Diversity

Following this week’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the Trump administration’s travel ban, higher education leaders expressed concern about foreign-enrollment declines and the message this most recent decision sends to international…

A new report finds institutions that focus on serving minority populations yield greater economic mobility than non-minority serving institutions.

Newly revealed details about Harvard University’s admissions process have prompted questions about the university’s criteria for reviewing applicants—and their implications for racial groups—at a time when many schools are confronting…

While first-generation students are twice as likely to stop pursuing an undergraduate degree after their freshman year, they score higher on measures of academic engagement, educational commitment, and campus engagement.

Noting that many colleges are working to increase student retention rates, the Chronicle of Higher Education outlines five ways schools are transforming the first-year experience.

Concerned that students tend to segregate by race, geography, or social class when selecting a roommate, Duke University and some other institutions are changing their roommate-assignment policies.

Hoping to “capture a more representative snapshot of what college looks like today,” Washington Post reporters followed two students for one day—and had widely divergent experiences.

Georgia State University has switched gears, transforming from a institution for white businessmen to one focused on—and widely recognized for—retaining low-income students.