RACIAL BIAS

NSF grants LSU $4.5 million for ‘equity center’ to study alleged bias against minority faculty members

The money from the NSF grant could have paid tuition and other costs for more than 100 students.

By Michael Duke '26
Aug 28, 2024

Colleges are using AI to determine financial aid packages, attract diverse students

Schools are increasingly partnering with vendors to use enrollment algorithms like 'financial aid optimization' to …

By Kayley Chartier '25
Sep 27, 2023

UVA adds identity question to admissions essay after SCOTUS ruling

The new question asks students to discuss their 'background, perspective, or experience' in 300 words.

By Ian Cruz '25
Aug 2, 2023

Jill Biden slammed for inviting losing Iowa team to the White House

The First Lady has come under a deluge of scrutiny after inviting both the winner and runner-up of the recent NCAA …

By Austin Browne '24
Apr 11, 2023

‘Apparently, I am the wrong kind of black’: California equity director fired for viewpoint diversity

Dr. Tabia Lee alleges that she was fired from De Anza College’s Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multiracial E…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Mar 13, 2023

Federal government investigating ‘anti-racist’ segregation at UC San Fransisco

A California medical school hopes to end racism by bringing back racial segregation.

By Blake Boudreaux '25
Jan 13, 2023

After outcry, professor canceled for not getting mad at fake racial bias incident has been reinstated

In September, Coastal Carolina University theatre professor Steven Earnest was barred from the classroom after he q…

By Ben Zeisloft
Dec 13, 2021

Professor canceled because he wasn't upset over a fake racial bias incident

Though the incident was determined to be a misunderstanding relatively quickly after students raised concerns.

By Ben Zeisloft
Nov 6, 2021

UPenn TA boasts of calling on white male students last

UPenn announced that is will be investigating the matter, but flatly denied rumors that it has removed Stephanie Mc…

By Kyle Perisic
Oct 20, 2017

Required reading: stereotypes are ‘part of American landscape’

Some scholars, though, have criticized the “empirical evidence” of stereotype threats, suggesting that Steele’s res…

By Amber Athey
Jul 20, 2016