Past Coverage

• Toward Affirmative Action for Economic Diversity - March 19, 2004
• Argument That Affirmative Action Imposes a Stigma Is Challenged - October 8, 2008
• Reports Cite Alternatives to Race-Conscious Admissions - April 11, 2003
• Are Landmark Court Decisions All That Important? - August 8, 2003
• How Obama Can Win Over Working-Class Whites - April 25, 2008

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The Berkeley students who protested the big tuition increase at the University of California impressed Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

Campus Viewpoint

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Under President Joseph Aoun, Northeastern University has embarked on a strategic plan that will guide it in its goals as a 21st century research university. Chief among those goals is to educate the next generation of creative thinkers and...