Diversity

New report calls out NCAA for saying that black athletes graduate at higher rates than other black students, when that’s not true at the top conferences.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein considers the role of mentors and role models in creating a path for young black physicists.

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Study finds instructors are much more likely to respond to comments from white male students than from others.

Judith Shapiro reflects on the upsides and downsides of the current vogue of looking up one's DNA to find out who one "really is."

By Judith Shapiro

Daniel Handler, the children's author known as Lemony Snicket, will no longer speak at Wesleyan commencement, amid furor over his comments about women.

Duke University takes away from first-year students the ability to pick their roommates. This move goes against recent trends -- and raises questions about diversity, tolerance and the college experience.

Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt offers strategies for when the right wing attacks.

By Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt