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Polyculturalism in a Postelection Nation

A better understanding of both individual and systemic racism can help us meet the looming challenge of uniting/reuniting our campuses and nation through respectful dialogue across difference, writes Ajay Nair.

Call for Compassion Leads to Calls for Dismissal

Ohio State administrator criticized those who were celebrating the death of student who was killed as he was stabbing others.

‘Failing Families, Failing Science’

New book about balancing work and home life as an academic scientist warns that failure to address the challenge will cost institutions and science as a whole.
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Transforming the Value Proposition

For quite a long while, American higher education has been adrift in a devolving eddy of self-pity while remaining largely silent on the great social issues of our times, argues Patricia McGuire.

Separate and Not Equal

New book argues that sometimes faculty members of color going up for tenure are judged by a higher standard than are their white peers.

White Power Leader's New Target: Colleges

Video of Richard B. Spencer's recent speech -- in which supporters gave Nazi salute -- draws attention to alt-right leader. His plan to visit Texas A&M has set off a debate.
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Teaching in a Time of Trump

The distress that students now feel over the election of Trump runs deeper than fear of what the administration plans to do, argues Mark Bauerlein. It signifies the fall of the diversity-sensitive propriety that has guided much of their lives.

Jewish Professors Targeted

Two Jewish professors on different campuses are harassed with anti-Semitic threats -- at a time when swastikas have appeared at a number of institutions.