College faculties have become more diverse since the 1970s, but college faculty of color still often find that they feel marginalized among their peers.
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A young woman has reported she was sexually assaulted by seven men in 2024. It reveals sexual violence is more than just the actions of ‘bad’ individuals.
College rankings can be consequential for less prestigious and less wealthy schools, giving them visibility they might not otherwise have.
Universities and colleges won’t necessarily pay students to sleep. But they can offer other incentives that encourage them to close their eyes earlier.
US colleges and universities hosted nearly 1.2 million international students in the 2024-25 school year, an all-time high.
Several colleges and universities instruct students on how to navigate email communication on their campus, but more could consider the practice.
Some teachers increasingly are shifting their approach to reading, assigning fewer books than they once did.
Some students might arrive at college with already formed cheating habits, and a mentality that justifies the practice.
A series of racist costume parties at Bowdoin shows the contradiction colleges have to navigate – encouraging open, reasoned debate, while creating a safe campus for all students.
A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.
Congress passed a law in 1990 mandating the return of all Native American items that federally funded institutions took without consent. Progress since then has been slow.
The cost of college is on the rise – but college grads still earn more than those without a degree.
The Trump administration is rewriting the 80-year-old American social contract for science research.
Amid federal funding cuts, the enrollment of both domestic and foreign students is falling at American colleges and universities.
Faculty members say they are worried about job security but also whether they should be introducing certain topics, like gender, in their class or with colleagues.
Multiple studies show that grass, trees, shade and sidewalks on a campus reduce student anxiety.
More and more universities are bringing in corporate-style marketing chiefs. New research shows what they’re gaining – and where the returns fall flat.
Listen to self-censorship expert Daniel Bar-Tal explains what motivates some people to keep quiet on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The Trump administration attack on Harvard is part of a much wider project.
US college leaders would do well to reflect on the courage of their counterparts in 1980s El Salvador who opposed injustice despite grave personal risk.
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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