When Your Students Attend White Supremacist Rallies
By Nick Roll. Some of those photographed in Charlottesville are students at various colleges, which are now being called on to denounce -- or in some cases expel -- those pictured. More...
After Charlottesville and Trump, Renewed Focus on Statues of Racists
By Nick Roll. The gathering of white supremacists, white nationalists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend originated -- at least on the surface -- from the groups’ opposition to the planned removal of a Confederate monument to Robert E. Lee in the college town. More...
How Women Select Majors
By Nick Roll. Many women in STEM fields, for example, have cited discrimination and discriminatory attitudes as hardships they face in academia and in the private sector, and a new paper adds another factor to the mix: feminine norms, and how women perceive and adhere to femininity. More...
Robert E. Lee Statue Vandalized at Duke
By Nick Roll. A statue of Robert E. Lee was vandalized at Duke University sometime in the night between Wednesday and Thursday. The statue of Lee is one of 10 statues that adorn the Duke chapel, which are drawn from figures in Protestant and Methodist traditions, as well as the American South. The vandalism -- the statue’s face was damaged, and its nose chipped off -- comes as tensions are rising around Confederate monuments and white supremacy’s role in America in the past and the present. More...
Charlottesville Fallout for 2 Students
By Nick Roll. One says he was kicked out of Pensacola Christian after showing up to the Robert E. Lee statue after the protest with a Confederate flag. Another says he is leaving Boston U over threats for having attended. More...
Robert E. Lee’s Namesake
By Nick Roll. Amid renewed push against Confederate monuments, Washington and Lee University says being named after the Confederacy’s top military leader reflects institutional history. Others see idolatry. More...
Outrage Over Op-Ed
By Nick Roll. Essay by law professors at Penn and San Diego asserts that “all cultures are not equal,” decries modern culture, birth control, “inner-city blacks” and “anti-assimilation” Latino immigrants. Many at Penn are demanding the university speak out. More...
Confederate Round-Up
By Nick Roll. At Chapel Hill, students stage sit-in around controversial statue. At Randolph, a statue comes down. At Georgia, a portrait comes down. More...
Higher Ed and the Floods of Houston
By Nick Roll. At University of Houston, some students are moved to avoid rising water, and social media helps identify who needs help. More...
Why Female Students Leave STEM
By Nick Roll. Paper finds that bad grades on their own aren’t enough to prompt a change of major, and neither is the environment, but problems arise when those factors compound one other. More...
