By Eboo Patel. The first thing I do when I walk into a seminar room or lecture hall is to glance around and register if the class is diverse. If, to the naked eye at least, there appears to be a good mix of genders and races, and perhaps a headscarf or a turban, I’m satisfied. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Students held a sit-in at the College of Wooster Wednesday, leaving at 10 p.m. after a series of discussions with administrators. Racist postings to a private Facebook page prompted the sit-in, but many other issues were also at play. A list of demands included new funding for diversity efforts, required training in cultural competency for all students and faculty members, changes in the way certain violations of campus rules would be punished, and the creation of a student-led board that would report on enforcement of campus rules. More...
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. First-year students might come to campus open to new spiritual perspectives, but a new survey shows that in their freshman year, their exposure to religious diversity plummets. More...
When Education Secretary Betsy DeVos began rolling back regulations to curb the predatory practices of for-profit colleges, critics seethed that the Trump administration was throwing yet another lifeline to a rapacious industry — in this case, one that sees vulnerable undergraduates as nothing more than moneymaking targets. More...
The competitive video game industry, known as esports, is booming. As it continues to surpass growth projections, some college athletics programs are jumping on board while others hold out. More...
He would be in a new environment, away from his parents for the first time. And he worried about meeting new friends and the academic rigor of his college courses. More...
This position supports the mission of the Intercultural and International Student Services Department by primarily providing educational programming regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, and as the Coordinator of Intercultural LEAD, a student cohort based leadership program. More...
A common feature of our time is the extent to which many in our nation have become preoccupied with diversity. But true diversity obsession, almost a mania, is found at our institutions of higher learning. More...
While the 2017 national average for graduate degrees shows that about 9.3% of the population has a masters degree, 2% a doctoral, and 1.5% a professional, graduate education amongst Black people is lower than their white and Asian counterparts according to a 2016 census on educational attainment. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Share of white students has dropped significantly in last 35 years, but Asian-Americans are alone among minority groups in seeing substantial gains. Black applicants have lowest admit rates. More...
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