By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice revealed Wednesday that they are conducting an investigation into whether Yale University discriminates against Asian American applicants. More...
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Bias Against Female HBCU Players, Study Reveals
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A new study suggests that long-standing claims of bias aimed at black athletes in college sports could be true, at least in some sports. The study, which appears in the Howard Journal of Communications, finds that teams from historically black colleges and universities are among the most heavily penalized, despite their small representation in athletics overall. More...
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Is Your State Serving Black Students?
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. New report from the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center grades public institutions across the country. More...
31 octobre 2018
‘Enough Is Enough’
By Elizabeth Redden. Unable to continue operating in an increasingly illiberal Hungary, Central European University says it will be forced to move its U.S. degree programs to Vienna unless the Hungarian government agrees to a last-minute deal. More...
31 octobre 2018
A Study Abroad Boycott
By Elizabeth Redden. A second instructor at the University of Michigan declines to write a letter for a student to study in Israel, citing support for the boycott, and a first professor who refused to write a letter is disciplined. Meanwhile, Israel has detained and ordered the deportation of a U.S. student for her support for the boycott movement. More...
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America’s Fabulous Admission Contraption
The Harvard admissions case raises doubts -- well beyond the discrimination claims -- about the way elite colleges admit students, writes Edward Tenner. More...31 octobre 2018
The Overlooked Messages of the Sokal-Squared Hoax
Few people seemed to have noticed that it was a put-down of academics concerned with racial issues, write Joel P. Christensen and Matthew A. Sears. More...31 octobre 2018
A Climate of Intimidation
The reopening of the U.S. Department of Education's investigation into Rutgers University is not, as claimed, about anti-Semitism, argues Tallie Ben-Daniel. More...31 octobre 2018
What's Really at Stake in the Harvard Case
For many students, experiences as members of a particular racial or ethnic group are central to their identities, and those identities should not vanish in the name of colorblind admissions, writes Nicholas Soodik. More...31 octobre 2018
Does Harvard Discriminate?
The real question should be whether the discrimination is legal and serves an educational purpose, writes David Karen. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)