Diversity in Academe 2010
Social Class on the American Campus
The Chronicle takes its annual look—through reporting, commentary, and data—at colleges' growing interest in economic diversity.
Class on Campus: The Working Class Unites
Commentary: Helping the Humanities—and Minority Students
Student Ethnicity: How Does Your College Stack Up?
Diversity Data
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Socioeconomic Diversity: Advantage for Wealthy Students
Colleges' student populations vary widely by family income. Even with the help of financial aid, less-wealthy students face a burden to pay for college.
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Undergraduate Diversity: More Minorities, More Women
Minority students are a growing percentage of all undergraduates, and women now receive the majority of bachelor's degrees and doctorates.
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Ph.D. Diversity: More Degrees for Blacks, Hispanics
Students
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Illegal Voices: 4 Undocumented Students Describe Uncertain Futures
For four students at the University of Texas at Austin, commonplace fears about finding jobs are compounded by worries about their illegal status.
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Colleges Can Do More to Find 'Strivers'
How to raise low-income-student enrollments at selective colleges.
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Towards a Fairer Admissions Process—Plus More on Student Diversity
Faculty and Staff
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What Search Committees See Across the Table
Misapprehensions and unacknowledged expectations can get in the way of hiring excellent minority scholars.
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Forum: Why I Work at a Historically Black College
Four academics explain why they chose HBCU's over predominantly white institutions.
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Diversifying Medical-School Faculties—Plus More on Faculty and Staff Diversity
International
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In China, Learning to the Government's Tune
With special "nationalities" universities, the government set out to produce a loyal elite among ethnic minorities. It has succeeded in some unintended ways.
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In France, Making Room at the Top of Higher Education
One of the country's elite institutions, known as Sciences Po, diversifies its enrollment with a social-class-based program of "positive discrimination."
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