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Our news, opinion and advice about issues of race in higher education, answer your questions like:


  • How are colleges responding to state laws banning to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
  • What are colleges doing to recruit and retain students of various races?
  • How are colleges recruiting and retaining scholars from various racial backgrounds?
News
By Katherine Mangan January 14, 2025
The NAACP says Alabama’s legislation has had a disproportionate effect on the campus experience of minority students.
Continued surge
By Declan Bradley December 12, 2024
The 2023 figure represents a 29-percent increase from the previous year.
Enrollment Shift
By Lee Gardner December 3, 2024
Their attendance rate has seen the steepest drop among any demographic in recent years.
The Review | Opinion
By Peter Arcidiacono, Tyler Ransom December 3, 2024
In the era of race-neutral admissions, data from entering classes don’t add up.
'Impending Threats'
By Katherine Mangan November 21, 2024
In the aftermath of a critical New York Times story, faculty leaders fear regents are considering cuts to one of the nation’s most unapologetically ambitious models.
Data
By Declan Bradley November 6, 2024
The gap between how college graduates and non-college graduates voted was even wider than the past two presidential elections, per exit polls — but the pattern is limited to white voters.
Accessibility and selectivity
By J. Brian Charles November 6, 2024
The 99 colleges, once stereotyped as subpar, are having a moment. Can they sustain the momentum while still fulfilling their mission?
Admissions & Recruitment
By Katherine Mangan with data analysis and graphics by Brian O'Leary October 10, 2024
A Chronicle analysis shows their numbers are dropping faster than any other group’s.
Diversity Defense
By Katherine Mangan October 1, 2024
Amid widening disparities and under political siege, advocates urge administrators to start collecting data to figure out which DEI strategies do and don’t work.
Admissions & Enrollment
By Declan Bradley September 24, 2024
The data paints an unusually detailed picture of a selective college’s first cycle without race-conscious admissions.