This sense of grievance lies behind the Justice Department’s recent memo seeking lawyers to investigate “race-based discrimination” in college admissions. More...
23 octobre 2017
Making affirmative action white again
DeVos says she didn't decry racism enough in comments about black colleges
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday distanced herself from her comment earlier this year about the nation's historically black colleges and universities being pioneers of school choice, saying that in the past "there were no choices" for African-Americans in higher education. More...
How campus racism could affect black students' college enrollment
At American University, a private university in Washington, D.C., the commitment to cultural diversity is an integral part of its marketing and outreach to prospective students. More...
22 octobre 2017
Oxford accused of 'social apartheid' as colleges admit no black students
Labour MP attacks university where one in three colleges failed to admit a black British student with A-levels in 2015. More...
Race, class and Oxbridge’s stranglehold on British society
The post-GCSE Oxbridge open evening at my child’s northern comprehensive was attended by about 250 parents, a perfect reflection of its wide ethnic diversity. The speaker was an overseas Oxbridge master’s student, whose only experience of British education and Oxbridge was the 12 months’ studying she was partway through. More...
The Guardian view on Oxbridge admissions: race, place and class matters
It would be fairer to judge A-levels in the light of the socioeconomic context in which they were achieved. More...
21 octobre 2017
Student with Oxford place 'does not know what to do if deported'
A student who faces losing his place at Oxford University due to uncertainty over his immigration status has told the Guardian he does not know what he would do if deported to Zimbabwe, where he was adopted as an orphan by a British family. More...
20 octobre 2017
De la difficulté d’être chercheur natif en territoire ultra-marin : vue de Guyane
Être chercheur et natif dans une société dont l’histoire est liée à la colonisation européenne et à la Traite négrière place le chercheur au cœur d’interactions sociales complexes. Plus...
19 octobre 2017
Discours haineux, liberté d’expression : la Silicon Valley sort de sa neutralité
À la suite des violences qui ont eu lieu à Charlottesville, où Heather Heyer a été tuée, certaines entreprises de l’industrie du numérique ont commencé à supprimer l’accès à certains de leurs services à des groupes associés à l’extrême droite.
Apple a ainsi désactivé son service Apple Pay à des sites vendant des marchandises avec des logos nazis et des slogans de suprémacistes blancs. GoDaddy et Google ont cessé de fournir leurs services au « Daily Stormer », un site Internet néonazi. Des entreprises comme Uber, Facebook, Twitter, MailChimp et Wordpress ont également pris, à des degrés divers, des mesures similaires. Plus...
Without equality of income there can be no equality of opportunity
If moving forward is the goal, it’s a not a good policy to stand still. Yet we hear little from the government about solutions to Britain’s poor record on social mobility. Earlier this year both the current administration and its predecessors were roundly condemned for their failure to make any headway. More...
