As the 20th century’s preeminent scholar-activist on race, W.E.B. Du Bois would not be surprised by modern-day attempts at whitewashing American history. He saw them in 1930s and 1940s.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Harvard University
Displaying 1 - 20 of 23 articles
The US Supreme Court is poised to determine the fate of the use of race in college admissions. Supporters of affirmative action, like the military, fear the worst.
Elite universities have been giving special preference to children of prior graduates for more than a century. Has the time come for that practice to stop? A sociologist weighs in.
Americans are getting more comfortable with new forms of spirituality, but their views of atheists are still complicated.
The announcement didn’t use the word ‘divest.’ A legal scholar explains why that shouldn’t matter.
Colleges and universities should apply the best techniques of research and education to their own decision-making.
Tuesday’s ruling in the Harvard affirmative action case allows colleges to use race in their admission decisions. A legal scholar offers insights into how long before race won’t be needed.
The IRS estimates that up to 40 privately run schools may be affected by this measure in the 2017 tax reform package.
How can elite institutions and an elite territory originate key collaborative practices such as hacking, open knowledge and open innovation? We found out during a recent visit.
Millions of people have imagined California, but only one man was its historian.
Universities have the power to transform society not just through how they operate their campuses, but also through how they invest their endowments and pensions funds.
Scholars argue that the complaint of bias against Harvard reflects a flawed understanding of affirmative action policies.
Let’s say you want the perfect mix of friends and strangers at your next party. Mathematicians have been working on a version of this problem for nearly a century, and the answer is complicated.
About 44 million Americans are still paying off student loan debt. But it didn’t always used to be this way. As the perceived purpose of a college education changed, so too did the way we pay for it.
Solar radiation management might be able to reduce some of the risks of global warming while countries get their emissions under control.
Most university presidents in the US are still white, male and over the age of 60. But as they retire, is there an opportunity to reshape college leadership and, with it, higher education itself?
To post or not to post? Colleges and employers are increasingly checking social media to get a sense of their candidates. Here’s what you should (and shouldn’t) post in order to secure your future.
If universities work together they are more likely to find creative solutions to problems. Collaboration will allow them to benefit from the global academic community’s collective wisdom.
Global economic realities shouldn’t deter African universities from continuing to push for massification. But they must do so armed with knowledge, lessons from elsewhere and strong funding models.
Here’s why disagreement about affirmative action will not end any time soon. Coming up next is a lawsuit brought by Asian-Americans challenging Harvard’s race-conscious policy.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Post Doctoral Fellow, Colorado State University
-
Professor of History and African American Studies, Northwestern University
-
Dean and Professor of Higher and International Education, Executive Director of SUNY's Strategic, Academic, and Innovative Leadership (SAIL) Institute, and Co-Director of the Cross-Border Education Research Team, University at Albany, State University of New York
-
Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
-
Lecturer at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
-
Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
-
Associate Professor of English, UMass Amherst
-
Professeur en management & théories des organisations, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
-
Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University
-
Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Assistant researcher, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
-
Professor of Epidemiology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
