Past Coverage

• Affirmative-Action Programs for Minority Students: Right in Theory, Wrong in Practice - March 27, 2009
• Persistent Racial Gap in SAT Scores Fuels Affirmative-Action Debate - October 30, 1998
• Panel Examines Minority Students' Poor Performance in Science - September 15, 2008
• Support Programs for Minority Students Foster Segregation, Report Says - October 25, 2002
• Closing the Nagging Gap in Minority Achievement - October 24, 2003

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The students protesting the big tuition increase at the University of California impress 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.

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