Diversity

Raising awareness of them and serving as models for other people is crucial for women in leadership positions in academe, writes Nichola D. Gutgold.

New book-length study details realties of being a conservative professor in the overwhelmingly progressive humanities and social sciences. While many see bias and periodic slights, many are also succeeding.

A major writing conference caught flak last year for rejecting panels about disabilities in writing. It's made some changes, but some still aren't satisfied.

New North Carolina law requires public colleges to segregate bathrooms by biological birth gender, forcing transgender students and faculty members to use facilities that don't reflect their identities. UPDATE: Three university employees sue.

U of California alters definitions in proposed statement on intolerance that is attracting considerable scrutiny from faculty members and activists.

Public colleges are increasing students' overall graduation rates, but a study finds the gap between black and white students continues to widen.

U of Kansas lifts suspension of faculty member whose comments angered black students and others, who demanded she be fired.

Higher education institutions must abandon a paradigm that allows them to deflect accountability and embrace the burden of being student ready, argues Byron P. White.