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Co-Opting a Diversity Campaign?

Clemson University's recent parade theme is raising questions about the university's commitment to diversity.

Finding New Home for Silent Sam

Chapel Hill chancellor says she will propose new site for toppled Confederate monument. Some wonder why it should be anywhere on campus, and draw attention to statue's racist roots.

Justice Department Backs Suit on Harvard Admissions

U.S. formally joins litigation that says university discriminates against Asian American applicants, raising the stakes in an already contentious legal battle.

Suspended for Using N-Word

Emory is investigating a law professor who used the slur in a torts class about a case involving the word "Negro."
Opinion

Medieval Studies Since Charlottesville

As the field grapples with the past’s racial legacies, the rhetoric of academic freedom is being weaponized against those committed to making it more inclusive, writes Dorothy Kim.

‘TERF’ War

Philosophers object to a journal's publication of a term referring to radical feminists who don't necessarily count trans women among their ranks. Is it a slur?

W&L Won't Move Events From Lee Chapel

Washington and Lee president and board opt to keep university name and team name of Generals, as a commission recommended. But idea of moving key events out of chapel seen as shrine to Confederacy is rejected.

At Odds Over a Threat

Faculty members at Diablo Valley College want the president to publicly denounce a threat to the physical safety of a colleague. She said no.