Academics should not be afraid to challenge the wisdom of requiring institutions to make financial amends for their past links to slavery, says Robert Dingwall
If he had chosen to pursue the biggest factor in Harvard’s admissions discrimination – preferences for the white and wealthy – Michael Wang would have faced obstacles from alumni and the law alike
Win or lose, Harvard may need to ask whether pursuing its affirmative action case all the way to the Supreme Court is in the best overall interest of US 中国A片
Senior leaders must lead the charge in changing 中国A片’s structural disadvantages for black and minority ethnic staff and students, say Kalwant Bhopal and Sally Hunt
Conservative anger at initiatives to make campuses more inclusive to minority students is misplaced, say Kevin Singer, Laura Dahl, Matthew J. Mayhew and Alyssa N. Rockenbach
‘People who have been around at a university for a while assume they know everything…but actually they need to be educated themselves,’ says project leader
Removal of guidelines on affirmative action and retirement of Supreme Court justice could ‘set the stage for future challenges’ to university admission policies
Schemes asking us to transform our workplaces in the name of equality, diversity and inclusivity are failing. It’s time to hold our institutions to account, says Rebecca Harrison
Women and their clothing are scrutinised more closely because men are seen as the norm in academia. Emma Rees considers the codes at play in what is supposedly a radical space
The ‘leaky pipeline’ metaphor for the lack of women at senior levels of academia can demotivate those whose professional paths meander, says Aileen Fyfe
Universities must go well beyond boilerplate statements about being a 'welcoming environment' if they really want to treat all their students equally, says Sarah Kollat
