Diversity

Sociologists talk about teaching in the political now, with an emphasis on critical media literacy, ground rules for a discussion and an understanding that students see sociology classrooms as somewhere to try to make sense of current events.

University cites security risks after organizers linked their plans to the events of Charlottesville.

Extremist white movement is turning up on college campuses through speakers and leaflets. U of Florida and Texas A&M bracing for events in September.

Charlottesville was yet another act in a long-running saga of racial hatred, writes Patricia McGuire, and the mobs of white men on the march have made the best possible case for affirmative action.

Higher ed sees a round of faculty terminations and resignations over allegations of sexual misconduct: Could institutions be cracking down on even big-name professors?

As academics, in privileging certain forms of speech over others, we denigrate the possibility of thinking outside our own norms, argues A. W. Strouse.

Leaked Google memo, described as an “anti-diversity screed,” reminds many women in STEM fields of the challenges that remain not just in industry, but in academe.