Diversity in Academe - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Some campuses have gone to great lengths to save their diversity programs, while others sacrifice them to save what they see as more intrinsic functions.

Nonwhite people will make up 52 percent of the United States by the year 2050. How will colleges meet the moral obligation to educate them? asks Marybeth Gasman.

3 Countries' Takes on Diversity

Affirmative Action, Brazilian-Style

A national debate over a quota system inflames passions in a country that has long considered itself a racial democracy.
Catching Up in the Persian Gulf

As state-run universities in the region seek American accreditation, they are discussing how to satisfy goals involving diversity.
Diversity With a British Accent

Raising college-going rates among underrepresented groups in Britain is a continuing challenge. Universities and advocacy groups are doing their part to help.

Diversity News

Students With Disability Study Abroad, Too

People with disabilities increasingly try foreign study, and they're finding themselves pleased by the results.
Colleges Help International Students Adjust to American Life

A sudden influx of new students from one country can present officials with special problems.
Governing Boards Make Gains in Diversity

Qualified minority candidates are out there, say college leaders. But it may take considerable work to find them.

Commentary

Wanted: Female Philosophers, in the Classroom and in the Canon

To improve the gender balance in their field, philosophers must face up to what their founding fathers say about women, writes Regan Penaluna.
Among Privileged Classmates, I'm an Outsider

As a working-class student at a pricey private university, Bobby Allyn has a few words for the comfortable students on the campus.
Changing Genders, Changing Policies

Colleges can take specific steps to become places where transgender people feel they belong, write Greta W. Schnetzler and GayLynn Kirn Conant.
A Professor Tackles Racism in the Classroom

"I'm tired of all of you saying that racism doesn't exist," cried an African-American student to her white peers. George Yancy explains what happened next in his class.
Is It My Job to Teach the Revolution?

How far should a college go in assisting student activism? There's not always a clear answer, writes Xenia Markowitt.
Disappearing Into Diversity

Melissa Hart often felt "too white" to fit in at the highly diverse university she attended.