By Elizabeth Redden. University of Michigan professor refuses to write on behalf of student hoping to study in Israel. Are such letters a professional responsibility or subject to faculty members' political views. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Incident at UMass is the latest in which the police are called on nonwhite people on campus, doing nothing wrong at all. More...

By Scott Jaschik. If having more black doctors could save lives, does that change the nature of the debate over the role of race in admissions. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has re-opened a complaint filed seven years ago charging that Rutgers University permitted a hostile environment for Jewish students, The New York Times reported. The complaint had been filed after a supporter of the movement to boycott Israel spoke at Rutgers. The Obama administration rejected the complaint. Most academic leaders -- while rejecting the Israel boycott -- have not viewed speeches or activities advocating for the boycott as violations of college regulations or civil rights laws, but as free speech. But the complaint now being reviewed by OCR maintains that “denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination" is a form of anti-Jewish bias. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Study suggests that those who are "racially apolitical" are more likely than others to receive attention from admissions officers. More...

By Scott Jaschik. U.S. formally joins litigation that says university discriminates against Asian American applicants, raising the stakes in an already contentious legal battle. More...