Considering Race News Today

David Wippman and Glenn Altschuler review Derek Bok’s Attacking the Elites. Higher education is facing a perfect storm. In polls taken before the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, only 36 percent of Americans expressed confidence in higher education, down from 57 percent in 2015.

The fate of cumulative increases in college costs is playing out as predicted. Everyone agrees that it can’t continue to go on like this—and not just students and families.

If we are to have true equity, race-conscious recruiting remains essential

If we are to have true equity, race-conscious recruiting remains essential

We need to situate the conversation about race, gender, and affirmative action in a wider account of democratic opportunity.