVos Title IX proposal would make campus hearings into "mini courtrooms," higher education lawyers say, with cross-examination requirements survivor advocates criticized.

Breaking Down Diversity Statements

New paper explores just what faculty candidates include in their statements, which are currently the subject of debate.

New Front in Fight Over Affirmative Action

Lawsuit seeks information on candidates for admission throughout University of California campuses, seeking to demonstrate that race continues to be a factor in admissions.

Activists Targeted

Chapel Hill students are being harassed by a white nationalist online commentator with ties to the alleged Pittsburgh synagogue shooter.
Opinion

Why Colleges Should Require Faculty Diversity Statements

The University of California, Los Angeles, is right to do so, argues Carmen Mitchell, and other institutions would be smart to follow suit.

Going to Class While Black

A professor at UT San Antonio was recorded calling the police on an African American student who had propped her feet up on the seat in front of her.