Marcia Chatelain

Students do the hard work of rectifying racism in the academy. Administrators take the credit.

We asked African-American scholars about race, merit, and belonging. Here’s what they told us.

An experimental course exposes first-generation students to the unwritten rules and unspoken expectations of an elite university.

Professors should be wary of unconsciously endorsing white victimhood.

I survived most of the racism. But for some of the kids who had been supported by black communities, the University of Missouri started as a dream school and wound up being a waking nightmare.