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Harvard Appoints a Black Woman as President
The university named Claudine Gay, its dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, its 30th president on Thursday. → Read More
Race on Campus: 4 Things We Learned About Belonging for Students of Color
College campuses are growing increasingly diverse. Here are some things that two students of color say improved their college experience. → Read More
Penn State Scraps Plans for a Racial-Justice Center
After the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, the university made promises that administrators say they can’t afford to keep. → Read More
Race on Campus: Changing How Native American Students Self-Identify
Starting this fall, Native American applicants to the University of California campuses can identify whether they are citizens of a tribe. → Read More
Who Is Native American Enough?
A groundbreaking free-tuition program for Native American students belonging to federally recognized tribes has resulted in administrators screening the authenticity of students’ chosen identities. It’s harder than it looks. → Read More
Professor Fired for Alleged Threat to ‘Kill All White People’ Is Named Interim Provost of Troubled College
Mark McPhail, who attacked Indiana University Northwest for not adhering to due process, will become the academic leader of Linfield University. → Read More
As More Stressed Out Students Consider Dropping Out, U.S. Surgeon General Pushes College Leaders to Ramp Up Support
More than three quarters of students have thought about leaving higher ed because of mental-health challenges, according to a recent survey. → Read More
What Happened to Black Enrollment?
After more than a century of Black activists’ fight for college access, Black enrollment this past decade has tumbled at an alarming rate. → Read More
Despite Renewed Commitment to Diversity, Colleges Make Little Progress, Report Says
It will take another 300 years before colleges’ Black and Native American enrollments reflect America’s demographics. → Read More
He Was an Up-and-Coming Leader. Then His University Accused Him of Threatening Violence.
Mark McPhail was fired by Indiana University Northwest over a “threat of physical violence.” Faculty members say administrators acted too harshly. → Read More
Dozens More Colleges Can Now Enroll Incarcerated Students With Pell Grants
The U.S. Department of Education added 73 colleges to its Second Chance Pell Experiment, bringing the program to nearly all 50 states. → Read More
Rutgers B-School Faked Jobs for Graduates to Inflate Its Rankings, Lawsuit Says
The business school lifted its stature by hiring a temp agency to place grads in bogus jobs, a whistle-blower asserts. → Read More
Oberlin’s Aid to Student Protesters Led to a $32-Million Judgment. The College Appealed, and Lost.
A state appeals court found that evidence backed the claim that the college’s support for speech accusing a bakery of racism constituted defamation. → Read More
A University Resisted Pressure to Cancel a Controversial Speaker. But It Moved the Event Online.
The State University of New York College at Brockport will host a remote talk by Jalil Muntaqim, a former Black Panther who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murdering two police officers. → Read More
Her Experience at Yale Unsettled Her. So She Wrote a Horror Film About Being Black in Academe.
The new movie follows a Black student and a Black professor at a fictional elite liberal-arts college. “What we see them go through is a horror,” the director says. → Read More
Do Students Self-Censor? Here’s What the Data Tell Us
A student’s opinion essay kindles the latest flare-up in a contentious debate over whether college students feel free to express their beliefs in the classroom and elsewhere. → Read More
‘They’re Not Losing Sleep’: On One Campus, Feelings About a Racist Benefactor Contain Multitudes
A University of Cincinnati professor surveyed students on their feelings toward a racist figure in the campus’s history. They voiced anger, defiance, and even amusement. → Read More
Race on Campus: Why the Arts Are Underfunded at HBCUs
Much of the boost in funding at HBCUs has been dedicated to STEM. The unrestricted gifts from MacKenzie Scott were among the exceptions. → Read More
‘This Is Not New’: Unsettled by Threats, HBCUs Reflect on a Long History of Racist Intimidation
As historically Black colleges and universities reel from a wave of bomb threats, experts reflect on racist violence from Reconstruction to the present. → Read More
‘You’re Not Safe as a Black Person’: New Round of Bomb Threats Rattles HBCUs
Twice in January, bomb threats targeted historically Black colleges. One expert said the threats communicate that “you’re not safe in the hallowed halls of the academy.” → Read More