Vimal Patel, a reporter at The New York Times, previously covered student life, social mobility, and other topics for The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Race on Campus
Committees chaired by women or underrepresented-minority faculty members attract more diverse applicants, one study found.
Race on Campus
An experiment with anonymized applications and personal outreach helped attract people of all backgrounds.
Politics on Campus
Boise State’s leader must tread carefully through the culture war. Others may soon walk the same line.
Race on Campus
If present trends continue, it could take 256 years for Black engineers to achieve parity.
Race on Campus
A land-grant university made an unusual hire to help repair its relationships with Native American tribes.
Covid-19
Health officials scrambled to comply with a federal recommendation to temporarily stop using the single-dose shot.
Race on Campus
The pandemic has caused a surge of interest in public-health master’s programs. But the university also took steps to diversify its applicant pool.
Pandemic Health
The University of Florida, which aims to vaccinate 20,000 people a week, and other campuses could help bring the pandemic under control in the United States.
Live Coronavirus Updates
The policy carves out exemptions for medical and religious reasons, and for students taking classes fully online.
Health on Campus
Campus leaders want students vaccinated against a deadly disease. But they must weigh many factors.