By Stefanie Botelho. Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin has wound its way back to the Supreme Court, which will once again examine whether consideration of race in undergraduate admissions is constitutional. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Last week, during oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas affirmative action case, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia drew outraged criticism for declaring that “there are those who contend that it does not benefit African­-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less­ advanced school, a slower­-track school where they do well.” More...

By Stefanie Botelho. In his new book, The Scholar Denied, the sociologist Aldon Morris writes that contrary to the discipline’s preferred origin story, the field of sociology was actually founded by W.E.B. DuBois, the first black person to receive a Ph.D. in the United States. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Only a handful of gun-rights advocates and those supporting Texas’ new, less restrictive campus-carry law showed up near the University of Texas campus here on Saturday for a highly publicized but divisive demonstration and mock shooting in favor of ending gun-free zones. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A University of Texas advisory committee has reluctantly recommended allowing handguns in classrooms when a state law goes into effect next year, saying on Thursday it cannot bar the firearms under the state measure. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Liberty University is ending a ban on firearms in residence halls, the president of the conservative evangelical Christian school announced Wednesday. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has approved recommendations for Ivy Tech Community College. They are meant to strengthen Ivy Tech's support services and ensure its degrees and certificates lead to employment. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Racial diversity is essential in carrying out the missions of institutions like universities, corporations and the United States military. Affirmative action is one tool that’s useful in achieving that diversity. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. "The U.S. needs more education" has been conventional wisdom for decades now. I can still remember, as a teenager, hearing Bill Clinton and other politicians promise that higher education would be the key to preparing Americans for the new information-based economy. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Millions of Venezuelans voiced their displeasure with President Nicolas Maduro's Socialist Party by giving opposition parties an overwhelming victory in congressional elections Sunday. More...