Harvard University has begun asking prospective students to recall a time when they strongly disagreed with someone as the institution works to improve civil discourse. Read more

Opening a center to handle shared ancestry complaints such as those alleging antisemitism is the latest signal that colleges are turning to their Title IX playbooks to comply with Title VI. Read more

Scientists argue disciplines need their own ways of thinking about student belonging to reach diversity goals Read more

An anonymous person reported a University of Minnesota professor to the bias team for using the phrase “piñata of shame” in an editorial. Read more

Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. At other colleges, including Princeton University and Yale University, the share of Black students changed little. Read more

The university courted controversy by slashing programs and laying off both tenured and nontenured faculty members. More spooked professors are leaving in addition to those cuts, but so are key leaders who pushed them. Read more

Tens of thousands enrol because of low tuition fees and scholarships, but some face discrimination on arrival Read more

Schools in Surrey and Kent found to be raising tens of thousands as critics say wealthy are able to ‘buy advantage’ Read more

An anti-Israel group of Harvard University students condemned the recent appointment of the school’s new vice president and general counsel due to her former leadership roles at the U.S. Defense Department and a defense company that sold weapons to Israel. Read more

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman popularized the concept of zombie ideas—constructs that are not really alive, but somehow simply will not die. He literally wrote a book on the topic. Read more